Beaver who escaped to find mate welcomes first kit
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4 days ago
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1659447091
2 days ago
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Backstory on Steve the Great Escape beaver: Poster boy of wild England(2025):

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c754lx2wnr1o

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worik
42 minutes ago
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We need more news like this.

Congratulations Steve and Doris

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rurban
3 days ago
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Is Wales really writing kids as kit? Happens 3 times in the article
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happytoexplain
5 hours ago
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To expand on the other replies, here is a list of animals whose young are called "kits":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit#Animals

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1659447091
2 days ago
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A baby beaver is called a `kit`
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Milner08
6 hours ago
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As the other commenter said, Kit is the name of a baby Beaver.

The welsh for child is plentyn, if you were interested.

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rurban
5 hours ago
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plentyn from plant (singular)! Now that's also interesting!
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ohyoutravel
5 hours ago
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Five times in the article! One additional in title. One more in a caption. Seven mentions! I know a baby barber is called a kit, but this is ridiculous!

Funny note: Kits are born fully developed. They’re basically like little copies of their parents. Very cute.

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uncivilized
4 hours ago
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People don’t read past the headline anymore unfortunately
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