Their National Animal is the Beaver.

Sex jokes aside, there are worse animals to have around than the beaver. Although they did seriously alter the topography of the far north.

Nothing wrong with a little beaver cleavage

And ours was almost the turkey before the founders decided to go with the eagle. True story.

Most countries choose some big bad-ass animal, or bird of prey as their symbol. At least something that looks sleek and cool on the back of coinage. Canadians, on the other hand, pick an overgrown rodent with an engineering degree.  But hey, at least they're good eating.

What's more, our national bird is the Red-footed Booby.

Them rottin no good no hows Canuckity bastards done put Jerry Mathers in a C-A-G cage!

Canada is great and has nothing to do with a fucking beaver AHEM OLYMPIC HOCKEY :3 Our beer does not taste like aquafina Our cigarettes our strong We are not a bunch of red neck hicks even look into the past when all the black people escaped to Canada from the united states. We accept multi culturalism in our country as apposed to the assimilation process of the united states. We are not a bunch of republican capitalist greedy assholes. We work with poverty, racism, abuse and such while Americas no tolerance level is drugs. As System Of A Down Said "Following the rights movements You clamped down with your iron fists, Drugs became conveniently Available for all the kids, Following the rights movements You clamped down with your iron fists, Drugs became conveniently Available for all the kids, Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated In the prison system, prison system Prison system of the U.S." "Minor drug offenders fill your prisons You don't even flinch All our taxes payi... Read more

. . .a better engineering student than half of our graduates. . .certainly better than the levee builders of New Orleans. . .

Annexing beaver can be an extremely dangerous proposition...

These little guys build good dams. We'll have to tax the hell out of them.

Not 'that' kind of Beaver, gentlemen. Added after reading Victor's comment: I read it as 'position' instead of 'proposition', but I suppose proposing to Annex'ing a Beaver could create for dangerous positions, depending on the outcome of the proposition.

There is a really naughty thought I have about this!!!

I dunno.  I remember that great piece of cinema, Missouri Breaks, and Tom Logan, played by Jack Nicholson, stating,  "The closer you get to Canada, the more things'll eat your horse."

*snicker* That's a good thing, I think...

Beaver - intelligent, industrious Bald eagle - carrion eating scavenger thats afraid of sparrows

Well, they're hard working, keep to themselves and are so busy tending to their own business they don't have time to go around causing trouble. Sounds like a praise-worthy little mascot - I don't see any flaw in their logic in having selected it.