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Video of the incident shows the boy trying to scramble up the bank to safety as the beaver chases him before biting him on the thigh.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Upon further investigation, police became aware of earlier reports as well as an online video, which went viral on Facebook, showing the beaver attacking other people in the park.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Daniel Chong, 104 minutes Pixar’s latest family-friendly charmer depicts a land war — over a patch of earth that was once occupied by beavers and other wildlife and that human developers are eager to blow up for a highway.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
Like many other animals in the state including bears and beavers, bobcats numbers are steadily increasing.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Upon further investigation, police became aware of earlier reports as well as an online video, which went viral on Facebook, showing the beaver attacking other people in the park.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Daniel Chong, 104 minutes Pixar’s latest family-friendly charmer depicts a land war — over a patch of earth that was once occupied by beavers and other wildlife and that human developers are eager to blow up for a highway.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
Like many other animals in the state including bears and beavers, bobcats numbers are steadily increasing.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaver
Noun
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In fact, one quite successful muskie artificial lure is fashioned of fur in the shape of a small muskrat, and has a black soft-plastic tail.—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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And from there, titters occasionally came out as the unleashed host moved on to one of the highest forms of comedy, muskrat humor.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Noun
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The tension is thicker than mink.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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His white mink coat had a tail as long as the entrance ramp.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Madonna hunts pheasant in the English countryside, Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant, Harry Harlow conducts callous experiments on monkeys, and Jimmy Carter fends off a swamp rabbit attack.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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According to Larimer County Department of Health and Environment, the bacteria was identified in a dead rabbit.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Here's what to know about Splash the otter.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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My ankles are the size of small, attractive otters.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2026
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Rabies is most common in wild animals including skunks, raccoons, bats and foxes.—
Laura Horne,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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In areas of Everglades National Park, where the snakes started showing up in the 1980s, sightings of mammals such as marsh rabbits, raccoons, opossums, bobcats and deer have plummeted by 80% to 99%, depending on species.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Although honey badgers are often described online as though venom simply doesn’t affect them, the reality is a bit more nuanced.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Wolverines are beagle-sized carnivores related to weasels, ermines, badgers, martens, otters, and black footed ferrets, all of which are native to this state.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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The aliens’ ability to take on the forms of stags, foxes and cardinals is also in line with what experiencers have reported about their visitations.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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But if a fox cub is in trouble, there are usually obvious clues that something isn't quite right.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
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“Beaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaver. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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