Beaver Dam Collapse

[@ricksmith578]

Update: DAM REBUILT 6 weeks after this Collapse the Beavers rebuilt the dam to 4 ft high. The pond is now two thirds full and their house entrance should be accessible for the winter. By next summer I expect it to be totally rebuilt.

[@alextheduke8221]

+Rick Smith very cool!

[@KuluShaker]

+Rick Smith how about an update movie?

[@jill_temple1111]

+Rick Smith

[@bigbuilder10]

You should build a flood channel or a beaver dam leveler. The leveler is the easiest and less impactful to the Beavers. Just put a pipe in at the highest water level you want in the pound and then put a chicken wire cage around it and then build the pipe out to the other side of the dam. That way, if there is another strong storm, the pond won't overflow and break the damn.

[@ricksmith578]

+bigbuilder10 Thanks for the idea, we are looking into doing that.

[@ricksmith578]

The beavers were unharmed and rebuilt the dam to 4 feet high within 6 weeks.

[@NHLinden]

Is the pond coming back

[@stbu9709]

Snowflake beavers! 😂

[@codyharper5901]

Kayle M I would assume it’s gonna be back if it was there before and a new dam was built.

[@MF11283]

I was just about to ask this

[@unpopularopinion149]

They often rebuild at existing location. The also know how to patch leaks and breaches like this dam.

[@warrenstemphly5756]

Beaver interviewed on Beaver T.V: “Well, this is a set back, we have a lot of memories here, but we’re gonna rebuild for sure”

[@applejacks971]

"Our fish friends have relocated further south..."

[@sparkyjohan]

"And the cod are gonna pay for it."

[@zubitron5]

And, we have brought in a new engineering team.

[@lewdempsey3232]

300 beavers disliked this vedio.

[@prestonransome5362]

Where is FEMA when they're needed? Too busy building detention camps, I suspect.

[@ricksmith578]

To My Viewers:We own the property that this dam is built on and were totally heartbroken when this dam gave way. The beauty of this natural setting is why we bought the property in the first place. We had no part in the destruction of this dam. It merely could not take the pressure of two week of heavy rain draining into beaver pond flood plain. Also, the beavers built it too high, 9 Ft. It was an engineering marvel. Double decker beaver dams are not that common.

[@davidmarshall1259]

+Rick Smith this is just amazing, I had no idea a Beaver, and his chums could engineer a structure of such size and strength. we have nothing like that here in the UK. This really is an impressive thing. glad to see no damage to persons and property.

[@chrisrobbins9058]

+DAVID Marshall I thought this was the beaver bog that's between leveaux mountain and temperance river.

[@danielandlucia8468]

So hard to watch. Truly heartbreaking.

[@gwantM]

what was so heartbreaking..

[@austinpeters8807]

just gonna take a guess and say it was the natural marvel of a pond vanishing in just hours..?

[@ricksmith578]

Heavy rain two weeks prior to the collapse. We did not touch the dam. This pond is treasured by every one in our group plus it washed our our bridge over the creek. We had to build a new bridge.

[@dixietenbroeck8717]

If a bridge was the only major loss I'd say you were "dammed" lucky!

[@Pretermit_Sound]

I’m originally from Orr, MN; have relatives with property on Vermillion. Are you on the Cook end, or the Tower end? Beautiful spot you have! 😊

[@elsindo]

Did you guys rebuild the bridge in 6 weeks like those beaver rebuild the dam? 😁

[@james94582]

I'm just curious if they started rebuding the dam??

[@williammorris4327]

@@james94582 that's what beavers do. I'm sure they had it rebuilt in no time.

[@dajitag8550]

Can you imagine being a fish in that lake? “Well Tina looks like we’re moving again”

[@amandahudson431]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nickw9376]

no....Tuna

[@im1who84u]

Women and blacks affected most.

[@havocproltd]

@@im1who84u ...Beaver Lives Matter!!

[@riverraisin1]

Wanda. Her name is Wanda

[@user-xi2if4tq2g]

These beavers should be held accountable! Typical wild animals not being held to any engineering standards. Thank God there was no loss of life but we cannot allow beavers to continue to build shoddy projects using substandard materials and no safety regulations!

[@150cameron]

ayo I was thinking the same thing, look at the mess they caused

[@Whiskeybuisness]

Somebody call OSHA fast....

[@girlspooptoo8567]

ayo 3 beavers died in this disaster. 2 where just babys

[@ROGER2095]

You're joking but the EPA suing a private landowner over the shoddy, non-permitted, and non-inspected construction of a beaver dam is not unheard of.

