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In Canada, a beaver family has built a dam extending 850m - that’s more than twice as long as the Hoover Dam. It’s so big it can be seen from outer space. But that’s not the only reason NASA is interested in this architecturally minded species… Increasing diversity and resilience, not to mention creating wetlands, are just some of the impacts beavers can have on their surroundings. What does this mean for the wider environment? And how can we humans learn from it?
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📽️ Chapters
00:00 Intro: Worlds largest beaver dam
00:52 How NASA became a beaver believer
01:27 Why Beavers were dropped off from airplanes (with parachutes) 🪂
02:20 How Beavers reshape the landscape
03:22 How Beavers are building dams
04:28 Size: worlds largest beaver dam
04:42 Why are beavers building dams?
05:15 Inside the beaver lodge
05:26 Cute Baby beavers
06:04 Illustration: Beaver Benefits
07:08 Beavers are climate heroes
07:33 Outro
🔗 Sources:
"Researchers Become “Beaver Believers After Measuring the Impacts of Rewilding", NASA; www.nasa.gov/missions/landsat...
"Fur for the Future", Idaho Fish & Game Department; • Fur for the Future
"The Beaver emerges as a climate solving hero", Scientific American;
www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
"Beaver dams buffer rivers cimate extremes", Stanford University,
news.stanford.edu/2022/11/08/...
"From pest to protector: How beavers are helping fight climate change", CBS News; www.cbsnews.com/news/californ...
Beaver Ecology & Relocation Center: Utah qcnr.usu.edu/beaver-restoration/
#beaver #beaverdam #nasa

[@terramater]

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[@Joseph843]

This is such a good video!!! Thank you!

[@kieranpdent]

And can be seen from space as well. But my car can be seen from space also 😂

[@donaldjones9830]

@@Joseph843It’s on the show, What on Earth?

[@cobusvanderlinde6871]

Twice as long =/= twice the size. How do the dams compare in terms of how much water each of the two retains? Basically how many tons of water is pressing up against each of the two dams. I doubt the beaver dam comes close to beating hoover dam.

[@terramater]

Hi @Joseph843! Thank you for watching it! 🦫❤️

[@SirPano85]

Elder beaver: "I know you won't believe that, but our ancestors came from the sky"

[@terramater]

😂

[@coachzoro]

😂

[@martelekas]

yeah its true, i saw it one of south park series :D

[@SirPano85]

@@martelekas thanks for the good memories! I forgot about that one.

[@goncalomarques251]

Just fix the want to won't typo and your comment is worth millions!!! Well done!

[@flanmako0246]

Man being a beaver actually sounds pretty amazing

[@terramater]

Right?! 🦫✨

[@Coo85372]

I know right. Ask your girlfriend how it feels having a big phattt one

[@Interweb_Gremlin]

That's what I thought, too. Until I found out they rub their but juices all over their fur 😐

[@PatDK]

@@Interweb_Gremlincats and dogs lick their arseholes clean, so it is what it is

[@vlnc_brn1950]

​@@Interweb_GremlinSo?

[@JohnTavastian]

Those beaver paratroopers must have one crazy story to tell😂

[@terramater]

right?! 😂

[@nickv1212]

One of these days, all of Beaverkind is gonna unite to take us down, and it's gonna go just like Endor.

[@CitiesForTheFuture2030]

Where did they get their engineering degree from? They're so clever...

[@KatrinHemmer]

They really are! 🦫

[@Skay24]

From nature...

[@terramater]

An university only for a selected group of furry species 😂

[@kevdimo6459]

Trunk University of course, but it’s closed now due to demonetisation by the owner.

[@muffaletta]

God

[@Conus426]

Beavers are more than keystone species, they're architects of entire wetlands. Crazy how biodiversity goes through the roof wherever they settle down.

[@SinKimishima]

Them and the wolves in Yellowstone are such a success

[@gabrielford3473]

They're considered ecosystem engineers.

[@bradneubauer4694]

I have often wondered how much more water soaks in deep enough to improve aquifers.

[@bugvswindshield]

just like HUMANS! or are you one of those who think we are really a species from an alien world?

[@terramater]

Yes, it is! 🦫❤️

[@solatenebra8654]

BOBER KURWA🦫🇵🇱

[@random_guy1024]

Bober

[@okarawai]

I was looking for this comment))))

[@ISmellLikeBeefandCheese]

Bober

[@terramater]

Hi @solatenebra8654! 🦫🦫🦫

[@DefinitelyNotAdolfHitler]

moment of silence for that one beaver who didnt make the drop 😔

[@terramater]

So sad :(

[@wolfd89]

not gonna lie, i laughed pretty hard when that part came up in the video

[@tomkandy]

Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain’t gonna jump no more

[@edwinescalante1410]

R.I.P.

[@ioanstef1983]

76TH, 75 Survived!

[@RoccosVideos]

When they showed that view from space I was like "dam".

[@terramater]

Hi @RoccosVideos! Thanks for that beautiful ✨dad joke ✨, we love it!

