The Common Muskrat | Learn about Nature 📔

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In today's video we are celebrating the common muskrat as we learn about nature, it's behavior, range and habitat.
The Common Muskrat | Learn about Nature
The common muskrat is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America, and is an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. It is the largest species in its subfamily which includes voles and lemmings.
Muskrats eat a variety of plant material which makes up about 95% of their diets, but they also eat frogs, fresh water mussels, small fish and turtles.
Muskrats spend most of their time in the water and are well suited for their semiaquatic life. They can close their mouth around their protruding teeth and chew underwater!
Muskrats live in wet environments including swamps, ponds, marshes and wetlands, favoring locations where the water level stays constant.
They are excellent swimmers and can evade many predators by escaping into water or into their burrows. They can stay submerged for up to 17 minutes and swim as fast as 3 miles per hour and can even swim backwards.
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1. Intro 0:00
2. Swimming into den in the bank 0:12
3. Two muskrats sparring over food 0:16
4. Coming out of den 0:37
5. Foraging underwater with tail above water 0:44
6. Sitting and eating with reflection in water 1:19
7. Standing up 1:43
8. Diving into water 1:54
9. Tail slap 2:26
10. Eating and looking at camera 2:38
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[@BWoodPhotography]

Did you know that they have long tails covered with scales rather than hair? This aids them in swimming, and their tails are slightly flattened vertically, which is a shape that is unique to them.

[@pandanuscreekfilms6841]

That is facinating....make sense in the design and how they live though!

[@spoofyoriginal]

Like normal rats? :p

[@nickcorbin1419]

They’re just as fascinating dead too, just like most rats

[@carenxatu5962]

I know a few things about muskrats but after trying to save one the other day, I decided I wanted to learn more. There doesn’t seem to be much, though. It’s like people have learned as much about them as they decided they needed to and just left it at that. Anyways. Thank you so much for this video! I was especially amazed to hear that they can swim backwards! That’s incredible!

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you Caren. I'm glad you enjoyed it. They are amazing animals. And yes, there doesn't seem to be a lot of info on them. Thanks so much for watching. I appreciate your support.

[@AventureOiseauxNature]

Nice video my friend 👍 Serge 🍁

[@c-historia]

this is great 👍

[@BWoodPhotography]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for watching.

[@ElizabethAcevedoPhotography]

I didn't know anything about muskrats before watching this! So fun to learn about them. Plus you captured awesome footage!

[@BWoodPhotography]

Glad it was helpful and that you enjoyed it. Thank you for your support.

[@KristenChittock]

I don't know what I thought about muskrats before but I had no idea they were so adapted to water living/habitat!

[@BWoodPhotography]

I'm glad I could share them with you. Thank you for watching.

[@Devan...]

I saw one in the wild today for the first time. Wanted to learn more about them. Thanks!

[@BWoodPhotography]

Very cool! I'm so glad that this helped. Thanks for stopping by.

[@sanatsalimge]

Thanks to your great shots, we both watch pleasant images and learn new things. Gorgeous sharing as usual. 🥰👏🏼

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you for your kind words and for all your support. I appreciate it.

[@DonnaTaibossigai]

Yay! Muskrats! I didn't know you did voiceovers in your older films. I really enjoyed the shots where he dove under but left his tail sticking out! They're so cute!

[@NeerajVlogs-lq5uu]

Very nice dear frnd stay connected safe m new frnd.....

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thanks so much for taking the time to watch. I appreciate it.

[@keepupwithliv]

This is so precious!

[@BWoodPhotography]

They are amazing creatures. Thank you for watching.

[@unbehaunjake]

Love shooting these little bastards, they ruin my grandpas ponds

[@semipunch857]

ew

[@costiniucmircea]

So beautiful place and the scenery Thanks for your upload.

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you for watching. I'm glad I could share it with you.

[@ThelmaDorig23]

very enjoyable watching the Muskrat.

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you and thanks for watching.

[@TheeOwlQueen]

This was an absolute joy to watch Becca! I loved watching them forage and go about their daily duties. I had no idea their tails were covered in scales instead of hair! The music you paired with your amazing video was perfect! I wish you a lovely weekend my friend and stay safe!

[@BWoodPhotography]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. They are very adorable creatures that can be quite feisty at times. Take care and stay safe.