[@cruggiere]

Not to mention the nonunion workers.

[@ricksmith578]

The dam was 7 years old when it collapsed. It has had a history of collapsing every 7 years or so.

[@justsayin3600]

So that's why the whole town was there. It was just coincidence everyone showed up.

[@misterschubert3242]

A lot of marriages like that...

[@Refr619]

Hmmm I wonder if the beavers do that on purpose.

[@havocproltd]

Did the beavers break a mirror or something?

[@cobaltclass.]

If the beavers haven't built up another dam to fill the area, could you get some footage of what the area looks like today doing a lot fo the same shots/views in the video? It would be interesting to see.

[@jdhrap]

Minnesota - “Land of 9,999 Lakes.”

[@cliff3233]

There are over 17,000 in MN...

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

True

[@Sackmatters]

@@cliff3233 laughs at your lake count in Alaska. Over 3 million unnamed lakes.

[@ananda_miaoyin]

9,998 now.

[@Selmarya]

@@Sackmatters *laughs in snow and benis noises*

[@pmcnamara1954]

Not a catastrophe. Nature. That is how meadows are born, as silt sediments are deposited over a large area. Then the water goes away and meadow grasses thrive in the fertile silty soil.

[@evanedwards5473]

You seem pretty excited about fertile silty soil

[@ferce889]

@@evanedwards5473 you seem like an idiot :0, just saying...thats what an idiot would say

[@evanedwards5473]

@@ferce889 why are you trolling in a beaver damn collapse video comment section

[@tijmen131]

@@evanedwards5473 why aren't more people trolling in a beaver dam collapse video?

[@garythbensley1565]

What's with weird angry comments. He is right

[@ricksmith578]

Yes the dam was rebuilt by the Beavers to 4 ft.

[@Eszekial]

Where do you buy property like this :(

[@plexim1591]

LOL I was wondering the same just now.

[@HanCholo112]

question is: how do you get the water back in?

[@ChadMourning]

rain?

[@jsvkia1]

JamesAnderyourstruly A water hose...duh.

[@theJimmer66]

I use to trap beaver , that is until i was mercilessly attacked by a cougar, haven't been back to the bar since.

[@chubbygardener]

🤣🤣😂🤣

[@c.garcia2363]

🍻🤪😂😂👍🤣🤣🤣

[@roberthunt1540]

Badum-dum-swish!

[@normnorm2743]

Hahahaha!

[@IzzyGside961]

Where was that bar btw?

[@spacecadet28]

i dread when beavers discover concrete.

[@cowboywayne5364]

spacecadet28 the first ever beaver condominium. it's only 3 feet high, but screw you, it's for beavers.

[@harborwolf22]

3 feet high and affects an area of 1000 square miles. Beavers don't fuck around

[@grego7345]

spacecadet28 That may be the funniest comment that I've ever read on KZbin!

[@pirobot668beta]

Next to humans, beavers cause more environmental change/damage than any other critter.

[@harborwolf22]

They create biodiversity and habitats for hundreds, if not thousands, of other animals. Sorry your shitty cows need to destroy some more land.

[@blearghbleorgh4663]

Did the beaver in charge of this project get fired?

[@PeacefulCountryLife]

no, they got sacked

[@russellberry9156]

Bleargh Bleorgh those beaver guys pay through the teeth

[@phokjiouh59]

No, he just got swept away

[@jarnosaarinen4583]

It was a Chinese Beaver!

[@paulmacfarlane207]

They will fix it.

[@dixietenbroeck8717]

*THANK YOU for your explanations!* I'm sure I wasn't the only person to question the cause of the collapse, but your video showing JUST HOW HIGH they'd built that dam explained it all - poor planning, beavers! SO GLAD they promptly rebuilt their home. Great video. 👍🤗

[@juliezaremskiy3635]

I wonder if the beavers ran 10 years worth of Environmental impact studies.

[@daveknepp7718]

Nathan Zaremskiy just the liberal beavers ran the studies.

[@rendermatt]

This is nothing compared to the effects of working or malfunctioning man made dams, or other human environmental impacts.

[@brianMcGranahan0311]

Nathan Zaremskiy or obtained a permit to build on wetlands.

[@tom7601]

Brian McGranahan Or a permit to create a wetlands...

[@iNuchalHead]

Beavers _are_ the environment.

[@highlandwinterwolf8589]

anyone else get stuck watching videos of collapsing dams again at 5 pm in the afternoon on a weekend?

