The beaver, who lodged in Eye of the Sea last year and survived the winter there, died when he fell from the Szpiglasowa Przełęcz (Szpiglas Pass). The fact that it survived the winter there is a natural curiosity, and the fact that it climbed the Szpiglasowa Przełęcz is an unusual event. Sad information was provided by the forester of the Tatra National Park from Eye of the Sea, Grzegorz Bryniarski.
“I have a sad piece of information because on Friday the 13th we received information from a tourist who found a dead beaver at the Szpiglasowa Przełęcz. It is most likely a beaver that wintered in the eye of the sea in the region of the Dwoista Silkawa,” Bryniarski told via social media.
The forester suspects that the beaver passed from Eye of the Sea into the Dolinka za Mnichem (Behind the Monk Valley) and on to the Szpiglasowa Przełęcz, from where it fell to the other side of the mountain, that is, into the Valley of the Five Polish Lakes and has died there.
“We don’t know what exactly has happened.”
“We don’t know if it was frightened by a predator like a lynx, but we know for sure that it is certainly dead. This is a very big natural curiosity that we have never had to deal with in the Tatras. We don’t know if it was a lonely individual or if there would be another beaver in the area.” the forester concluded by the Eye of the Sea.
Dziś niestety nie mamy dla Was dobrych informacji o bobrze znad Morskiego Oka ? Leśniczy Grzegorz Bryniarski opowie Wam dokładniej, co się wydarzyło, posłuchajcie sami.#TPN #Tatry pic.twitter.com/3WLvvb1LHx
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It had settled by the Eye of the Sea
The Beaver had appeared there on 19 August last year and aroused a natural sensation. The Tatra is completely foreign to beavers, and naturalists assumed that the animal would not survive the winter. It turned out that this specimen built its feeding stations in the region of Dwoista Siklawa pod Mnichem and survived the winter there. It was only seen once last autumn by the workers of the Eye of the Sea hut. The beaver is an animal that is difficult to observe because it is nocturnal. Scientists observed its traces and especially its characteristically cut branches.