The beaver, which has come to represent Canada as the eagle does the United States and the lion Britain, is a flat-tailed, slow-witted, toothy rodent known to bite off it's own testicles or to stand under its own falling trees.[/DIV] [/DIV] Hahahahaha, that's funny. I wonder who decided a beaver would be make good national symbol. What were they thinking ? I've lived in Canada all my life, did a goodly amount of back-packing and hiking and camping in the wilderness, (many years ago) and I've never seen a beaver.