I could have touched a beaver

I was at the park today when I saw something swimming towards me in the water. At first I thought it was an otter, but as it got closer, I could see it was much larger.  It swam past and then I forgot about it.

A while later, I was walking back to my car and guess who I met amongst the trees... a beaver! He (or she, I don't know how to tell them apart) was so close I could have touched him, but thought better of it.  If a beaver can nom nom nom through a big tree, then I wouldn’t want it nom nom nom’ing on my arm!

 

This beaver was nom nom nom’ing on the nice green grass.