[@Kolekcjonergrzyby]

Good video👍

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Wow superb... Nice sharing 👌

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you so much

[@nhacdanhchoban-musicforyou6212]

NICE SHARING MY DEAR

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

I have just really learned of Muskrats today. So cute! All I see are videos of them being agressive, and attacking, however, these videos are only of them being trapped. Some people say they are docile. The rare few said they will attack people swimming in lakes. Are any of these statements true? I love wildlife photography, and I think I have a new project in mind! 😁 I love woodchucks very much, and even rescued many babies and young kids. They like alike in many ways :) PS: Subscribed 🥰

[@BWoodPhotography]

Hi Sheldon - thanks for your support. For the most part muskrats are pretty laid back, but I have seen them attack people that were teasing them. They also get quite aggressive towards other muskrats when defending their territory. I have never heard of anyone being attacked by a muskrat while swimming, it could happen, but I think it would be highly unlikely. Thanks again for your support.

[@bluesal]

Beautiful footage interesting information

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you for visiting and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Love your work.

[@pandanuscreekfilms6841]

adorableness personified! loved the little tail up when head was down underwater doing serious muskrat business!

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thanks so much Alexandra! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@vjstv0101]

Yesterday, I saw one for the first time. That lead me to search for info about it. Then I found your video. Thanks. 😊

[@BWoodPhotography]

Glad I could help and glad that you got to see one in real life.

[@JulchensWelt]

so interesting many thanks dear Becca - wonderful footage big like! Wish you a great week my friend all the best warm greetings Petra

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thanks so much for watching.

[@vs123]

Wow muskrat it so cute

[@BWoodPhotography]

I agree!! Thank you for watching.

[@SocialConfidenceMastery]

Nature is just so cool!

[@BWoodPhotography]

It is amazing Myke! Thanks for watching. I appreciate your support.

[@Rabbithole9555]

Photography/Video footage on point of course, but not enough wildlife animal info, but good-ish, yet will have to look elsewhere, but Superb Beautiful photography and Art 🌟

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you Rick. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and sorry that I didn't include enough info. Thanks for watching.

[@maselthaffmikail871]

such a enjoying video, I always like to watch animal video

[@BWoodPhotography]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.

[@SteveItMakesSense]

Never knew any of this about muskrats. Thank you for the video!

[@BWoodPhotography]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching.

[@FarmersMarketFido]

This is so cool! I never see them here in FL. Fun to watch:)

[@BWoodPhotography]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@Sienisota]

Just heard the word muskrat, and tried searching a video. Nice that there is a short video where you get the basics of what it is. Thanks 👍

[@SocialConfidenceMastery]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@BWoodPhotography]

My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@billmcyrus]

Excellent information! Last year we observed two in our backyard in a small creek and drainage area from late January to about March. I really hope to see them again this year.

[@BWoodPhotography]

That is awesome! If there is water and food available on a year round basis, they will stay in the area. Thank you for stopping by, watching and taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

[@diplosbae]

I'm impressed with animals that do so well in the cold... these muskrats look happy swimming in that freezing water

[@BWoodPhotography]

I am too. They only time I've seen an unhappy muskrat is when it was 90+ degrees out. Thanks so much for stopping by, watching and commenting. I appreciate your support.

[@suzileitrevisan4548]

Sucesso no canal sempre lindo lugar animais 🙏

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you for those kind sentiments. Thank you for watching. Wishing you the same.

[@ashleybaker2607]

So cute!!

[@BWoodPhotography]

I agree. They are a favorite of mine. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@girlswithdacurls]

Always enjoy your videos!!

[@BWoodPhotography]

I appreciate that! I'm so happy that you like them.

[@wildlifenet]

Brilliant information and cracking footage. I photographed Muskrats on a frozen lake near Banff in Alberta one time, they kept diving down into the water and back onto the ice to eat vegetation that they had picked up. Great video - Stewart.

[@BWoodPhotography]

So glad you enjoyed it.

[@wildlifenet]

@@BWoodPhotography very much enjoyed it.

[@jennybellido3279]

Adorable! Thanks for sharing :)

[@BWoodPhotography]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@ProPetPhotog]

Didn't know they swam backwards. Another adorbs vid, thanks!

[@BWoodPhotography]

They are amazing creatures. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

[@knutfugl]

Truly an enjoyable movie of this beautiful animal. Very well filmed and edited. We also have a very small population of this interesting animal in the north of the country. Wish you a wonderful weekend. Best regards, Knut.

