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Beaver Cloze Fill in the blanks with the words above the paragraph. Beavers
A beaver is an animal that has large front __teeth___________________ and a large _____tail_______________ on its back.  Beavers live in ____ponds__________________ that they make by building a ______dam________________ on a small river or ______stream________________.
Beavers the Builders
Beavers can cut down ___________trees__________ with their powerful teeth. They use the _____sticks________________ and ______twigs_______________ from the trees to build their dams.  They also use ______________twigs_______ from the ground to hold everything together and fill in the holes.
Beavers Lodges
Beavers ____________build_________ their homes in the middle of their ponds. Their homes are called ____________lodges_________. The entrance to the lodge is ________underwater_____________. This helps protect the beavers from ______predators_______________. When a beaver sees a dangerous predator like a wolf the beaver ____slaps_________________ its tail on the water and hides in the lodge.
The Fur Trade
			In the past, people called _______trappers______________ hunted beavers for their valuable ______fur_______________. Beaver fur is very _____warm________________ so their fur was used to make ____________hats_________.