Tree chomping

 

Down but hung up

As the beavers larder up for the winter, they will chew down trees to get stores for their pantry.  They are great chewers but sometimes do not have the greatest of aims.  When the top of a toppled tree gets hung up in a nearby neighbor, and is too high off the ground to be chewed, they will leave it, uncut up.  This is one of several such exemplars they left behind by the pond.  It is presented here as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

 

 

Splintered stump

A closer look at the chomped upon section reveals the secret of beaver chewing methodology - chew around and around until the trees topples of its own volition.  By then, the center of the tree is so weak that it pulls itself apart.

 

 

Teeth marks of the chomper

A closer look at the splintered end of the toppled tree.  Look at those teeth marks!  Each chomp takes out a piece of tree that is two to three inch long and about one-half inch thick.