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Males may spend the night in vegetation and return to their dance the following day. Although they do not feed, some briefly touch the surface to drink a little water before flying off. [16] Females typically lay between four hundred and three thousand eggs.
The eggs are pure white, slightly rough and not glossy, and oval in shape. [7] In 157 eggs, the length of the egg could measure from 42.5 to 55.5 mm (1.67 to 2.19 in) while the diameter could range from 37.5 to 45.3 mm (1.48 to 1.78 in), with a mean of 50.6 mm × 43.3 mm (1.99 in × 1.70 in).
The English word beaver comes from the Old English word beofor or befor and is connected to the German word biber and the Dutch word bever.The ultimate origin of the word is an Indo-European root for ' brown '. [2]