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you Knut. I'm happy that you enjoyed it. Have a wonderful week!

[@knutfugl]

@@BWoodPhotography Thank you.

[@SandraJsAdventuresOutdoors]

How very interesting, I don't know much about muskrats and have never seen one. I have a small pond on our property and right now there are thousands of tad polls swimming around. A beaver tried to hang out at the pond last summer, but it doesn't have moving water, which they prefer I read.

[@BWoodPhotography]

I'm glad I could share them with you. I would almost bet that at some point you will have muskrats! It sounds like you have the perfect habitat for them. That would have been exciting if the beaver had stuck around!!

[@theswcoaching]

Great video! I love what I can learn on KZbin!!!

[@BWoodPhotography]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@urbanwarchief]

We have a bunch of these lil fellas around our lake

[@BWoodPhotography]

That is exciting! Do they cause any damage? Thank you for stopping by, watching and commenting. I appreciate it.

[@urbanwarchief]

@@BWoodPhotography they make little nests around the shore if theres enough reeds, they often come out more in spring time with the beavers along the river.

[@berthendrikx]

Interesting video, thank you for posting.

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you for watching.

[@lamajigmeg]

the quality of your video is amazing!

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you so much for watching.

[@cherubin7th]

So this is how these Musk fans look like.

[@arroulford403]

I see them all the time in the canal near my house. Once they see me, they generally dive down under water almost in a blink!

[@eslnotes7521]

Love your videos!!

[@BWoodPhotography]

Glad you like them! Thank you for watching.

[@danrose9289]

interesting trapped before gone now here in pa

[@DyaSpo]

Common compared to the Elongated Muskrat?

[@BWoodPhotography]

😂 yes!!

[@IntrinsicMind]

Very interesting thank you

[@BWoodPhotography]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@DhanaClarkson]

Great video 😊

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thanks for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@KalpriArt]

Nice video

[@BWoodPhotography]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.

[@KalpriArt]

@@BWoodPhotography Welcome 🙏

[@lillianlrogue9480]

I wouldn’t have ever thought they were related to lemmings! What was the other one you said? I couldn’t understand. I was wanting to find out more about them after seeing a video of something that looked almost like a hybrid between a typical sewer rat and a muskrat in an urban area around garbage bins. I don’t suppose that’s likely however if they’re not even remotely related. Also I’ve always heard they’re an invasive species to North American? I could be wrong. I’m just trying to learn a bit more about them now. I’m happy if they belong here! They’re adorable little creatures that don’t seem to cause any harm. I mean I’ve heard of some terrible things beavers can do and everyone LOVES them! Lol. They look pretty similar if you ask me other than their tails. I’ve never understood why anyone thinks rat tails are creepy?! (the muskrat has a similar tail to the rat) I had a pet rat and they’re great pets! Very sweet, highly intelligent, social and love to be held if you have them from a young age. And cute!!! Their little human looking hands too! 💕

[@BWoodPhotography]

Hi Lillian: They are related to voles and lemmings. They are native to North America, but have been introduced to many other countries, and so are considered an invasive species in those countries. Everyone has things they don't like, I don't understand why so many people dislike them - they are a fascinating creature. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and sharing your comments.

[@lillianlrogue9480]

@@BWoodPhotography thank you very much for your reply! As well as the additional information. And yes “voles”! That makes sense now. I’ve heard of them before.

[@avery2041]

Loool i recently had a dream i met a talking female muskrat named Darcy, she wore a simple pink dress too

[@uncklebuckle6859]

I’ve got one in a retention pond (about the shape and just a little bit smaller than a football field) right beside the house. It follows the mallards from time to time, which is cute. I’ve only spotted the one; will it seek out a mate in other ponds?

[@BWoodPhotography]

That is exciting that you have one, and yes, it will seek out a mate. They can have up to 3 litters per year - so once it finds a mate, you may have a LOT!

[@ronward3949]

Muskrats charismatically eat, build, shelter, build pop-ups, lodges, or burrows as they utilize cattails many propensities for such excellent dry bedding materials when stored properly as bulrushes or sedges, rushes, and other Riparian/ Wetland Freshwater habitats the muskrats are bound to patrol, dig canals, make water retentive structures, supervise water flows by active integration with the habitat or plant life.

[@Fenixias]

0:44 if you order a shark on Wish

[@BWoodPhotography]

Thank you for watching.

