Resume video as the narrator continues, . . . Pause after the narrator says, They can hold food with their hand-like front paw while they chew. This is a good, close view of a front paw. Ask students to compare the front paws of a beaver to the hands of a human. Ask students to list tasks that a beaver might be able to do with its front paws.
Beavers are very vain.
The narrator continues, Besides eating, beavers spend a lot of time grooming their coats. Pause when the narrator says, They spread a light body oil throughout their fur to keep it waterproof. The nails on the webbed hind foot look very sharp. Students will not have seen the cleft toe nails, but they will know that the beaver used the nails to comb his fur. Tell students that the beavers comb their fur with two split nails on each hind foot.