How Do Beavers Build Dams? | Nature on PBS

[@333dog]

Beavers are so insanely underrated. If you really think about it it’s mind boggling they even exist.

[@anonymous.54]

Exactly! Very Unique Creatures.

[@James-kv6kb]

Just because you like beavers ,we should have thousands of KZbin channels put up we should have posters on building saying we love beavers we should have news programs spending 24-hours a day to talk about Beaver issues , we should have a beaver appreciation month every year, maybe we could have a brown ribbon day to show support for transgender bevers or maybe you could grow up and stop using internet cash phrases because it makes you sound very dumb

[@Insightful_Inquiries]

Yep Like everything else They are obviously of intelligent design. May the most Holy, Most Sacred, most Adorable, most Incomprehensible and unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Alter. Amen +---------+---------+ 🌹 “Pray the Rosary every day, in order to obtain Peace in the world…” -Our Lady’s Words at Fatima May 13th, 1917 🌹 +---------+---------+ -God bless 🌹Ave Maria🌹 +Viva Cristo Rey+

[@333dog]

@@Insightful_Inquiries okay bro I’m a man of science I didn’t ask for u to convert me or nothin i was just appreciating an animal.

[@I_am_FRANCO]

@@333dogBECOME A MUSLIM NOW I DECREE IT SAY THE SHAHADA RIGHT NOW

[@chuchulomou3748]

They are natural engineer's, how hardworking they are, lovely as well.

[@googgnik]

indeed. engineers. your observation seems sound.

[@nmelkhunter1]

Civil engineers. The rest of the disciplines are moot without roads, bridges, damns, etc.

[@gelato73agustin24]

I love all animals and insects we have pollinators and these engineers they make new water ways to get fish to places that the bears need to eat, sometimes to go the extra mile.

[@Pengouinn]

props to the cameraman for filming beavers for 20 millions years

[@BesoWorking]

hahaha

[@danielalexander8588]

🤣🤣🤣

[@RedStreak29]

I read this in animal research report once, and this is so interesting that beavers are highly intelligent like us as well. "In some ways, beavers are similar to humans in that they change their environment to suit themselves. They often place stones at the base and seal the dam on the upstream side with mud and plants. The amazing thing is that *they even make the dams thicker at the bottom and with a shallow slope on the upstream side*. Any engineer will tell you that *this efficiently distributes the weight of the water allowing the dam to hold back huge volumes of water*."

[@KatherineUribe-1]

I love beavers. They make the cutest little sounds, like grumbling.💕

[@noahway13]

Me also. I've not seen one in real life for a long time.

[@fallenvolt]

I love beavers too! Been a while since I've eaten one.

[@yanaymigdal1497]

I always say, beavers are the most incredible animal in the animal kingdom.

[@manasamafan444]

my cat is coolest animal in the animal kingdom

[@SlowRide723]

​@@manasamafan444 Beaver: survived thousands of years by eating only wood and vegetation, and can chew down trees with its teeth to build a house with a foundation for its family to live in. Cat: Tears up furniture and shits in a box.

[@Lividbuffalo]

Have you met the honey badger

[@sajidkhot8414]

These are rodents belonging to, Genus: Castor Family: Castoridae. Highly intelligent, very gentle, semiaquatic, second largest living rodents, that modify their habitat. Truly shows sense like an engineer, when it comes to building dams with sticks, branches, saplings, rocks, etc.... These dams provide fresh/new habitat for various aquatic creatures. They consequently have a large impact on the biodiversity of an area. Hope this information, in short, helps many students.... Best Wishes... (Sajid Khot)

[@jelly_elli]

I owe ya one buddy, thanks

[@pubgisbetterthanshitzone766]

Shut up just shut up i hate zoology i don't want to read that i hate systematic positions

[@michelejankelow617]

Amazing animals with so much knowledge and understanding of their environment. We should learn from this!!

[@JuanJesus-fo9vy]

Our ancestors already did humans learned from animals

[@niallreid7664]

Learn? Have you seen Hoover dam?

[@glorifythyname7777]

Very important animals these dam builders, because they help prevent drought and provide a water source for other animals during drought

[@Lumi.S]

and we people remove them

[@MrColbrot]

@@Lumi.S yes we have to. otherwise they cause widespread problems. Just think about it, you cant trap water above the dam, without drying out the other side. They are a big problem for culverts as well. Maybe out in the vast wilderness, but not near our infrastructure.

