@CatherineBabault@mastodon.social they look so cute and friendly like that

@CatherineBabault@mastodon.social Such a lovely shot, it makes you feel peaceful to look at it ❤️

@CatherineBabault@mastodon.social always a fun animal in the wild but they are rare here in northern Ontario and not that big either.

Our Cree word for it is 'NIkik'

and the funny part is that in the mid part of the last century, de Havilland Canada produced the famous DHC-2 'Beaver' aircraft which became a famous bush plane ... we called it 'Amisk' (the Cree word for beaver)

and at the same time they also had the DHC-3 Otter, which we called 'Nikik'

Decades ago, (but sometimes still now) when we heard a small engine plane overhead, people asked if it was 'Amisk' or 'Nikik'