A hospital in Tennessee received an unexpected visitor as a Christmas present.
Bartlett Police Department in Tennessee divided by Xformerly known as Twitter, received a call about a beaver on the loose at St. Francis on Christmas morning around 6:45
The department shared a photo of a police officer with a captured beaver outside the hospital. The picture shows a giant beaver in a black bucket with a light blue blanket hanging from the side of the container. The police department noted that the beaver was “huge … because that cart is a pretty good size” and that the creature took up a large portion of the carrier.
The agency also shared a photo on Facebook of a beaver under a piano nibbling on what appeared to be wood. The department titled the photo “Nom nom nom piano legs”.
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“Things you don’t want under your tree on Christmas morning…” the police department added on Facebook. “Officer Read made sure the beaver found a good home.”
The post went viral, garnering more than 1,800 likes and hundreds of comments, including one who joked: “Wait, Santa must have been confused because it was meant for my house.”
Police officers found the beaver hiding under a piano in the parlor of St. Francis, the department announced Charlotte watcher. The department also noted that the creature was “probably looking for a nom nom Christmas tree.”
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According to Bartlett Police, Officer Robb Read was the one who secured the beaver, placed the animal in a large black cart and moved the creature to a safe area. The police department did not specify the exact location of the beaver.
“No beavers or officers were injured,” the police department told McClatchy News Charlotte watcher.
The police department did not say how the beaver got to the hospital. However, the agency noted that the entrance door to the hospital was automatic and that the beaver was likely large enough to activate it.
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According to the Tennessee government website, American beavers are “abundant in many areas throughout the state,” often growing to 34-54 inches in length and weighing between 26 – 90 lbs.
The creature is often found in “streams, rivers, swamps, ponds and small lakes” where they can build dams. Their diet mainly consists of twigs and softer bark of trees such as “willow, maple, poplar, beech, birch and alder”.
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