It's a plane! It's an ambulance! It's aliens! No, it's the Brood X cicadas emerging after 17 years underground. In the next LBL Wildlife Report, Woodlands
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Tracy Ross and Woodlands Nature Station naturalist John Pollpeter discuss the beavers of Land Between the Lakes.
Beavers are the second-largest rodent in the world; the first largest is the South American capybara. Beavers can get up to 60 pounds in this area, Pollpeter begins. I ve heard some records as large as 90 pounds. That s a big animal out here in Land Between the Lakes. It s easy to see. They re conspicuous. A lot of times, you ll see them swimming across the lake maybe just their nose. The tell-tale sign that there s a beaver around is if you get too close, they will slap that flat tail of theirs. They re a very family-oriented animal; that [tail flap] is a warning to the rest of the family that there s danger nearby.