[@rodneycampbell2978]

I wouldn't say stuck, I choose to watch it.

[@arthurfeidelson9366]

4:24 pm on Sunday

[@jpslim7279]

10:02 pm Sunday

[@l.b.5892]

1146 pm on a Thursday

[@janetstewart9781]

How about 1am on Sunday night lol

[@mosanso]

land of 9,999 lakes now

[@Cosigner22]

Bwahahaha

[@ricksmith578]

No we love this land and the beaver pond. It truly was a spontaneous breach. The dam was not touched by human hands.

[@scottwarner2827]

What river is this? If it drains into Superior, did the Superior trail bridge get knocked out, or hwy 61? Did it have anything to do with when Duluth got flooded out few years ago?

[@wambamit344]

This was two years ago. I’m sure the beavers repaired it already. It’s great for ecology of the area

[@infectedvector]

Beaver are cool animals. All animals that build are pretty interesting. Ants, termites, bees, etc. Some birds have pretty interesting nesting techniques.

[@stephenspark9358]

then why the edit?

[@rockinrollinntrollin616]

you sound like a politician ?. what machine digger , did you use ?.

[@nancyrampala7576]

Thanks for sharing this video. There's a beaver pond behind our property and today I noticed their dam failed and three of their lodges are now high and dry. I'm glad to know they will rebuild, as they're fascinating to watch and a lot of wildlife enjoy this pond.

[@henrygrand695]

I'd love to see a time-lapse of the beavers building that dam up again

[@robertlivingston1634]

Chances are they have already depleted the food source in that area and will move on to another area.

[@1990cwa81625]

@@robertlivingston1634 there seemed to be a lot of trees in the area still....

[@robertlivingston1634]

@@1990cwa81625 they don't eat just any old tree, they prefer Aspen, young maple and a handful of others.

[@1990cwa81625]

@Tom Jenkins Read the posts from the owners. It was not destroyed on purpose. The collapse came after heavy rainfall and the property owners realized that the rains would cause the dam to fail.

[@asktheetruscans9857]

I've seen beaver rebuild in a matter of days, but it wasn't as big as that dam either. Little bastards could probably get it together in 1 1/2 - 3 weeks though I'd bet, depending on amount of saplings are still close by and how many beavers. I would've destroyed that dam well before it got 9 ft tall. Wtf, are those people doing, trying to drown somebody downstream?

[@novalone3211]

When even the guy with white hair and plaid is recording on his phone, you know the situation is unique

[@jonnyethco]

Damn.

[@miniclip1162]

dam right!... oh no sorry the dam wasnt upright anymore.

[@Donald590]

oh hi appsro nice seeing you here.

[@qazman4]

Fuck man, I need some more doraleous and associates WHERE IS IT JHONNY

[@JMarwah]

I second that notion. more doralingus plz

[@guyb6665]

contribute

[@ricksmith578]

Two beaver dams down stream also washed out

[@BigHeartedMan65]

Good thing CNN did't interview the beavers , It would of been all Trumps fault . 'HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

[@im1who84u]

Women and blacks affected most. Film at eleven.

[@kennethgibson1092]

Unprecedented racism

[@FinznFowl82]

As a waterfowl hunter I have witnessed firsthand their amazing skills. On the land I used to hunt they would help me some years by flooding new areas and creating better habitat for the ducks. Some years not so much, but either way I just let them do their thing and never bothered them. Sometimes I would be walking into the swamp early in the morning before day light and they would swim close to me and slap their tail on the water. That will surely wake you up.

[@StormTiberius]

Beaver: Oh well, back to square one...

[@ricksmith578]

+StormTiberius In just 6 weeks the Beavers have rebuilt the dams first wall to 4 ft high

[@mytime103]

+Rick Smith When it cut from drone to the Dam open I just thought you had done it yourself. But if you are letting them rebuilt it good for you. It was an amazing bit of engineering by the beavers but I'm sure beaver Dams can hold back water needed elsewhere.

[@granttabor1338]

+Rick Smith Don't let it get any higher than that !! They don't need anymore. Many years ago had a working dude ranch in Wy. A beaver dam about 20 miles up the valley let go (later measured at 9 feet) and as it traveled down stream it took out the next one then the next one and on and on till it took out, and gathered the water, from 14 !!! Two hands were working in the barn and saw (and heard) it coming. They opened the corral gate and turned out 40 horses to fend for them self's then got up into the loft. We lost about $8,000.00 in winter feed, 8 good saddles and unknown how much tack. Had 3 feet of mud in the barn to shovel out and over a week to round up the horses that had headed for the hills.

