Huge Beaver Dam Taken Down By Excavator

[@drupeydrupez]

Anybody else here after watching flooded storm drains or culverts?

[@antr7493]

was watching something about tractors. now here

[@bernardfender5147]

Post 10!

[@aardhond]

Drupey 187 yes i am lol

[@kjetilpp]

Post 10 and Drain Addict

[@---jv4ke]

Drupey 187 No just top 10 ways to get rid of squatters

[@Bill1764]

The best way to control beavers is to dig a channel through the dam. Then place a perforated metal culvert in the channel extending maybe 20 feet in front and behind the dam. The beavers cannot hear the running water and will not try to plug up the culvert !! Try it, it works great !!

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks.

[@bigredc222]

It's all about the sound to them, researchers played the sound of running water through a speaker, the beavers piled wood on the speaker, pretty crazy.

[@AFHProjects]

@@bigredc222 I have to try this too. :D If I do this then I will make a video for you.

[@bigredc222]

@@AFHProjects It was about 100 years ago I think, these guys from England, I think the royal society, went to Canada to study the beaver, they were convinced beavers were the smartest animals in the world, because of how well they built, and chose the locations for their damns, they were so disappointed when they figured out the beavers weren't that smart, it's all instinct. You need to find an old CD boom box, then make as long a disc as possible of flowing water, I'd love to see it.

[@MC-gt6yp]

Msgt. Bill that’s fantastic

[@papabits5721]

The beavers will have that fixed in 20 minutes

[@Logan-zy8cz]

😂

[@dansgroi1472]

I'd have it fixed with a .22. Lol

[@papabits5721]

@@dansgroi1472 now that’s illegal

[@AFHProjects]

We try sometimes this method too.

[@AFHProjects]

Not in here. We are allowed to hubt them.

[@Luke_______]

*Beaver comes back from Vacation "Well Dam"

[@MindSetMattersTrustG]

Gunny8223 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@redbug3777]

😆😎

[@TobiasDettinger]

Beavers: screaming Post10: heavily sweats

[@Cameron-ur2tk]

Beavers are pretty incredible architects, "ill put this stick right here and this other one there and wallah we got a home and a lake"

[@mstrdiver]

Wallah - really? Don't you mean viola?

[@Cameron-ur2tk]

@@mstrdiver I'm not one to critique how beavers talk or sound. I just write it the way they speak it....

[@mstrdiver]

@@Cameron-ur2tk- Cute reply. I've finally met the one and only Beaver Whisperer! ;-)

[@Parkan15]

Представляю...кто в лес пошел. Перешагнул через ручеек и все. Идет обратно....а тут такой поток😂😂😂

[@railway_Kharkiv]

Хахахаа за грибочками сходил называеться 😂

[@63256325N]

That beaver is going to wake up from his nap and be really pissed.....😁 Thanks for the video. 👍

[@Luis-xr6ec]

Imagine the beaver’s reaction when they go clock in for work.

[@rubenscott3972]

Work is like that never ending

[@litvinjeka]

Бобры Академика напряглись, глядя это видео

[@ШамильДовольнов]

Тоже интересно стало как бороться с ними?)

[@НастенькаТ-й5ь]

Ты похоже все видосы на эту тему уже пересмотрел! Везде твои коменты. У меня теперь тоже куча видосов предлагается ютубом после просмотра академика.

[@Олег-шивович]

Бобринная лихорадка

[@7512535]

Я тоже подсел на данный тип видосов. И всегда заглядываю в комменты на предмет товарищей от главного Ящера и борца с бобрами. :)

[@leha257]

Бобры негодуют.

[@wycombewanderer6649]

If you wanted to create a lake like that, you'd have a gang of engineers with survey equipment then a team of workmen with diggers etc. Beaver- Hold my beer.

[@AFHProjects]

That's true 😃

[@JonsTunes]

Hold my Root-beer 🍻

[@MrMagnusFogg]

:-DDD !!!

[@johnceyesdaby]

also M$ in fed, state, ans county tax money...

[@morosso1968]

beaver talking to the engineer; we'll destroy your dam,,, tell me how you feel?

[@simonablett8613]

Beavers are great from an environmental perspective in that they help control the flow of water and prevent flooding

[@AFHProjects]

Here it's not a problem.

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

Seriously? They cause massive damage with their flooding and destroy ecosystems that were downstream before they blocked the river.

