1st Beaver spotted in NYC in 200 years

[modrepub]

NEW YORK - Beavers grace New York City's official seal. But the industrious rodents have not been seen in the flesh here for as many as 200 years — until this week.

Biologists videotaped a beaver swimming up the Bronx River on Wednesday. Its twig-and-mud lodge had been spotted earlier on the river bank, but the tape confirmed the presence of the animal itself.

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Beavers gnawed out a prominent place in the city's early days as a European settlement, attracting fur traders to a nascent Manhattan. The animal appears in the city seal to symbolize a Dutch trading company that factored in the city's colonial beginnings, according to the city's Web site.

But amid heavy trapping, beavers disappeared from the city in the early 1800s, according to the city Parks & Recreation Department.

The beaver that has made its way to the Bronx appears to be a male, several feet (a meter) long and two or three years old, said Patrick Thomas, the mammals curator at the nearby Bronx Zoo.

link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_fe_st/bronx_beaver;_ylt=Amgq1d71WNBNY43vimOfqW_MWM0F

First Rats, now Beavers in NYC!

[Atman]

1. You've obviously never been to Times Square.

:)

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[modrepub]

3. Only for New Years Eve

many moons ago. Got on CBS but had to stay sober and standing for over four hours to get the privilage...

[WindRavenX]

4. eh that place is a major tourist trap these days and has been cleaned up

Now, OTOH, there are some really shady places in Chinatown...you can get *anything* there.

[Ian David]

6. You can even play tic-tac-toe against a chicken, too! n/t

[WindRavenX]

10. and live frogs

HUGE fuckin' bullgfrogs for the new years.

[AllegroRondo]

15. do they still make frog sushi?

yummy!

save the skin for soup!

[WindRavenX]

19. I have not seen kaeru maki/sashimi/soup

Where did you see a place selling that?

Now...there may have been some in my dim sun, but who knows what's in that--it's yummu though :9

[AllegroRondo]

23. Only seen on TV.

a Travel Channel special on "unusual foods".

They served the still beating frog heart first,
then thinly sliced sushi from the legs,
finally soup made from the skin and head.

[Atman]

20. Yeah, that's true. It's just an outdoor mall full of Disney and Applebees crap.

But I had to post that first response quick, and I didn't know where they moved the strip club district to.

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[WindRavenX]

21. Porn shops are generally relegated to the village

There are some greats shops there :)

but there are some small Xxx shops around times square away from the major touristy areas.

It's absolutely insufferable there in the summer with all the tourists..

[zbdent]

13. A peek still cost you $20?

[rcdean]

31. Ba-da-Boom!

Ba-da-Bing!

[JoFerret]

51. I was on 42nd street yesterday and it was ghastly

full of disneyfied-could-be-anywhere-in America crowds. VERY unpleasant.

[vireo]

2. That's one tough beaver! n/t

[maxrandb]

5. I'm not even going to go there.

[IntravenousDemilo]

7. For a second I thought this was a story about Paris, Britney, and Lindsay visiting Manhattan. n/m

[modrepub]

9. Don't blame me

I have to use the headline. Some journalist is probably getting a good laugh at this point...

[Ian David]

8. Headline should read: "Desperate for habitat, Beaver forced to live in Bronx." n/t

[Beaverhausen]

11. But...but...I've been to NYC

:hi:

[bananas]

22. But are you a spotted beaver?

:hi:

[LeftHander]

12. I am sure there is a gaggle of folks hovering around it now...

Just like Pale Male.

[hedgehog]

14. If this isn't lounge material,

nothing is!

[Book Lover]

16. That's cool, and I wish the beaver long life and peaceful coexistence with humans

Hey, if he can make it there....

[zbdent]

17. Aren't spotted beavers rare?

Musta visited one of the Times Square tattoo parlors ...

[Connie_Corleone]

18. Too easy to make a joke, so I'll shut up.

[librechik]

24. damn, I so expected a pic of Trump's head...

lol

[Up2Late]

25. Well, at least since the 1970's...

..."the kids" use a different word for them these days.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

26. Britnee Spears ins in NY? with Paris? huh?

oh, THAT kind.
sorry

[rodeodance]

27. we have so many Beavers her in WI that they are not seen as nice

little critters.

[maxsolomon]

28. quick, kill it!

before it interferes with commerce.

its the murkin way.

[jilln]

34. No, it WILL be commerce

won't be long before people think dressing like beaver roadkill looks good.

[JoFerret]

29. Shame there are so many predictable low level puerile sexist

nudge-nudge wink-wink responses.

[SayWhatYo]

32. A shame? hah!

That's why I even clicked the thread...

Btw, I do not see how it's sexist to talk about female genitalia.

[JoFerret]

49. The topic my friend - is the health of the Bronx River

if you want to be a putz(!) about it so be it. (What have derogatory terms for male genitalia have to do with environmental threads?)

[BreweryYardRat]

37. What'd you expect?

Sheesh. Human nature and all that jazz.

Edit: Don't know why I thought this one was in the Lounge.

[TankLV]

47. Ain't it GREAT!

Life is too short not to laugh...

admit it - YOU even had that as a first thought!

[JoFerret]

53. Nope

it WAS however a SECOND thought there there would be puerile comments.

[Mz Pip]

30. Brittney's out of rehab?

.

[SayWhatYo]

33. 200 years old? GILF?

[jollyreaper2112]

35. are you sure?

I heard someone pricked her finger and realized she might have a pourccipine.

[truthisfreedom]

36. So presumably this beaver will be luring a mate up the Bronx River too?

Or will he be a lone rodent, some short-lived curiosity?

[Truthseeker013]

38. 1st Beaver spotted in NYC in 200 years

If that's true, then how did the Apple wind up with a population of 22 million people?

[Diogenes2]

39. Great news! I hope all the beavers and other...

descendants of Manhattan's original wildlife population all return and multiply and take up permanent residence there. They were there first. Move over, human Manhattanites!

[Vidar]

40. Britney's on the loose again?

[yellowcanine]

41. Enough with the sophomoric "beaver as pussy" jokes!

Grow up, ya wankers!:evilgrin:

[gauguin57]

42. why? what is your connection with the beavers?

Are you a Beavophile? A spokesperson for Save the Beavers? Are you Jerry Mathers? Or Anastasia Beaverhausen?

As the old cheer goes: "I'm a beaver, you're a beaver, we are beavers all! If you ever need a beaver, give the beaver call! *chomp chomp chomp* "

[Toucano]

44. The powerful Beaver Anti-Defamation League, I presume.

LOL!

[yellowcanine]

45. Well I did visit Oregon State once. Go Beavers!

[TankLV]

48. there is a time and a place for everything - and this IS the time and place for "beaver" jokes...

life is too serious and short what with LIEberman and other REAL pussies ruing the news lately...

[JoFerret]

50. Do they also know that beavers fart and poop?

This is great news for the river and many people deserve some credit for turning this debris ridden sewer into better health.

[Yavin4]

43. Update on the Beaver Story: He's Just Bought A Loft in Soho

Yes, that's right the Beaver has just bought a loft in Soho, and was seen heading to a Yoga class.

[TankLV]

46. I thought it was too cold for a woman to go around without a jacket or coat!

Is it warmer than reported?

[JoFerret]

54. Not too cold

for one to be armed with a steel trap. Be careful, be very careful.

[bilgewaterbill]

52. What? No pics?

[talkinghead]

55. I thought Giuliani

did this when he cleaned up Times Square.