[@Madiitetr]

One was outside the door of my downstairs apartment today, tried to give it lettuce but it randolphed

[@netquemientayvn-westcountr3633]

HELLO MY DEAR

[@BWoodPhotography]

Hello 😊 Thank you for stopping by.

[@Crunkboy415]

They also like to move into Beaver lodges. The Beavers don't seem to mind, maybe they pay rent. 🤣

[@BWoodPhotography]

😄😂 Perhaps!! Thanks for watching.

[@donnybankstone5009]

Elon Muskrat? Evolved?

[@BWoodPhotography]

Always evolving!! Thanks for watching.

[@conspiracyphreakphreaka6082]

never saw these before in my life, camping, hiking, summer camps, living near woods/swamps/ponds... past year or two me and my girl have seen several of these things just popping up here and there on our walks near water ways but we couldnt figure out what it was. due to the huge diesel spill in russia i saw one a news program as he was describing it and sure enough it was a muskrat that we have been seeing on our walks. even have a small family that lives along the small stream that runs through my condos property.....

[@BWoodPhotography]

I'm glad that you're seeing lots of them. Thanks for watching.

[@MZMA85]

If I catch any of pesky giant rodents that are inhabiting a wet market nearby and throw it into a river few meters away from the market, will it survive to become a semi-aquatic rat?

[@BWoodPhotography]

😀 I don't know, try it and see what happens. Thanks for stopping by.

[@MaureenKo1]

People eat them, I just learned. I look like one, you just learned.

[@BWoodPhotography]

😂😂 You are funny. I did not know that people ate them. I wonder if they taste like chicken? Thanks for stopping by.

[@jimf1964]

They're cute little buggers, but unchecked, they can reproduce quickly and be really destructive.

[@BWoodPhotography]

They are and I agree - they can do a lot of damage in a short period of time. Thanks for visiting and taking the time to watch and comment. I appreciate your support.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

The only muskrats I hate are Elon muskrats.

[@BWoodPhotography]

😂😂 - now that's funny!!

[@tmo2798]

IS THAT ELON?

[@BWoodPhotography]

Yes - yes it is!! 😅

[@Rossco603]

damn muskrats eaten up all we had boys eaten up all we haddddddd!!

[@BWoodPhotography]

You'll just need to start eatin' them!! Thanks for watching.

[@Rossco603]

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[@mrpeabody5699]

Im trumatized that people kill these things

[@BWoodPhotography]

I am sorry that you are traumatized. Thank you for stopping by.

[@tmo2798]

Look at Elon! That rat!

[@BWoodPhotography]

😂😆😂!!

[@aarphi1984]

17 minutes?!?!

[@BWoodPhotography]

I question the validity of that number, but several of the articles I read used that number. But that is an extremely long time! Thanks for the visit.

[@ronward3949]

They create scent posts important tv various metamorphosis Species life stages such as the Mayflies ( Ephemeroptera), a world order, linking it to water quality, water temperatures, springs, seeps, ponds of ephemeral Nature and a monitor Species for water quality, water retention, use of Typhus genera to live, grow, metamorphize through various nymphs, imago, etc., to adult winged reproducers.

[@hammou1312]

Thanks, I guess I'll call them Rat Beavers though.

[@BWoodPhotography]

😂 that is funny! Thanks for stopping by.

[@hammou1312]

@@BWoodPhotography No problem. I really enjoyed the video. Thank you.

[@leannezezeski-sass2773]

I want one 😂 I wonder if anyone has ever domesticated one like regular rats

[@jb894]

Elon Muskrat

[@BWoodPhotography]

😂😂! I love it.

[@dirtybaytexas]

I came from that "new york city biggest rat" video

[@manybeers812]

Almost no info

[@BWoodPhotography]

I'm sorry you didn't like it. Thanks for stopping by.

[@ggghggfff8659]

I'm going to start eating them. They are non GMO. I wish I was joking.

[@BWoodPhotography]

Let me know what they taste like - hopefully not chicken!! Thanks for stopping by.

[@janabest5098]

I know people that eat muskrat saddles I personally dont care for the taste of them but if it's the only thing you have to eat you eat it.

[@horse5407]

Good God what's with that awful music?

[@BWoodPhotography]

Sorry you didn't like the music😧. Thank you for watching.

[@tonyrains217]

I could do without the silly music

[@BWoodPhotography]

I can understand that. Thank you for watching even though you don't like the music. I appreciate it.