[@terryhatcher9644]

They can in certain circumstances but not when they flood farm fields and roads because the are overpopulated in Lithuania. The 1960s reintroduction of the beavers has been way too successful with limited predators now and the Soviet construction of the drainage systems under fields and the drainage canals.

[@applesucks2633]

Happiness is a warm beaver...

[@Dsdcain]

It is kind of amazing what fairly small rodents are capable of doing. Beavers never cease to amaze me at how much damage (or beautification) they can achieve with just their teeth and their flat tails. I have a beaver pond that abuts my property that has been there at least 25 or more years. The fact that their dam has lasted as long as it has is mind blowing TBH.

[@alexandriap.3285]

I kinda see a little bit of us in them. We build massive structures like cities and skyscrapers and rockets, but at the end of the day, we're just large, clever primates. :P

[@Danbach90]

They ain’t that small a lot of em

[@darkponies9139]

it is not very good to destroy bobrosy dams, because because of this they have to immigrate and at the same time they die, we in Russia give a large fine for the destruction of Beaver dams

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

​@@darkponies9139Good for you. No one cares about your misguided views.

[@aardhond]

I wonder how the land looks like the next summer ... must be beautiful than

[@molnarriki4876]

They make a beautiful lakes.holding back water is good for land.

[@AFHProjects]

I agree. But we have too many of them.

[@gibsondrummer]

@@AFHProjects says who ? Who is the creator ?

[@AFHProjects]

I say, because there is beaver dams everywhere. If you look out the window you will see fighting beavers, if you walk late evening you will see beavers. All the shores are dug out so...

[@DanKoning777]

Every tree that ends up in a flooded area b/c of a beavers dam dies; yup sounds wonderful.

[@aikhis]

Know some old tymer farmers that used dynamite to blow up the dams. LOL the smiles on their faces after was always ear to ear.

[@dww2006]

Was the beaver lodge active?

[@AFHProjects]

Yes

[@Originaldrocks361]

Ever wonder that they guys way down stream think when that water comes down?! 😳 lol

[@c50ge]

They must have had quite a stomach up north!

[@milotorres6894]

Definitely a heads up just in case especially for kids playing nearby...😊🌎🐒🐧🎸

[@iamrichrocker]

these type of videos have that "oddly satisfying" moniker that people love to watch..some day an University will study people who have this urge to watch..i will volunteer for this study!

[@TessasDaddy7132]

Beavers come out shaking their fists at you saying “You haven’t heard the last from us”.lol

[@mstrdiver]

Not to mention a lot of fish tail flipping as they lose lake water!

[@janetepstein9733]

How does one determine if it is an ACTIVE Beaver Dam or an OLD abandoned one?

[@AFHProjects]

If it's holding water then it's ACTIVE. If it's not holding then DEFECTIVE. 😄

[@morgansword]

I did sorta same when I used a skidder and a big three prong hook to catch with.. long story short was I was pulling that junk out and a huge beaver came out and was slapping his tail on the water and it would crack like a rifle shot/LOL. I got to say he was not impressed

[@jeff_n1535]

How to ensure there weren't beavers at home?

[@AFHProjects]

I think that they were at home

[@jeff_n1535]

@@AFHProjects Have heard they do not live IN the dam thank goodness. This was my concern...

[@AFHProjects]

They live in lodges.

[@dereklonewolf9011]

Rumour has it the beavers put a contract out on this guy 🇨🇦

[@kirakiridze]

😅

[@davidcarroll965]

I love the sound of rushing water and heard it a lot in the Portland Oregon area. Down here in Texas with these people here, mellinials please leave the room ! Texans have done their best to make sure it stays a stronge Republic !

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

They like to forget that the country is a republic, not a democracy. That's why the took the Pledge of Allegiance out of the schools because it stated this fact.

[@moneyandtimefreedom3352]

That beaver sure knows how to use an excavator. Never knew they could operate heavy machinery

[@ponyrang]

Wow... !!! My best friend, Loved this video. Looking forward to see more. Awesome... Full watched.

[@thepaperstaggering]

“What the _literal_ fuck!?”, said the man who had built his new home next to the quaint little stream a mile down.

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

You mean when the beavers blocked the stream he asked, "where the fuck did my stream go"?

