GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. - Maybe he needs glasses.
A beaver near Grand Rapids apparently needed to exercise his teeth recently, and instead of chewing on a tree, which is routine behavior for beavers, the semiaquatic rodent decided to get after a power pole near the shores of Boy Lake.
Lake Country Power posted a picture of the chewy beaver's handiwork on its Facebook page, which is drawing plenty of attention and laughs. As one person posted, "Worked for power company 39 years, never seen a beaver chew a pole.”
While the beaver's misidentification is slightly humorous, Lake Country Power does note that it costs $2,750 to replace a power pole.
The co-op has seen just a handful of these incidents in the past decade, and said there’s usually something to discourage animals from interfering with the poles.
In this case, the new pole that goes up will get a metal wrap around the base to discourage beavers from chewing.
