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Feb 2025
24m 46s

Do you know about the beaver? 🦫

Sleep Tight Media / Starglow Media
About this episode

In this episode, you'll learn all about beavers! Discover how these skilled rodents shape their environment by building dams, lodges, and canals. Explore their unique adaptations—like waterproof fur, webbed feet, and ever-growing teeth—that help them thrive in water. You'll follow their life cycle from playful kits to hardworking adults, find out what's on their menu, and see how their underwater food storage helps them survive winter. Plus, learn how their engineering creates wetlands that support entire ecosystems!

Sleep Tight!, 

Sheryl & Clark

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We’ve got bedtime down to a (Sleep Tight) Science! Sleep Tight Science is an engaging bedtime show that makes science accessible and enjoyable for the whole family. Snuggle in and drift off to sleep while learning about science topics submitted by listeners! Designed for curious young minds (but simple enough for grown-ups to understand), Sleep Tight Science uses big words to answer big questions that kids wonder about, like why do we feel icky sometimes and how do our legs help us move? Learn something new about the natural world while drifting off to dreamland. Have an interesting science question or a topic you’re curious about? Email us at hello@sleeptightscience.com, and it might just be the focus of an upcoming episode!

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Made by Sheryl & Clark on Prince Edward Island 🇨🇦

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