[@stanleedle5149]

I guess he isn’t that bright

[@tuateaaukino9924]

Wow. Thanks. All the way from Melbourne Australia 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@AFHProjects]

Nice! Thanks!

[@charleschapman2428]

Please let us know how long it takes the beaver's to rebuild the dam.

[@AFHProjects]

I will do that. They already have some progress.

[@hermit6208]

Beavers. Does anyone know how to use an apostrophe anymore?

[@charleschapman2428]

@@hermit6208 Public education.

[@Leofred2000]

@@hermit6208apo-what?

[@montneymon-ta-knee6810]

if we could train them to mine gold and silver we have it going on

[@jmann171]

They do good finish work. I got some r.o.w they could put back.

[@altraxwagon3mcenturiesago469]

Instead of wood putting in the dam now they put rocks and minerals. Now good luck removing that one buddy

[@1craftygal156]

Does the city/county require the property owner to take out the dam?

[@AFHProjects]

Road government ordered the dam removing job.

[@pauljoey7977]

Who cares

[@busterbeagle2167]

paul joey the beaver

[@GhostDrummer]

Buster Beagle Then the beaver shouldn’t mess with Mother Natu... Oh, Wait...

[@markc3571]

Do you warn the people down stream before you flood the area?

[@AFHProjects]

No, who does that? Down there is my properly mostly and my neighbors sauna with fireplace was flooded. So, all good👍

[@glennpeterson9440]

Am I the only one who wanted to jump on a inner tube and ride down the Rapids 😆

[@AFHProjects]

I don't think so 😎

[@darrylhaynes9208]

Beaver dam you get beaver feaver.

[@felixmiguez9356]

Esta es la mejor forma de cuidar el medio ambiente. Bendiciones

[@AlbertoRodriguez-cq1tm]

Ignorante ygual que esos después acusan el cambio climático

[@notyou6950]

Unless you turn beaver into a coat, the process will continue. Every 2 years a new beaver crew moves up river to expand their territory.

[@sid2112]

And beaver pelts are incredible. Warm, soft, light, and durable.

[@michaelshea5622]

Saw some beaver at the pond the other day wearing a Combat Engineer patch.

[@neoskhaos]

Did u have to remove all of it? And now to prevent water rising so high when they rebuild ...?

[@AFHProjects]

Yes, we removed all we can. We didn't prevent that. If you wanna prevent that, then you can add a long pipe into the dam. So the beavers don't see where the water is going..

[@robertstark9454]

Are the people downstream getaway notified. Or do you just blow the pond right down on them, like a flash flood.

[@AFHProjects]

Good question. But down there the area what's getting flooded is my property. After that swamp is a lake. There's no water raising much so no damages :)

[@brucecoleman1509]

Beavers are great engineers 👍. They taste good too.

[@AFHProjects]

They are. I love the meat too. 👍

[@kfstreich4787]

Beavers sue for hostile destruction of family's waterfront home

[@grantclouse8410]

Just curious, what neighborhood was flooded??

[@AFHProjects]

My and neighbor properties.

[@wormrose01]

This is the best of all the Beaver Dam removal vids I have watched on KZbin. Lots of different point of view shots. Tells the story! Well done. I would add maybe a couple of time-lapses of the pond as it emptied. But overall... nice job.

[@AFHProjects]

Thank you! I appreciate your comment.

[@tadeusz4306]

jaki bilans zyskow i strat ??

[@unluckyknight]

That sounds so peaceful and serene after they finish clearing the dam

[@John-w6g8q]

It’s so interesting to see the area after the water is gone!

[@AFHProjects]

Yeah. It is. Thanks for watching!

[@jimronchetto8592]

I was just wondering what the impact is for folks living downstream of this dam removal. I presume that was considered.

[@AFHProjects]

Most of this flood is my property down there. After that was no impact to anyone.

[@uberduke]

I'm just wondering why did you have the dam removed? Not for or against but curious

[@AFHProjects]

It's written in description.

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

I don't think they beavers considered their impact to others when they blocked the river. And don't you mean returning the area to a natural state? Because that's what they're doing by taking it down.

[@camel1945]

Super job!!

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks 👍

[@zyawotha]

beavers must get really pissed off. I didn't even know beavers did this

[@zyawotha]

@Bbjones Jones in Australian. Excuse me if I don't know everything about America

[@DralloDreams]

@@zyawotha imagine someone getting mad at someone learning something new instead of being glad someone is learning. Right?

