Show I I I I I SCOUTS BUNK I ABOUT BEAVER Not Intelligent Is Claim Make Mistakes In Dam Building ByThe KANSAS CITY Jan By 2 2 By The Associated Press Press-Dr Press Dr Dr Elli Bill Elliott Billott ott ott II n Downing of tho University of Chicago has haj punctured d cd of tho popular notions about beavers In a lecture In la conn c- c connection cUon tion Uon with the th annual convention of the American As Association for forthe forthe the Advancement of Science here Contradicted Frida Friday Dr Elliott Do con con- Con on- on onI certain of oZ I I the beavers beaver's I CURVE CUnE WRO WRONG G WAY It has been claimed for tor the beaver that he bUild buIlds his darn dam with the curve upstream as en en do to of otter offer tel the greatest resistance he be h said I have oh- oh ob observed served In 2000 or dams that they curve th the way down way downstream stream This Is because e the aur- aur cur current rent velocity Is greatest In the mIddle of the stream and anil bears the beaver down somewhat with his hi building material It has been claimed that the beaver can eOD foresee an unusually heavy winter and lay In an extra supply of aspen wood tor for his food but I have where they have como come out of houses to add to to- their supply POOH WOODCUTTERS It has been assumed popularly that the th old beavers vcr never make the mistake of ot trees In such lIuch a way way that they catch Inthe In Inthe inthe the branches of other oiher trees This too he h he said Is te myth Dr said saId the largest dam he ever had se seth seen n was one 2200 feet teet long and three feet fees ee hiGh In the river In Ic Id Idaho ho the highest one 15 feet teet high In Cob Colo Colo- Colo Colorado Colorado rado ratio The largest beaver house house- house housea a 11 sort of apartment house he called it-he it It he found In the th Payette Fayette It was 3 37 j feet long lone 15 l feet teet wide extel ded extended six te t below the water and nine feet Three generations of beavers lived there comprising some or 40 Indi Individuals II I When beavers become old they 1 sometimes do not i ork orl bard enough properly to wear ar down theIr constantly growing crowine teeth Dr Downing related The teeth grow I long and sometimes their jas Jans so that they starve star Bea Beaver er I colonies are Intolerant of Cf the tle be lazy I he said and drIve them awo away I LITTLE INTELLIGENCE CJ I Beavers Deavers have little n In the human sense he Ie declared 1 I as they seem to to be bl unable to meet I nw new new problems Their colony life he added Is not lot comparable with ith the highly specialized specialized- zed colon colony lIfe fe of the be bees or 01 ants rh Ther r task of awing gm down trees tre digging g canals to float them lo to the dam building and storing foJ he ho said are re not carried on with any ape ape- specialized apeci cl ci division ISlon of of labor op 00 |