[@rokitman5753]

Grant Tabor ppl are to dence as long as it looks pretty let em build.

[@SomervilleBob]

Give those hands a bonus. They saved your hide.

[@JisINSANE3]

Unreal having free labor build a lake on your property. And not only build a lake but also engineering skill that ensures maximum water surface over land survey and water sources to fill it, and damn life made from sticks! And having a 2 stage flood gate control fall. Brillant animals.

[@susanlauper1472]

didn't cost the tax payers a cent

[@elijahsellers3727]

Very well designed creatures.

[@timg1099]

@@elijahsellers3727 That's the key word, "designed". A lot of wisdom and intelligence. That can't be denied by anyone.

[@davidmehnert6206]

Having a smaller, secondary back-up dam is Mother Nature at her best - allowing for controlled flooding and no disaster. Leave it to beaver to save the day.

[@d.ferrell9978]

Yep, and I bet they were out there that very night to start repairs on the main dam. You can knock down their dams, but they will rebuild.

[@steverichardson6920]

They just released Beavers back into part of the UK after 400 years, hoping to be successful reintroduction across the whole of the UK eventually.

[@peterembranch5797]

Where in the UK?

[@dezznutz3743]

That sh*t NEVER works. I see the long history of Yellowstone Park is STILL being ignored through-out the world.

[@peterembranch5797]

@@dezznutz3743 According to an article on CNN this very day, they're already a big success.

[@paulfranklin4276]

You mean Yellowstone when they reintroduced the wolves and it literally saved the park. That one?

[@bulletproofguy5112]

@@peterembranch5797 illegal ones in Scotland and there’s a legal reintroduction also in scotland aswell as one in England.

[@mirhasanoddname]

I had forgotten that beavers were the dam builders in the first place. The fact that such little animals are capable of such an incredible project astounds me.

[@4exgold]

a lot of beavers were fired that day

[@lonelyboy100ful]

Perhaps

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

No they were in the Union.

[@diannelavoie5385]

Beaver commenting on the breach: "Damn that damn dam!"

[@kelvinmiller3712]

There's a documentary that illustrated beavers would build dams in areas of rushing water sounds. The environmentalist placed pipes at overflow locations to prevent too much water ever developing, and played music that sounded like rushing water, when they returned, the beavers had built dams that helped anchor the pipes exactly where the environmentalists had recommended with the music.

[@M3rVsT4H]

KZbin's hidden gems never fail to amaze me. Great vid with awesome footage. Thanks for sharing and the followup info.

[@kodaspaws]

Before we all get teary eyed over the beaver, may I remind you - they've never bought a round at the bar once. It's always, " Well I gotta get up early in the morning and naw down some trees. " but they never pick up the tab on their way out.

[@daveholtz2528]

bastards!

[@misterschubert3242]

Yep, just slap something with their tail, flash a big, toothy rodent smile, and off they go to flood another parking lot...

[@wesley00042]

Never trusted them... too eager.

[@ricksmith578]

We did not see any beavers or fish during the breach. The beavers do their work at night.

[@josephastier7421]

I tested that theory by opening a small outlet in a beaver dam. Hiked back out three hours later (by now it's noon) and the dam is fixed.

[@cochise422]

I have a horse pasture in Colorado, and unlike you I am trying to keep it a pasture and not a lake! I have to get rid of the dams. The problem we both have in common is that there is no negotiating with beavers! You cannot tell them that two feet or 5 feet is okay, but nothing higher. Their instincts tell them to build, build, and build! The drone footage is spectacular!

[@ez0526]

Dinomite works well.

[@zoli058]

EZ05 or see4, cnc, if nothing helps go nucular.

[@richcampoverde]

Kill the beavers

[@globalance1948]

Truly amazing that a beaver dam could successfully hold back THAT MUCH WATER!! Wow! D

[@rayopeongo]

Years ago, in Algonquin Park, a dam like that one broke and washed out the main highway through the park.

[@arcticbushpilot123]

Reporter: "Mr. Beaver, what exactly happened here today?" Mr. Beaver: "Damn...."

[@im1who84u]

Women and blacks affected most.

[@SeanHodgins]

Near a cottage I used to visit, there were a series of beaver dams totally about 30-40ft in height combined. However, they were only about 20 feet across but the first one alone was at least 9ft tall. This one is a lot wider wider, super impressive. That was a cool event you were able to witness.

