BRAS D’OR BIOSPHERE: Beaver tails and the next generation

By: Dr. Annamarie Hatcher In the Mi’kmaw calendar, October is “Wikewiku’s,” or animal fattening month. Animals that will hibernate throughout the winter put on weight at this time of year and birds that migrate south add fat as fuel for their long flights. One of our biosphere mammals that is fattening up at this time…