Beavers In The Desert

Ian has been learning about different habitats in preschool lately.  He has really latched on to the concept that we live in the desert (I think the fact that Radiator Springs is in the desert may have helped kindle that fascination) and asks questions about it all the time.  Last night we went running up Provo Canyon on the Provo River Trail from Canyon View Park to the parking lot at Bridal Veil Falls.  We were only about a half of a mile up the trail when we came across a large elm tree which had been partially gnawed through by some ambitious beaver.  I pointed it out to Jenny and the boys.  Ian asked if I saw the beaver or just the tree.  I told him it was just a tree which the beaver had been chewing on.  Ian pondered this for a moment and then asked, "Dad, do beavers in the desert chew on cactuses?"  Gotta love the way this kid's brain works!