The Common Muskrat | Learn about Nature 📔

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In today's video we are celebrating the common muskrat as we learn about nature, it's behavior, range and habitat.

The Common Muskrat | Learn about Nature

The common muskrat is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America, and is an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. It is the largest species in its subfamily which includes voles and lemmings.

Muskrats eat a variety of plant material which makes up about 95% of their diets, but they also eat frogs, fresh water mussels, small fish and turtles.

Muskrats spend most of their time in the water and are well suited for their semiaquatic life. They can close their mouth around their protruding teeth and chew underwater!

Muskrats live in wet environments including swamps, ponds, marshes and wetlands, favoring locations where the water level stays constant.

They are excellent swimmers and can evade many predators by escaping into water or into their burrows. They can stay submerged for up to 17 minutes and swim as fast as 3 miles per hour and can even swim backwards.

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1. Intro 0:00
2. Swimming into den in the bank 0:12
3. Two muskrats sparring over food 0:16
4. Coming out of den 0:37
5. Foraging underwater with tail above water 0:44
6. Sitting and eating with reflection in water 1:19
7. Standing up 1:43
8. Diving into water 1:54
9. Tail slap 2:26
10. Eating and looking at camera 2:38

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