Baby Beaver Causes A Stir After Getting Loose In D.C.

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Rats in D.C.? Sure. Beavers? Not so common.

But on Wednesday, a baby beaver was caught on video wandering the streets near the Van Ness Metro station, according to Twitter user @Adamalthus.

He posted these videos of the lost little rodent:

WUSA9 reports that the "kit," as young beavers are called, was collected by police and taken to animal control.

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