Why Are There Statues of Beavers on Top of This Oxford Street Shop?

3 comments

• amiga386 47 minutes ago
  What such a hat looks like:

  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_beaver_hat_-_D...
• conartist6 0 minutes ago
  Perhaps it's only because we wiped them out so many places that we understand in the slightest the ecological role they play
• sharkjacobs 20 minutes ago
  It's funny to me, a Canadian, that this even warrants a did-you-know article because everything about the beaver fur/hat making industry is something I learned extensively about in elementary and high school because it was like, a major driver of the European exploration and colonization and therefore significant to the history of my country.

  But outside of here it's just a footnote to a fashion trend.

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  • coldpie 4 minutes ago
    We learned about it here in Minnesota, too! But I suppose we are about as close to Canadian as you can get without actually crossing the border.