Close-up of a European beaver (Castor fibre) swimming amongst pond weed (Potomageton natans). This beaver is living in wetland in Carmarthenshire, Wal

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Close-up of a European beaver (Castor fibre) swimming amongst pond weed (Potomageton natans). This beaver is living in wetland in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, as part of a captive breeding programme that hopes to reintroduce wild beavers to Wales. Beavers were found in Wales until the 16th century, when they were hunted to extinction for their fur.

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