The Nature of Phenology 12/1/18

Producers/Hosts: Hazel Stark and Joe Horn

Muskrats

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Muskrats build little pop-up shelters on frozen waterways where they can catch their breaths and eat. They chisel through the ice and push mud and plant matter up through it to make a miniature shelter that does just the trick. Little did we know that ice fishermen were just copying muskrats when they bring their shacks onto the ice in the winter.