Canada should keep the Beaver

[Mowich]

Polar bear should replace beaver as Canadian national emblem: Senator Nicole Eaton | News | National Post

The Beaver is a great symbol for Canada, IMHO. It is hard working, persistent, and family oriented. It is also found in all the provinces, unlike the Polar Bear. I have nothing against the Polar Bear but the Beaver............the Beav rocks. :smile:

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

I have always been partial to the beaver.

Except the Darkbeaver, just not my cup of tea,

 

[petros]

The Beaver Manifesto Book Trailer - YouTube

Tens of thousands of years of flood management and engineering expeirience gets my vote.

 

[mentalfloss]

 

[lone wolf]

Beaver was Canada's first big industry....

...on second thought, isn't Canada all about getting rid of industry?

 

[coldstream]

Keep the Beaver.. The Fur Trade built Canada!!.. They build dams and harvest trees.. Polar bears only became cuddly icons of insipid 'environmentally conscious' sentiments in the last 30 years.

 

[Corduroy]

Another reason to abolish the senate.

 

[wulfie68]

Beaver was Canada's first big industry....

...on second thought, isn't Canada all about getting rid of industry?

Nah, we're all about shipping our raw resources off to foreign shores, which is what the fur trade did!

 

[Cliffy]

Nah, we're all about shipping our raw resources off to foreign shores, which is what the fur trade did!

Hits a Canadien tradition, hestee!

I volunteer for beaver inspector.

 

[karrie]

Get rid of the beaver... what a maroon. The beaver is a perfect symbol for Canadians.

 

[Cliffy]

Get rid of the beaver... what a maroon. The beaver is a perfect symbol for Canadians.

Why? Because we a bunch of pussies?

 

[karrie]

Why? Because we a bunch of pussies?

Because when the going gets tough, we're stronger pound for pound than most expect. When things get dire, we dig in and shine. We're industrious. No matter how comical people may find our attributes, they serve us well.

 

[Cliffy]

Because when the going gets tough, we're stronger pound for pound than most expect. When things get dire, we dig in and shine. We're industrious. No matter how comical people may find our attributes, they serve us well.

Oh, now you've gone and got all serious on us.

 

[karrie]

Oh, now you've gone and got all serious on us.

Damn skippy. Today's a serious day. *makes frowny grouchy face at Cliffy to emphasize point*

 

[darkbeaver]

Of course this is just further indignity heaped upon the Canadian people by climate warming knuts. What kind of message does this send to our fellow humans, a huge blood thirsty animal that looks exactly like a snow drift with teeth. It does nothing but swim around eating tiny defenseless creatures when it's not at a dump eating garbage.

They make very nice fireside rugs for beaver lovers.

 

[Bar Sinister]

Lone Wolf and Coldstream have it right. Early Canada was all about the fur trade and the beaver was the most important fur bearing animal. It led to major expeditions of exploration and was instrumental in establishing the first contacts between Europeans and Aboriginal Canadians. In short without the beaver the creation of Canada would have been set back at least one or two hundred years. Magnificent as is the polar bear it has little historical significance. The beaver was originally chosen because the founders of Canada were well aware of the impact the beaver had on the development of Canada. Nicole Eaton needs a history lesson.

 

[Icarus27k]

I don't know how Americans are going to stereotype Canada without the beaver.

So, Canada should keep it.

 

[petros]

We should shave beavers and export them to establish better flood control in tropical regions.

Picture the headlines; "Shaved Canadian Beaver Sent to Thailand On Humanitarian Mission"

 

[taxslave]

I have always been partial to the beaver.

Except the Darkbeaver, just not my cup of tea,

I perfur blond beaver but then again a change of scenery is nice.

 

[petros]

I perfur blond beaver but then again a change of scenery is nice.

Like most mammals their hair will lighten up in the sunshine. Just takes a little time. If you want you can be the guy who shaves them.