[@sam-psonsmith9951]

"were able to witness" yeah probably broke it so he could film the outcome. notice how it cuts from sky view to the already broken dam.

[@john_hunter]

Sam-pson Smith You expect they have footage of the dam breaking? Read the uploaders comment. He was heartbroken when the dam broke, which is understandable considering a beautiful lake was reduced to mud.

[@sam-psonsmith9951]

first of all, it was mainly sarcasm speaking. although i wouldn't say it is impossible. things like that happen all the time. (of course he would say he is heart broken, what else would he say? "i broke the dam for views and money!" ? )

[@john_hunter]

Sam-pson Smith Convenient.

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

@@sam-psonsmith9951 "it was mainly sarcasm speaking" Look at dude walkin it back.

[@BOBBYT5751]

I find it hilarious that beavers see running water and immediately think "well someones gotta put a stop to this bullshit"

[@elvis316]

If the beavers could talk, know what they would say? Damn!

[@madcatlover7554]

elvis316 damn it*

[@gorillaau]

They should have been more eager!

[@unothgor]

Oh well.. back to the drawing board..

[@gorillaau]

unothgor Knawing bored! (I think that's the right spelling)

[@ibieiniid4240]

they'd definitely say "spoot".

[@dougd5002]

Interesting video and thanks for not putting an intrusive soundtrack over it.

[@PB1776Politics]

In 1998 the Highway department blew a dam in Northern Alberta they didn’t know that several dams and multiple lodges had combined. After it blew we got a call that we had 15 minutes to get across the highway 10 minutes after crossing the flooded highway 2 miles of highway swept away they investigated the incident.. the dam was 18’ high where they blew it.. and it was 6 miles long and 2 miles wide

[@littlegoobie]

was there a name or it that can be looked up? it might be visible from google satelite if it's near any kind of road or farms. amazing that rodents smaller than a dog could make a structure that size and maintain it.

[@dixietenbroeck8717]

Typical bureaucratic idiocy, eh? 🤪

[@Billy_Darley]

depending on location, i actually like what the beavers do for natural habitats. they can be extremely helpful to an ecosystem.

[@bootlegger2365]

The Beaver are VERY good at what they do. In this case , they made a mistake. Done that a few times myself. They will learn from it. Hydraulic engineers look at those critters in utter amazement. The Beaver understand water management better than any mammal on this planet. Including us.

[@Weirdpoe]

Uhhhh no. Beavers don't understand water management when it comes to the impacts of the environment around them. They just build dams for their own living spaces, nothing more.

[@Synthmilk]

OldeFreedom the ponds they make also help ensure a local supply of the plants they eat, even during a dry spell when the area would otherwise have died or gone dormant.

[@zacharyalbrecht5032]

They build it so they can trap more food in an area or to be closer to food sources. When you gorge an area with water, fish populations tend to increase too, sustaining their food chain.

[@BokaLokaToka]

I always thought dams created food for the beavers along with shelter. Maybe others don't see that.

[@kamikaze1827]

lol it must feel good to humble humans by exaggerating and enthusing fancifully over the grandiosity of _nature_ , huh?

[@allenra530]

Many ranchers in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana are encouraging beavers to build on eroded and damaged streams on their property. After a few years, the streams are completely transformed and new riparian forest is growing where the land was barren. If there is no wood for them to build with, the ranchers bring in trees from up in the mountains and leave them for the beavers to use. It is an amazing process and costs the landowners very little for an incredible return.

[@icon2731]

Beavers are incredible animals. One of the only mammals capable of totally reconstructing local ecosystems/landscapes. Historically they played a vital role in building the worlds that people and other animals inhabited. I'm glad they're being brought back to the places where they've been extirpated.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

Don't feel too bad it broke and drained ... Its VERY good in the long term ... and that's how it's supposed to work ... the downstream area just picked up literally TONS of nutrients, top soil, and new seeds, sod, grasses, and aquatic life. Its great (ike fantastic!) you can keep the dam intact on your land (I mean that it's not flooding valuable farm land, etc) ... great job ... I grew up near beaver dams as a kid and they are a bountiful natural ecosystem of plants and wildlife!! :)

[@rhinomite5203]

you forgot "a lot of beaver shit"

[@yeltsin6817]

Appreciate the explanation. Beavers can save and preserve so much fresh water which the US needs. They should be protected

[@jakerazmataz852]

Umm, you seem to forget the damage beavers cause. They are a nuisance and certainly don't need to be protected. Make good hats though.