[@RoccosVideos]

@@terramater Thanks, I couldn't help myself. Haha

[@RoccosVideos]

@@terramater Also I subscribed. Good work.

[@themerovingian7154]

Golden comment

[@shondrawhite9317]

The beaver near me in SW Michigan built their home inside a berm . No lodge . I've been watching them for 10 years. One would even swim to me and watch me and never even slap the water. I named him Justin. Justin Beaver. I could watch him all day.

[@oldandintheway9805]

I would have named him Cleaver. Beaver Cleaver. And any that accompanied him would be Walley.

[@Alex_Riddles]

I have seen these dens built into the bank here in Missouri. Usually, in large bodies of water that don't require them to build a dam.

[@terramater]

Best name! 😂😂😂

[@indyvisible624]

Hilarious 😂🤣😂😅😂🤣, that is a truly priceless story, now we just need Bieber on Team Beaver 🦫

[@justusjonas9468]

btw Bieber is just german for Beaver

[@adfadf32342]

When I was a kid, beavers were almost extinct where I live. Beavers were my favourite animal when I was a kid, so I went from door to door in my town to collect money to donate. Nowadays, we have more and more beaver families living in our country. Of course my donations were just a small effort and probably didn't do much, but I like to think that I also helped to save the beavers :)

[@terramater]

That's such a nice story! thanks for sharing with us ❤️🦫

[@arisu707]

A little goes a long way

[@paradisepipeco]

*_"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."_* ~~ George Bernard Shaw

[@silent-rn7ht]

Measuring water into hockey rinks is the most Canadian thing ive heard ina long time

[@my3dviews]

I've never heard any Canadians ever use hockey rinks as a measurement, like American's do with football fields.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

​@@my3dviewsfootball fields are a uniform size. Hockey rinks, not so much.

[@my3dviews]

@buckodonnghaile4309 Canadian football fields are bigger. 😄 Actually all new NHL rinks are the same size. They now must be built to the same standard. It's now just baseball that has inconsistent playing surface sizes.

[@raraavis7782]

I'm so glad, there are still sufficiently large undeveloped areas, to allow animals like beavers to just do their thing. That kind of thing is just not imaginable here in the middle of Europe. And beavers on parachutes are just hilarious 😅

[@Arthera0]

I live close to the border between Belgium and the Netherlands with wetlands nearby. I got to see one of these little devils once at Dawn crossing the bike lane. I just stopped for a moment in awe. Even though there might not be giant places for them to do their thing they still flourish in areas.

[@terramater]

The whole thing is crazy, but the importance thing is to understand that beavers are helping us out!

[@joefish4466]

This kind of stuff can be easy to imagine in Europe. Maybe not in the cities, but keep in mind that much of Europe is still undeveloped. Thinking outside the box and looking beyond your own little window would help.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

We have a beaver that lives in a pond in the middle of downtown. It actually travel arounds in the rain drainage system.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Chernobyl 😂

[@ronkirk5099]

Airborne beavers? What a concept! I never realized beavers also used rocks in their dams.

[@horussees]

They populate waterways with fish dumped from water tanker aircraft too.

[@terramater]

They're the best! 🦫❤️

[@Omgiamsotriggered]

Depending on the location they will literally use anything lol. Saw a video where beaver was house adopted and he was taking stuff from all over the house like his toys, small pieces of furniture, pillows etc etc and was bringing it all in one spot to build a dam.

[@nikopursiainen9097]

76th Beaver PIR

[@paradisepipeco]

The Flying Beavers is my favorite LGBTQ+ heavy metal polka band.

[@pprehn5268]

As a born Dutchman, building dams is in my genes, and the role of beavers is in my spirit animal I so identify with and love.

[@terramater]

That's so cool! 🦫❤️

[@jimihendrix991]

''As a born Dutchman, building dams is in my genes...'' - You forgot clogs, hookers and pot smoking is also part of the Dutch 'genes'... 😉

[@13donstalos]

I refuse to pretend to not be upset about that one beaver who didn't have a safe landing. RIP king.

[@terramater]

Hi @13donstalos! He managed to open his wooden box during flight and then fell out. It's really sad. :/

[@13donstalos]

@@terramater He was too smart for his own good.

[@stevebennett9839]

The way they build their lodges is unbelievable, they make the entrances underwater, basically creat a moat if they have to but leaving the roof loose to get fresh air just seems so amazing to me. They make these 98% water tight dams but then know when to leave the sticks loose for the roofs. Very cool in my opinon.

[@terramater]

Hi @stevebennett9839! It’s extremely cool! They do it like a tiny flat, it’s actually pretty cute if you think about it 😍

[@Steve-ev6vx]

Yeah the one near me has a very small den made of cut wood. There are no trees near the pond to build a damn, but he found enough for a den.

