Irate beaver takes man hostage

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One other tidbit about beavers. The castoreum extracted from beavers is a natural vanilla substitute that is FDA approved. Tasty.
It's ruled "GRAS" (Generally Recognized As Safe). You have to milk the anal glands to get it. However, it's not really used in flavors any more. It's used almost exclusively in perfumes...
 

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I wanna know how they figured that out in the first place.

On second thought, never mind - ignorance is bliss...
Who first discovered it is lost in the mists of history, since they'd been used for that, as well as their pelts, in Europe for centuries. There's no doubt that the settlement of the West by Europeans rode on the backs of beavers, with their helpers, the Indians.

I don't know how many people remember the ridicule of Pres. Carter for his beaver attack. Actually, death by beaver is not that unusual. There were a rash of of attacks with some fatalities a couple of years ago. I had a lot of respect for the one I had to edge past every day...
 

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