Gowi Facts

Beavers are hard workers. They are large monogamous rodent mammals that spend much of their time in rivers, lakes, and ponds. Where the water isn’t deep enough to keep from freezing in cold winter months, they build dams to create a deep pool, where they will construct their homes, called lodges.
A beaver’s large tail is used for balance on land, steering in the water, for alerting other beavers of danger, or to warn off a potential predator.
A beaver has transparent eyelids that it uses like goggles, so it can see when swimming underwater.
Beavers frequently gnaw wood to cut large logs and branches down to size. Some claim that a beaver can cut down a 5 ½ inch diameter tree in 15 minutes and fell a larger tree in one night just with its teeth! This practice also helps keep their teeth from getting too long, since they never stop growing.
Beavers play an important part in the ecosystems in which they live, by providing deep bodies of water for animals to drink and even live in. When beavers cut down trees, seeds spread and grow other trees closer to the beavers’ lodge for their convenience.
Beavers are social animals. They build their lodges to accommodate large “families.” They usually have more than one chamber in their home: a “mudroom” in which to dry off after coming through the underwater entrance, and another den that is dryer to live in. The mud and sticks used to build the lodges become so hard that even wolves cannot penetrate the dams.

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How does the beaver represent GOWI ( Get On With It)?

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Beavers are an important part of the ecosystem. They engineer landscapes, forming ponds for other animals to drink and even live. They also create a safe place for their lodges. What knowledge have you recently learned in school or at home? How can you act on
this knowledge? How will acting on this knowledge bless others?

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If the beaver does not use his teeth to cut down trees, they will grow too long—
sometimes making eating very difficult. What will happen if you do not act on the knowledge you have received?

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Beavers are social animals and build highly engineered homes that become so fortified that even wolves cannot penetrate them. What knowledge have you received and implemented that has helped you build stronger relationships? What have you learned and still need to implement “get on with it?”

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What have you learned and still need to implement “get on with it?”

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