OMGWTF Beaver!

[chicken]

So we went to the Krispy Kreme today and the "Hot Donut" sign was not on. We were about to give up and drive away when I saw a small animal scurrying across the drive-through. It had a flat tail. I have never seen one of these before except maybe in a zoo.

I stopped the car, gobsmacked, so my Bunny could get a look. Sure enough, after a minute or two, it scurried back from the wooded side toward the drive through. That was when we noticed there was a long line of carts covered in green tarps lined up sort of behind the drive through, on the sidewalk/grassy area between the main parking lot and the drive through. All the carts no doubt had donuts on them, because the beaver boldly shoved its nose under one of the green tarps and scurried back toward the woods with a DONUT in its mouth!

OMG BEAVER-shaped DONUT STEALER!

Two firsts in one day, seeing a beaver, and seeing one stealing donuts! It probably would've come back for a third one but an employee rounded the corner (wearing headphones, mostly oblivious, certainly did not see the beaver) so it stayed in the woods and we couldn't get a picture.

Also, it was a very FAT beaver as if this had not been its first sugary-glazed meal. !

EDIT: Moral Dilemma: Should I call them up and tell them they have a semi-aquatic donut-stealer living behind their building, putting beaver saliva all over customers' food? Or should I let the atrocity continue? And also, what is a semi-aquatic creature doing living somewhere that, according to Google Maps, is nowhere near any water?

Comments

[keswindhover.livejournal.com]

Who knew beavers had a sweet tooth?

As for your moral dilemma - I don't suppose Beaver saliva is likely to do anyone harm, but they may notice they have a thief and put down poison or something. Is there any kind of wildlife rescue organisation in the area you could get advice from, rather than going straight to Krispy Kreme management?

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

There is the Dept. of Fish & Wildlife.

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

But they might hunt him. It's their fault they don't secure their donuts against thieving beavers. Also, if they know, they'll secure the donuts, and he'll go into donut withdrawal shock.

The only moral thing to do is to eat donuts elsewhere and let the beaver get fatter and fatter and fatter.

Hee.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

The only moral thing to do is to eat donuts elsewhere

But they have the best donuts! The answer really is to only eat them fresh off the conveyor belt when the "Hot Donuts" sign is on, and under no other circumstances.

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

Well, get 'em fast while they're hot.

Do you think the beaver slobber is going to kill you? Have you heard of people dying or falling ill from beaver slobber disease in that area?

Hopefully not:)

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

Oh. So scary story. I was walking home one night when I lived in the Woodlands, and we had these sunken sidewalks up to our apartments from the woods. I came across a Opossum. It was huge. He stood up and hissed at me. Oh my god. I thought he was going to attack me. I ran like hell and leaped over a wall.

Damn, that was so scary.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

OMG, they hiss? Holy cow. I've only seen roadkill ones (sad). Wow. I'm glad you ran!

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

He was probably scared of me and trying to get me to run. He definitely didn't chase me. I think that because I can't run very fast at all. A fat toddler could catch me:)

[zandra-x.livejournal.com]

Wow, I've never seen a beaver; sure, raccooms are a dime a dozen, but beavers! And all that stuff about them working on dams all the time, obviously some of them have a touch of Bonnie and Clyde about them.

[the-automatik.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA!

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Well, heh, it didn't have a gun, but it sure knew how to hold up the bank anyway. ;-)

[anelith.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha! Don't tell on the beaver! I think this is hilarious... he's found a way to get along with encroaching civilization.

But I wouldn't eat there anymore, myself. Beaver spit. Yuck.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

But I wouldn't eat there anymore, myself. Beaver spit. Yuck.

I do love their donuts, though. The answer is to only eat them fresh off the conveyor belt when the "Hot Donuts" sign is on. Those ones on the carts outside were probably about to be loaded onto trucks going to Stop & Shop and Shaw's.

[the-automatik.livejournal.com]

HAHA! We saw one at the side of the road the other day just hanging out and looking down over the overpass.

And there was one in the creek in the park around the corner from our house.

Now I'm going to look for them at Tim Horton's since they obviously like donuts so much.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Oh, you have seen one, too! Let me know if Tim Horton's is crawlin' with critters. ;-)