Otter vs Beaver

Which river mammal is the better engineer?

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Both rule the river, but one plays and one builds. The otter is a sleek, tool-using swimmer with the densest fur on Earth, cracking shellfish on a rock balanced on its belly, while the beaver is nature's civil engineer, felling trees with ever-growing teeth to raise dams that reshape entire landscapes.

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