Last Time, Muskrat was away on some excursion while its home was occupied by a Canadian Geese family. Today, I was able to find him with a little effort. It came out of its home in the middle of the pond and started munching on vegetation.
As I mentioned earlier, Muskrats seems like a diminutive version of beavers. Both are semiaquatic but are not related.
Muskrats were an important part of several North American cultures and creation myths. In one such myth, it was a muskrat who was tasked to bring mud from the bottom of the primordial sea for the creation of the earth.
During the colonial era, they were hunted extensively for their fur along with beavers. Thankfully, those days are over and now Muskrats are free to roam around and munch happily.
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