PORTLAND, Ore. — Behemoth beavers that lived in North America during the last ice age ate little if any material from trees, a new analysis suggests.
The extinct giant beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, was just one species of large animals, or megafauna, stalking the North American landscape near the end of the last ice age.
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