{"id":6883,"date":"2013-08-04T18:54:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/?p=6883"},"modified":"2013-08-05T08:38:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T07:38:49","slug":"scottish-beavers-a-hit-or-a-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2013\/08\/scottish-beavers-a-hit-or-a-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Beavers – a hit or a myth?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20130802_161950\"<\/a>When was the last time you stood by a huge field of golden swaying barley?<\/p>\n

Aye it makes you think.<\/p>\n

Yes it is summer.<\/p>\n

Yes it is a lush green beautiful Scottish summer.<\/p>\n

But things have changed.<\/p>\n

And so have I.<\/p>\n

This was underlined this weekend in Perthshire filming with The One Show.<\/p>\n

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The film is all about beavers.<\/p>\n

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Pause for all the smutty jokes please and move along.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

Yes 400 years ago beavers lived amongst us and there is a trial ongoing to reintroduce them. \u00a0In addition there are wild ones out there too…..what?<\/p>\n

No I didn\u2019t know we had them either<\/p>\n

But we do.<\/p>\n

And what delightful toothsome creatures they are too.
\nYes there are pros and there are cons which will be discussed when the piece airs \u2013 I will keep you posted when that will be \u2013 but the bottom line is look! It\u2019s not often you get a close up view of such a wondrous thing as this.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat is it?<\/p>\n

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Well it is a wild Scottish beavers foot. Back foot. It\u2019s hairy, soft, webbed and just about the most strokeable thing I have ever stroked. Is strokeable a word? If not then can I put in a vote to make it henceforth the word that is synonymous with a beavers foot.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

I am off to google rodents.<\/p>\n

Read all about the Scottish Beaver trial here.<\/a><\/p>\n

***The beaver is under supervision of a vet and nurse and sophisticated operating theatre equipment in this photo. Stats were being taken for scientific information gathering. \u00a0The blue balloon on the right was not the remnant of a party in fact quite the contrary. It was filled with warm water to keep the temperature of the animal consistent whilst temporarily anesthitised. It was back up and bobbling down a river within a remarkably short period of time despite me trying to talk him into coming to live with me. Since then we have not been in touch. We parted friends. ****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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