[@badboy.7458]

Thank god there isn't any music.

[@lawrencehawk5179]

Should have been on the other end and film all the water heading down the stream. 🌊

[@donmorgan8673]

One of thee load of stuff had a fence post which beaver stole that?

[@AFHProjects]

Probably, they put even mines and explosives in there.

[@jimmacintosh6195]

This is where a drone would be helpful to show down stream! just a thought.

[@AFHProjects]

Yep. The drone would be very helpful but it's out of my budget right now.

[@Barrymore77]

I reckon post10 could have fixed that with just his rake

[@johnshilling2221]

People always exclaim about how wonderful a beaver's dam building skills are, and how wonderful the wet lands they create, are... Nobody talks about the destruction they do. When a beaver clear-cuts land, nothing grows back. Where are the anti-logging protesters?

[@discmotoslots]

that flows much better now! lots of downed trees in the area. Busy beaver!

[@wanderingangelstudio1359]

The beavers will just build it back and the process will start all over again.

[@westsparks6844]

Amazing what a few little critters can build

[@Demon722]

Было красивое озерцо. А сталось болото. Они заново отстроят.

[@doggrickyfella]

Wow amazing what little paws can do The surroundings are so peaceful and birds in background Nature stuff Nice do beavers build dams and move on .?

[@AFHProjects]

Beavers are building dams to hold water level high so the lodge entrances are under the water. And if the water level is high they can move around easily and transport wood for food and dams.

[@chupng182]

Neighborhood: it's flooded all over again Beaver: Told ya

[@JH-lo9ut]

I have a golf course near my home and a beaver has moved in to one of the water hazards and built a lodge. The beaver is trying to dam the thing up by clogging the drain with various pieces of trash left on the course by golfers. The golf course employees must remove the stuff regularely, but they can't remove the beaver lodge, because they are a protected animal. I'm rooting for the beaver, obviously.

[@allenpeck8239]

6:06- Cameraman falls in the water! I kid you not!

[@Namaste3004]

The beaver pushed him.

[@allenpeck8239]

@Bbjones Jones Wow, BB , thank you so much for pointing out such an a gigantic faux pas on my part. Fallen...vs .....Stepped hmmmr You're also right on the money to see that for exactly was; a fine example of High Strangeness. Coming from God knows where, but spotted and corrected by you. As I think back, many strange and odd occurrences took place that day, 11 short months ago. I'm glad you were there, to help me make it thru. What with your help, everything went swimmingly. I thank you, BB

[@rayleeeastlick3989]

Klamath falls Oregon is watching and I find this very interesting.....

[@ronmitrowski1720]

Thank you for the before and after.

[@AFHProjects]

Thank you for watching.

[@fetsluck5620]

Now that's one hell of a straight truck.

[@robocop6666666]

Excellent filming very entertaining thank you hope you didn’t get to wet when you crossed that log lol🇬🇧

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks! I gave my best. Luckily I didn't get wet. 🇪🇪

[@bernardfender5147]

Have the beavers rebuilt yet?

[@AFHProjects]

Yep, they are.

[@mikkie444]

when these dams are dug out ,do you ever think as to what damage is being done down stream?

[@AFHProjects]

0 damage.

[@pauljoey7977]

@@AFHProjects right

[@joelwillems4081]

@@AFHProjects You can obviously see all the erosion your flood created.

[@AFHProjects]

Where?

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

Do you ever think about how many habitats that existed down stream that the beavers killed off by blocking off the water supply? Do you ever think before you speak?

[@mrdando]

Put some piping over and it should keep flow going

[@JK-dn4pu]

Now I know what happened when I was playing in that creek those many years ago 😂🤘

[@paweisyn7446]

Super. Pozdrawiam z Polski :)

[@agnieszkafrancuz8493]

Nie sądzę że to dobry sposób.

[@Willow76ny]

Forget the smaller, Tonka version of this you used to play with when you were younger, THAT is the ultimate man toy!

[@simonablett8613]

Wonder what impact such a large, and sudden, release of water had downstream?

[@AFHProjects]

No problem at all. Water went down to the large samp as you see and spread out and after that released slowly from there. Into the bigger lake.

[@danao1796]

Meh. Who's disappointed watching this after watching post 10 destroy clogs with only a rake and some perseverance.