[@spiritbear26]

...great video, glad to hear they were back at a rebuild in no time...

[@kevinnachtnuit5045]

Two beavers talking. "Hey Bob, did you put that log on the right side?" "Uh, Now Jim, is that my right side or your right side?"....

[@ericplaysbass]

“It’s always one damn thing or another!”

[@clawhammer704]

We got beavers cutting trees down out on our property. They have made a hellva mess around a pond.

[@steveclark4291]

Oh wow , it was so beautiful ! Glad to hear that the beavers have made a new dam and that the water is filling well .

[@mywifesboyfriendisfire]

Mother beaver to sons: I leave you boys alone for 5 MINUTES and this is what I come home to!

[@learning6253]

You only had one job!

[@bibiechichew5743]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@annam501]

Lol

[@heleavesthe99]

Lol!!!

[@pscyokilla]

I knew beavers built dams but not to that extent. Very cool

[@LaGuerre19]

Hugh Hefner had a lot of beavers on his property in the 70s and 80s, but landscaping cleared all that up. Hey-oh!

[@JT-RES]

Kinda surprised KZbin didn't muffle this comment. Must be that they didn't catch it. So many comments, it was lost in the bush

[@Hawks438]

Its the edging that takes time and a steady hand👀

[@marshaboody9069]

They hung around in the grotto too!

[@lskiller1903]

😂👍😂👍😂👍

[@Bruce-Leroy]

You mean Manscaping.😁

[@ront.6071]

That's what happens when beaver chief engineer went to community college.

[@rewtr]

this is what happens when whites hire undocumented workers

[@Pittigpiertje]

elitism is real

[@kentleykingtaggart7034]

Ron T. U r 2 funney

[@RS-ls7mm]

Or Liberty college.

[@gjmob]

He wasn't good at logarithm.

[@rapturebound197]

Colorado native here. Beaver dams always make for a beautiful mountain setting. They're quite the little engineers.

[@blitzv10]

leave it to beaver

[@justinn99]

Gee, why'd you have to go and do that beave?

[@JohnSmith-kv3eo]

justin bieber

[@skipgagne6254]

blitzv10 b

[@drServitis]

Justin Bieber has a beaver.

[@drServitis]

The beaver likes it hard.

[@ZenoLee0]

Rick Smith, I would love to see how the beaver dams look now.

[@ricksmith578]

they have rebuilt to 5 foot this summer If you click on my name in the video header it will take you to my spring Haley hooDoo spring fly over update video Thanks for watching. Rick

[@ricksmith578]

Here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5POaqmOi69kp5Y

[@richards2411]

Thank you for allowing the beavers to build the dam and then to rebuild it. I know that allot of property owners would not be so cool with beavers as neighbors. Apparently this group of beavers did not read the plans right and missed a few logs and twigs someplace but hey they rebuilt it again so good on them. I hope to have a large enough piece of property some day and I hope that beavers decide to live on the property and do what they do on it. Fascinating and industrious animals.

[@georgemartin5980]

I'm one of the property owners who isn't so cool about it. The beavers took a brook holding native rainbow trout up to 18" and made it far too warm for trout to survive. But we don't have the time or the equipment to keep them out. I still want to haul some of the 12"+ trees out that they've felled and chewed the bark off of. They have an amazing look to craft from.

[@sonydschx200]

this is amazing ! i never knew beavers could create lakes this big

[@ejohnson3131]

What no one told us is that the Land of 10,000 Lakes is really the Land of 10,000 Beaver 🦫 Lakes!

[@rustyshackleford1842]

This is why you don’t build a town under a giant beaver dam

[@TemujinKhan8]

Update 2017: The beavers have created a new artificial lake.

[@BroadcastDr]

This is your property? Wow. I am determined to make lots of money so I can get a place like this someday!

[@nethacker91]

With lots of beavers.

[@Studenwalt]

Don't allow beaver to distract you from your wealth accumulation plans.

[@Trazynn]

Canada has quite affordable patches of land.

[@mrcrazybadaze]

Fuck beavers, get money.

[@zunedog31]

BaileysBeads this would require living in Canada.

[@fredsilvers1427]

I wrote a fictional novel about the trying life of a wolf named King. His encounter with a beaver was in a setting that I'd pictured exactly like this. I'll take this as a sign to move forward with finally getting it published. Thanks for the video!

[@casienwhey]

If the beavers were like humans they would immediately start filing lawsuits, demanding government assistance and declaring themselves victims.

[@bharris0128]

Spot on sir!

