As the fifth oldest beaver in human care, Papa Beaver is doing extremely well – even without his eyesight. Born at Northwest Trek 17 years ago, the mellow beaver recently had successful eye-removal surgery. Beavers mostly rely on smell, touch and some sound to navigate, so rodent vision isn’t necessary for them. After healing from surgery, Papa Beaver wandered out of the crate and instantly began scouting his beaver habitat perimeter, tiny nose sniffing hard, whiskers twitching. Within minutes h