[@christophernilescoughlin7049]

Give post10 a digger!

[@raymondmejias7839]

I have had to break several beaver dams because they were flooding people's yards. But that look better with the beaver dam intact

[@tonypuccio154]

O man my pool 🏊 as gone o well Build another one I’m better and stronger see you later

[@TENNESSEETRACKHAWK]

So where is the "Flooded neighborhood"?

[@AFHProjects]

Somewhere in the video.

[@TENNESSEETRACKHAWK]

@@AFHProjects lol found it!

[@hphillips7425]

At the end of the video it appears that tannerite needs to be part 2

[@22espec]

I think the place looked better with the pond

[@AFHProjects]

You Are right.

[@NYDRAINS]

Beavers can cause some serious havoc, just wish when they build there's some kind of benefit instead of flooding and interrupting the natural flow.

[@nicks2581]

I wonder what nature looked like before beavers existed and interrupted natural flow?

[@Butler_Buck]

Why does this look like the coolest job ever? Chip and Dale?

[@bxcar1396]

Beaver watches his pride and joy being destroyed.Dude I'll be back.

[@Floof1248]

Quiet Man beaver will build one that soak whole state

[@x321joe]

I like the organic gopro mount.

[@specialk5070]

Hmmm beaver dam 🦫 my wife had one of those some year’s back. Didn’t work we gots 5 kids

[@chrisgordon5719]

They have all kinds of problems with beavers damming streams in Canada. They have worked out effective ways of allowing the water to flow and the beavers still live on the water flows. Tis looks like a lot of work when there might be better solutions than give the beavers something more to do. Like build a new waterfront home.

[@tomlockwood6599]

That went from a pretty pond to an eyesore

[@trulyinfamous]

Those beavers are always doing big projects like these without getting permits. A bunch of degenerates.

[@jwdickinson643]

Truly Infamous LOLOLOLOL fackin’ lowlifes...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sunray8136]

Yep there was a time in America that there were no properties. Just the wild frontier. Poor beavers.

[@scottmagee9709]

@@sunray8136 Poor beaver? They ruin land in a short time.....i kill all i see

[@notthatguy4703]

@@scottmagee9709 Cry about it. Beavers have only been growing in population for the last century, and I am very happy about it 😊... grouchy old fuck 😀

[@Davidnumber23]

Beavers are the business! 🐰

[@jsgold2000]

"Ward, I think you were a little hard on the beaver last night"

[@redmeat2ndamendment695]

Lol... good “that’s what she said” joke...

[@DanKoning777]

@@redmeat2ndamendment695 // Sad mind.

[@cruisevideo1]

Always interesting to see what it looks like with the water gone.

[@AFHProjects]

Yeah, the areas that you can't see when it's under the water.

[@funnyfarm5555]

They'll be back and bringing extended family. Put in a beaver deceiver for long term solution. They work.

[@alaskasfinest726]

I’ve flooded a part of my town from destroying beaver dams 🤣🤣🤣🤣a few friends and I removed a section and went back to the next day to finish it off only to return to a flood.

[@jerrycampbell9376]

After having torn down, by hand, hundreds of dams over my 15 years with the City of Bellevue, I can only say how VERY envious I am to see one taken out with power equipment. We wanted to do it that way, but the EcoMafia in these parts would've absolutely shit bricks, had we tried.

[@notthatguy4703]

Boohoo

[@madeofscars9355]

My answer to that would be rip it apart with machinery and when they have a cry about it tell them they can feel free to relocate them to an area where they won't cause issues if it upsets them that much, I'm sure after they have a couple good chunks missing from them they will quickly backpedal on their argument.

[@kingrev24]

So why was the pond a problem?

[@AFHProjects]

Road service asked us to remove this beaver dam because of beavers raised the water level so high that it will have an impact to the road dam.

[@kingrev24]

@@AFHProjects thanks for the reply, watched the film again, I didn't realise it was so close & the bank was so steep. I was just thinking that there was no danger of getting so deep it would flood the road, didn't thi k about subsidence!

[@leomenchey3726]

And the beavers were pissed

[@luka9808]

Where is this?

[@AFHProjects]

In Estonia.

[@mikehickman3635]

Yup that a big beaver hutt probably a breeding pair so they will have that stopped back up quick

[@martinbakus6597]

Great video. That was a lot of water.

[@AFHProjects]

Yeah, It was.