[@CubSATPH]

If you bitten by a Bat you become a Vampire, if you are bitten by Wolf you become a Werewolf, if you are bitten by Spider you become Spiderman and if you are bitten by a Beaver you become a carpenter

[@EglonSunder]

no you become justin beaver

[@JuanJesus-fo9vy]

Mexican*

[@adnanahmad101]

they not only provide water during drought but also help to stop wildfires.

[@edwardwong654]

I love beavers. They are brilliant engineers and very hard working. I love that video where a pet beaver drags a christmas tree and just about everything inside a home to build a dam. You can take the beaver out of a brook but you can't take the brook out of the beaver. Great and cute animal.

[@happypiano8397]

Beavers are cool!

[@donaldschaefer296]

Hard workers they are!

[@happypiano8397]

Donald Schaefer yes😊

[@jeffreychen1354]

I agree with me

[@matrix91234]

@@donaldschaefer296 I want to put on a builder hat on them

[@donaldschaefer296]

@@matrix91234 😅👷‍♀

[@SM-eq6uk]

1:08 Those little fee are so adorable!🦫🥰😄

[@Peaceshiet812]

Beavers are wonderful ❤

[@afrofundagaming5768]

Ima hire these guys to build my house.

[@vcorso1575]

Beautiful!

[@williamgallucci9913]

Beautiful creatures

[@BigBoiRedFrog]

Beavers are amazing!!

[@jennifercox1935]

Smart animals. ..love beavers

[@sirxavior1583]

@0:45. Beaver looks up "Timber" and runs for cover.

[@MehmetBoysal]

Beavers are truly a Divine creation in action!

[@googgnik]

Yes. Evolution has selected for them the tools that they need, like those teeth.

[@tjbol]

@@googgnik evolution… LOL!!

[@jolovesmusichz2827]

@@googgnik These beavers are not as intellectually smart as humans yet they have a natural ability to successfully create dams with only the natural resources their little bodies can find. I can't convince myself that these beautiful and cute little creatures developed this thinking ability by random chance, adaptation, or mutation. It just doesn't add up how the knowledge of successfully building a dam would be in their animal brains.

[@kitsachie.]

​@@googgnik There's too much coincidence in life to say it's all random chance. You don't have to believe in a higher power but there's overwhelming evidence that our earth was created and cultivated.

[@BrockSamson18]

Yes, amen!

[@tawgenal]

Honestly i don’t think we would’ve invented dams if it wasn’t for these beavers

[@Joyboy0204]

Beavers are not endemic to everywhere. Humans are not as dumb as you think .

[@tawgenal]

@@Joyboy0204 i was in middle school when i commented this, im going to college now

[@tabby842]

@@tawgenal to learn how to build dams?

[@daniell1869]

@@tawgenal hahaha

[@daniell1869]

@@Joyboy0204 commenting on a 4 year old comment seems to prove your statement wrong :D

[@Maverick10403]

That's why I love Bucee's❤

[@FranciscoAlves-fi8cz]

Coisa linda da natureza

[@mikebunner3498]

These animals are amazing..... I am so happy that Beaver Skin Hats are not in fashion any more. In my almost 70 years of being on Earth, I've only seen a few trees they were working on.

[@WJen8]

The construction workers of nature!

[@mjones7887]

In central maine it’s so rural you see a lot of beaver dams

[@Justin-uw3ly]

This is absolutly insane

[@naturepbs]

Happy Labor Day! Enjoy a day of rest - these beavers are still hard at work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmOnmoqabLB6qpI #LeaveittoBeavers

[@mortalclown3812]

You could pin this so more folks would see it. 😊

[@Wes_5kyph1]

anyone seen a documentary called Beaver Man? It's like Grizzly Man, but with beavers. Very hard to find.

[@theartistcherrypi6454]

Hopefully it has a happier ending!

[@alm5851]

Truly amazing

[@Jasmine-hm4eg]

Such a tough work, great job beavers!!!

[@glorifythyname7777]

Excellent video on so many levels

[@juliusfianza76]

very intelligent creatures

[@carreras7524]

very nice

[@patriciac.a.1614]

so smart and so cute

[@slobodanreka1088]

Yeah, but how do they START the dam?

[@pakistan5319]

By cutting trees

[@slobodanreka1088]

@@pakistan5319 And then? They have a few bits of wood and there's a fast-flowing stream -- how do they start the process of damming? Do they lay rocks first? Then wood on top? I'm thinking back to when I did it as a kid -- do they use the same strategy?

