edge connectivity of a unicyclic graph?

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How would you show that the edge connectivity for a uni-cyclic graph is no greater than 2?

I've tried to draw a few graphs first to see how I should approach it but not sure how.

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Here is a uni-cyclic graph:

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You can delete any single edge and the remaining graph remains connected but if you delete two non-adjacent edges, the graph is no longer connected.

Here is another uni-cyclic graph:

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You can find single edges (along the arms, for instance) that, when deleted, make the remaining graph non-connected. But you problem statement implies all uni-cyclic graphs, so it must hold for the above graph.