It gives me no great pleasure to report that the New York Times, like many media outlets before it, appears to have illustrated its beaver story with…

…nutria.
Reposted from The New York Times
For years, officials in the Czech Republic had pushed a dam project to protect a river south of Prague, and the critically endangered species living in it. But the project stalled.

In the meantime, the beavers of Prague simply built dams themselves, saving the government some 1.2 million euros.

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