[@EdmundDunn]

Beavers are incredible animals and I am always impressed by their engineering skills and how much wood they can chip away with their teeth. I believe the principle behind the two dam construction is intended to use the second dam to help hold up the primary dam by exerting back pressure in the form of hydraulic pressure against the first. Pretty neat trick for a beaver to adopt such a principle. Good luck with your new beaver dam.

[@barthchris1]

Yeah, I wonder how they instinctively know how to do this specialized construction. Its amazing that this is hardcoded into their DNA.

[@AxionSmurf]

@@barthchris1 Not to take away from the laudable skills of Beavers, but spiders crap out a house for themselves.

[@barthchris1]

@@AxionSmurf Yes, some are really intricate repeatable patterns not just a random tangeled mess . Their "brain" is probably the size of a salt grain. Different sub-species=different webs. Are the patterns coded into their DNA? Mindboggling! Also, they "crap out their houses"lol with surprising speed. In Maryland there are these spiders (maybe harvest spiders?) that come out in the fall. Cant walk through the woods without running into the webs they put up between trees. I get smothered with webs (and their spiders) while walking on a path I made from my back yard, through a mile or so of woods to the Chesapeake Bay. It gets bad, even waving a stick in front of me doesn't help much, I am not a fan of spiders, their fucking creepy looking!. I take the same path back out of the woods and get just as many webs on me as I did on the way in! How thew hell do they repair the webs that fast?! Lol!

[@jasonstinson1767]

Featured on Underworlds top 5 dam collapses at #1

[@susanlauper1472]

this was so much fun to read.. didn't know we had so many funny people... thanks for the laugh I needed it

[@WhatIsKenDoing]

That’s what happens when the beavers don’t get their work permitted and inspected.

[@dalelarsen8684]

I'm very glad you guys had nothing to do with this beautiful dam collapsing. What a marvel of nature.

[@delano62]

I could hear Beavers cussing in the background.

[@ladiesgentswegothim]

Pretty amazing when you think about it. A little furball's structure holding back all that water in the first place.

[@omgitsjoetime]

Beavers are the only mammals other than humans who actually manipulate their environment to suit their needs

[@jackiekittridge-steele385]

Not so little fireballs- 80lb with giant front teeth. The original tree skidder.

[@peadookie]

@@omgitsjoetime bears and wolves make dens. Ants make hills. Almost all animals make trails. Whered you read that info? Curious.

[@captaingoldbeered803]

@@peadookie Building a dam for the purpose of flooding an area to build your house is a little different than digging a hole to live in.

[@guytremblay1647]

@@omgitsjoetime yeah and like humans they destroy the ols echo system to create the new one and since all beaver dams are not eternal when they give way they destroy another downstream . Ever seen what happens to a fair pârt of the forest when one is built on a huge lake and decides to give way ? I did , Nothing stand in the way of the torrent . Beavers are like humans when it comes to their dams and when they fail the destruction can be huge

[@agermangineer]

River: „I gotta rush...!“ Beaver: „Dam!“

[@Knappa22]

The scale of this is so colossal.

[@tabuma]

how did you know to take footage right before the dam broke?

[@gilbertian13]

tabuma f aye

[@MathieuGosbee]

It's kind of like they planned it or something

[@pkeod]

The original footage was taken some time before. The later footage was as it was happening and people heard about it.

[@olivierdevries6543]

they said in other comments that the first view over was made 3 months before

[@ZappasBappas]

Prediction? The dam added atleast half a feet a year to the lake with 9 feet being the limit, this could be roughly predicted to happen.

[@michaelbrigman3516]

Did the dam collapse or was it blown up? If it collapsed on its own then how did everyone know to come watch, and someone else knew to bring a drone to film before it drained? Either way, the beavers had created a beautiful lake before it drained.

[@ricksmith578]

+Michael Brigman The fly over of the pond was done three months prior to the collapse. Our group did not touch the dam. We were lucky to be there when it happened. The dam was 9 ft. high and just gave way on it's own. That's a lot of water pressure. We own this pond so the last thing we would do is destroy it. Also I always have my drone with. O

[@ricksmith578]

+Michael Brigman We were there working on a deck project 200 feet from the dam when it blew. Call it luck.

[@thewisefool4049]

I imagine that much water on the move is pretty damn loud.

[@IowaKim]

I was searching these comments because I knew there would be some ignoramus would think it was blown up. And I found you! Obviously they wouldn't blow up a dam on their own property and make it ugly. That would be stupid.

