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In North American lumberjack lore, the Billdad is a beaver-sized creature with large hind-legs like a kangaroo or hare, webbed feet and a hawk-like bill. It lives on fish by lurking in the reeds and leaping down on them by slapping its tail up and down until the fish is stunned. Mature Billdads could leap up to 60 ft.