[@PrinceEmeraldMoonstone]

I’m guessing they plan where to put the dam

[@WilliamParkerer]

@@slobodanreka1088They stick branches underwater, forming a lattice pattern, to slow down the stream. Or by gnawing a nearby tree to block the stream.

[@jokare4568]

Geniuses of nature

[@afterhourscinema782]

I'm high as hell and for whatever reason...decided to look up beavers making a dam. It's nice.

[@indigokids88]

Love it ❤❤

[@bryantc2899]

These beavers are stronger than some of the guys at my work 😅

[@melrose8213]

I LOVE THEM

[@voidwaypr]

I watched this whole video while high and never remembered doing it

[@kimberlymrcos]

ME RN LMFAO

[@koreanature]

Wow, Hello my friend.. All the best to your channel and hope you have a wonderful day

[@a.r.m2107]

Beaver builder dams At Canada & Sweden 0:07

[@FoodNinjaBoy]

Beaver building dams of Canada & Sweden 0:08

[@ericjiang7986]

Can’t believe beavers just build a god dam

[@omexhmisawi1]

Men he use stones just like humans with their hands ✋️ 😌😮

[@thecrow6915]

Amazing

[@_dember]

"Beavers are vegetarians" ... Well no shit mate, it'd be real fuckin disturbing to imagine one running down a gazelle

[@ule2387]

Bruh their teeth are strong asf 😂 just imagine how it'll chomp through bone 😂

[@BesoWorking]

I like how they understand basic physics

[@ShawnaGraham50]

You know humans got the idea of cutting trees down from watching this! You it was a “Hey wait a minute!”

[@allensacharov5424]

Leave it to Beavers!!!!

[@Dargonhuman]

*meanwhile in New England* post10: We gotta destroy as many beaver dams as we can to prevent water backup from flooding logging roads and creating a massive ecological disaster. Let me get my rake, my boots and my cameras.

[@thatoneguy611]

Well yeah because it’s on a road. High water levels can erode the roadbed.

[@Boomboomal3841]

By seeing them, i feel ultimately every living being would evolve as intelligent species on earth 😂😂

[@maxsoon1097]

Nature animal on purpose with a mission. Not ordinary Rodent but skillful builders in they gene 🧬

[@vincentyap3188]

beavers is my favor animals

[@LifeEnjoyer-jo6yb]

Running water: exist Beavers: absolutely f*cking not

[@asiflatheef6115]

Super 👍

[@O.G.Rex.]

Beaver DAYUMN!!! 😮

[@arifahmed8606]

The Beavers IQ Level more than Bangladeshi politicians😀

[@nonplayablecharacter8742]

I need somebody to make a drawing of a beaver with a clipboard and a hard hat lol

[@mariestreeting4213]

😆😆😆👍🏻

[@SuzanPeters-p4e]

Great animal. Pest of course but hey, they are smart and industrious

[@brandeno919]

That beaver gives a Damn 🦫

[@plutohell811]

Beavers where fossils *20 million years ago* God has revived them but by normal form with skills, God bless them and keep them with me in heaven as pets.

[@bigmel3551]

Yeah beavers are awesome. The geniuses of the animal world. I'm pretty sure I couldn't build a dam. And on the inside they are pretty complicated with a room for eating and a room for the babies. They also have multiple entrances for escapes

[@maxmaxed2887]

It is absolutely insane

[@jackyvivid]

They are OP

[@reiswelle9084]

Nature’s little construction workers

[@jaymanilla289]

how do beavers have damn building naturally instilled in them?

[@MissG.-et1pb]

The smartest cookie.

[@shaheerziya]

Now that's pretty poggers

[@ratulbarua75]

Zack D Films button!

[@KollywoodPulse]

😂

[@damnkeyz9552]

I thought it was just me

[@laurabredo5362]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@SuzanPeters-p4e]

How many (intelligent) families do you know who can build their own home. Very cozy, too.

[@Fizz_Dylan12]

Humans: Our Dams need millions to maintain in 50 yrs Beaver: Heh Teeth~ Joking aside it's kinda interesting how we are no different to Beavers, Beavers make dams to supply their place. Meanwhile we humans make huge dams to supply our cities!