[@barthchris1]

There's been a couple! Everything is a conspiricy on youtube.

[@Quaking_Aspen]

“Sir. There’s been two weeks of heavy rainfall. The dam is under immense stress. What do we do?” Beaver dressed in clothes for an 19th century French general: “There’s nothing we can do” *Amour Plastique plays*

[@Livereater]

We need to ban assault beavers.

[@wkdravenna]

These are simply beavers of war.

[@lsswappedcessna]

AR-14 fully semi-auto bump stock assault beaver with a 30 magazine clip of full wooden jacket child penetrating ammunition complete with castoreum tracers. These beavers are MEANT to kill children, they're DESIGNED to turn creeks into lakes, and they're THE ROOT of every issue be it related to beaver presence or not. What? Poor education? Mental health? Shitty healthcare system? Animals just doing what's in their nature? NO, It's the assault beaver's fault! Ban assault beavers, they are rodents of war! Call or text 888-888-PardonKyleMyersAndFuckingLegalizeMarijuanaAlready if you too support the ban of beavers.

[@infectedvector]

Ha ha ha LMAO.

[@brandond5209]

Beavers are Gods engineers, They will re-build the damns!

[@jpashini8158]

there is no sign of beavers, they must've abandoned their habitat and moved somewhere else ...hahahaa

[@betoen]

And not a single beaver is in jail yet. Justice is only for the poor.

[@shwt121]

Oh God, are we now going to have to deal with the beaver's swamp..??😁😁😂 Maybe Trump could take a lesson from these creatures..

[@Bruh-jr2ep]

Damn! Minnesota looks excactly like Finland. No wonder why most of the Finns who went to States moved to Minnesota. I would love to visit Minnesota some day😊 I might also find dome relatives there, who knows.

[@hydromulcherru]

King Of Finland , the Finland is much warmer in winter :) greetings from Pietari :)

[@dwightstjohn6927]

@@ricthompson5776 Rousseau county was't COLD enough, so my swede and norwegian grandparents homesteaded just north into Canada around the Rainy River District. -45 is nothing. my job at age four? stacking firewood!! LOTS of firewood.

[@Hannodb1961]

We don't have beavers in my country, and it still amazes me that there are animals with the ability to build such a dam!

[@1337fraggzb00N]

„Trust me, I‘m an engineer!“ - Beaver

[@SupersuMC]

I think we'll put this stick right here!

[@bgm1911]

Same beavers that must have worked for the Army Corp of Engineers

[@haroldreardon8070]

The dam did NOT collapse because of the pressure. It was the 'force' against the dam that did the damage. Pressure x area = Force. The beavers failed in their hydraulics classes.

[@ElementofKindness]

There was one in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, a single dam, no less that 15 feet elevation change between the pond and the outflow. Who knows how long they'd worked on it, but it was a massive structure. At some point it was removed. Too bad, there was some real good trout fishing in that pond.

[@wharrington8587]

We had property when I was growing up that beaver's did the same thing. My dad went to war with them because it was our hay pasture. He lost.

[@OneEyedKeys]

Wow. This is virtually a 4 minute educational video on the importance of Beavers for forest and wetlands ecosystem creation. I wonder how many fish, birds, frogs, and in turn, other animals connected in the food chain, benifitted from the work of these beavers.

[@ricksmith578]

I plan to do another update this spring. Take a look at my pervious update video. kzbin.info/door/bFyYJqu-SvC25AIcFoDMiQ

[@dwaynerobertson383]

That is beautiful country. Thanks for sharing. Very interesting video, and a fortunate natural moment to catch on film. Would have been really interesting to scan around the previous pond/lake/river bed after it drained off!

[@DutchBane]

Beaver sees river Beaver: to hell with you

[@Chris.Davies]

At least you didn't destroy the dam. Beavers are 100% pure awesome. I wish we had them in New Zealand. They are very good for the environment.

[@CharleyTank]

that is impressive, give them a week they will be back with a new floor plan.

[@1990cwa81625]

It took 2 weeks. The dam was already 4 ft high.

[@milliondollaroptions]

Beavers: Last night some crazy shit happened!

[@ricksmith578]

The Dam was 7 years old and has been there for many years but collapses every 7 years or so. The wood in it gets rotten and the beavers keep piling on top of the faulty foundation. Eventually the whole thing gives way. The bad thing is we have a bridge we built behind it so when it collapses again we will need to rebuild the bridge too.

[@madalinsirbu4004]

How's the dam now? Also, how many beavers are living in your property?