[@forsakensouls454]

Bro this is poggers

[@jyotivyas9286]

Greattt Greater Beavers are Bhagwaan jee ✌🏼🔥👍🏼🕉️🙏🏻🙏🏻They are God...Beaver God who build Setu ✌🏼🔥🕉️🙏🏻❤️😀😘😘😘

[@mortalclown3812]

I'm not sure what your comment says, but I know the Hindu faith honors many different animals on earth. So if you have a soft spot for this creature, high five across the miles, friend. 🙏📿🕉️🙋🌏🔭✨🌙

[@sciteach4202]

Except for the assumption they've been doing this for 20 million years, this is very well done. God made them this way and the amazing thing is that they do it!

[@jenem1855]

The assumption? How about physical evidence such as fossils and the like? Science has proven that they have been doing this for millennia. Creationist theory isn't exactly the most solid platform....

[@geopoliticalgamer5982]

what I was thinking

[@jasonvoorhees3666]

+Old Greg - Just so you know.... "millennia" means thousands of years, not millions of years. Fossilized beaver skeletons look identical to living day beaver skeletons, only larger, which proves that they did not spend the Many species have gotten smaller over time, which is adaptation not macroevolution. Besides beavers, dinosaur and many other fossils have blood cells and proteins in them. Given the half life of DNA, the fossils can be no more than about 5,000 years old so fossils actually disprove evolutionary theory. Tiktaalik, Archaeopteryx, etc. have all been proven NOT to be transitional species and Piltdown man was a hoax. Even Lucy has been debunked as the bones they found were from multiple creatures scattered over multiple square miles. While many people believe that dinosaurs once ruled the Earth, only around 1,200 complete dinosaur fossils have been found and most of them were found in mass graves. They are only a few possible explanations for dinosaurs being buried in mass graves... 1. They all decided to commit suicide in the same spot. *Highly unlikely* 2. Dinosaurs buried their dead. *Highly unlikely* 3. They all drown in the same spot after running to the same spot of dry land during a flood. *Possible* 4. Humans hunted them and buried them in the same spot. *Most likely* There is absolutely no evidence of one species turning into another and abiogenesis is mathematically impossible. Darwin's theory was based on the adaptation of bird beaks and he thought cells were nothing but globs of goo (protoplasm). Have you even read his books? Even he knew the theory was bullshit. I'll bet you haven't even read *On the Origin of Species* or the Bible, yet you know all about them, right? smh Consciousness, intelligence, and information (aka God) created the illusory so-called "physical" world we live in. People need to wake up and realize that what is important in this world is not found in rocks.

[@Wetfeline]

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[@Lifehitsharderthenyourmom]

@@jasonvoorhees3666 you gave this man a whole essay, bravo

[@philodev874]

Nice

[@mansd.amerol4051]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mercifulmartyr]

this is actually insane tho

[@peteypete9357]

How are these tiny lil bastards soooo smart?

[@shaneryan9040]

I love beaver.

[@GatorTroubadour]

Beaver loves you 🫶🏻 🐀

[@michaelm2998]

Just learned that I am not smarter nor more skilled than a Beaver

[@williamgallucci9913]

Natures true in the wild builders

[@stevie6621]

This guy must have been around 20 million years to know this.

[@Vuive-xomtoi-2024]

De thương quá tuyệt vời luôn bạn yêu lắm ❤️❤️❤️♥️ bạn

[@quymaitv7755]

Con chuột nè giỏi nhỉ nó biết gặm đổ cây to kéo về làm nhà đuối ao hầy,,

[@VijayKumar-mt4qz]

Natural engineer and designer….

[@Not_A_Female72]

This is well and dandy for the beavers but when a man with a rake arrives, the beaver dam is no more "Hello folks, I'm at [ Location here ] and take a look at this, The whole road is flooded because of beaver dam, *Goes and get geared up and places down camera 2* [ Alignment noises ] Let's get to raking [ Sometime later ] The whole dam is going collapse, Wow folks the dam gaved way and collapsed" Guess who ? Hint: Sometimes he has a grudge against excavator operators or the DOT for using plastic pipes as culverts

[@James-x5n4p]

I'm officially too high to finish watching the beavering of a dam.....

[@toniataylor-ward3600]

TVA BUILT DAMS TOOOO!!!!

[@jerusalem7576]

How do you know 20 million years crazy

[@LogicMind99]

Talk about being the engineer of the animal kingdom.

[@TheArtOfMountain]

Omg how much strength and power this animal have???? Omg omg why he making the Dame and increase water level up? Why???

[@Fershizzal]

like the creek said to the beaver, "well, i'll be damned"

[@steve44238]

They keep the sabbath as well

[@nmelkhunter1]

I read on the internet that they use explosives, excavators, motor graders, and bull dozers. And since it was on the internet it must be true!