[@Omgiamsotriggered]

@@Steve-ev6vx Its their instinct, saw a video where a beaver was house adopted and same thing happened, he was taking stuff from all over the house like his toys, small pieces of furniture, pillows etc etc and was bringing it all in one spot to build a dam. Its just part of their bio-code, kinda how humans have greed and wanting more and more, same thing is for them, they cant help themselves but to build.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

@@Omgiamsotriggered Yeah I saw that one. Also saw one were they play a recording of running water and the beaver immediately started building a damn with anything it could find. The one in the pond near my house kept pulling the intake hose off the pump housing to shut off the sprinkler/waterfall. They had to replace it with a solid PVC pipe to keep the beaver from turning the water off. 😂

[@Omgiamsotriggered]

@@Steve-ev6vx Bro that last part is crazy 😂 Nature is incredible, we as the apex and most intelligent species on earth often forget that there are others who share the intellect.

[@GloryDaze73]

Cost effective wetlands and wildlife preservation? Let the Beavers do their thing! ❤

[@terramater]

Team beaver! 🦫❤️

[@KatrinHemmer]

Yes, that‘s the spirit! 🦫💫

[@2Siders]

76th beaver: “AAAAAAHHHH!”

[@MIKESWILDWORLD]

I love beaver dams! The habitat they create brings new wildlife to an area. They are beautiful creations!

[@terramater]

Team beavers! 🦫❤️

[@stefanholmstrom68]

Aww. I remember when this crazy damn was discovered. The fact that this place was so remote that you could't go there in any reasonable way was so nice, no one would disturb them, ever. This video also made me remember the absurd "beaver drop" in 1948 Idaho, the program to relocate beavers from northwestern Idaho to central Idaho (so this was a nice update for me). We got beavers around our summer cottage, but they don't build dams (most beavers in Finland don't). Beavers are soooo nice. And they apparently taste ok, too, one hunter told me.

[@TheAlethian]

unhinged last statement 🤣🤣😅

[@terramater]

Thanks for watching our video! 🦫❤️

[@minhtinh1211]

u had me the first half ngl 🤣

[@JoelKalete]

Perfect amount of votes on the comment too 😂

[@edgeofentropy3492]

2:04 "All but one of them had a safe landing." I can only imagine the last moments of that beaver...AAAAAAAAAaaaaaah SPLAT!

[@terramater]

Totally panic mode! I wonder if he/she was afraid of heights 🥲

[@edgeofentropy3492]

@@terramater If they were, they are not anymore!😂

[@MrSCOTTtheSCOT]

How many test drops though till they got the crate design and release mechanism sorted 🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫 🪂🪂🪂🪂🪂🪂

[@ryomaanime4563]

Or maybe "...Oh no, this again..." like H2G2's flower pot.

[@Shaker626]

Gory, gory, gory, what a helluva way to die!

[@tnox219]

I'm from Wisconsin and we have quite a few beavers out there. Most people don't know that prairies will burn from time to time. Naturally. Beavers do a great job in creating wetlands to prevent the fires from spreading.

[@terramater]

They are the best! ❤️🦫

[@roedw]

Canada 🇨🇦 knows what they're doing by making beavers 🦫 their national animal. If I were a Canadian, I'd be proud of them too.

[@terramater]

Absolutely!!! ❤️

[@AmanPatel-ye6im]

*just flow of water beaver : I'm going to destroy its whole career.

[@terramater]

😂😂😂😂 that’s the spirit

[@Steve-ev6vx]

The one in the pond near my house kept tearing the pump intake hose off to shut off the water fountains in the middle of the pond. They had to put in a solid pvc pipe. He doesnt try to block the pond over flow though, and its usually lightly flowing, but it does already have a small mechanical damn system. Maybe he sees that as seficiant.

[@LeprosuGnome]

I love beavers

[@terramater]

Who doesn’t?! They are so cool 🦫❤️

[@someguyontheinternet9683]

@@terramater farmers probably 😭

[@noahrafter-lanigan2409]

@@someguyontheinternet9683 Many farmers now understand the benefit that beavers can bring their land, so why don't some people think that beavers have the right to beav?

[@alexanderdederer8250]

Yeah. You damn right. They so delicious.

[@kieranpdent]

@noahrafter-lanigan2409 many farmers may but it it's your land that you have a big loan you have to pay out and now you can not Farm it (make money on your investment) would lead you to think beavers shouldn't be the Beaver on your land Or if you live down steam from it and the damn let go would be good. As the video says, it's twice the size of the Hoover Dam and hoover Dam holds 28.9 million acre-feet of water

[@RJ_academix]

I'm glad they said "Canadian" within the first 0:01 seconds of the video about Beavers. I know I'm watching trusted sources for my Beaver content as a Canadian no matter where I am. Thank You.

[@VPCh.]

Beaver dams can also make floods worse. I work in an area with a lot of beaver dams, and they have a tendency to trap a lot of water, then collapse during high precipitation periods. It creates a huge surge of water that knocks out bridges, roads, and even knocks down trees along the water.

[@terramater]

Hi @VPCh., we appreciate your insight and understand that the impact of beavers and their dam-building activities can vary greatly depending on local conditions and contexts. While there can definitely be challenges like the ones you've outlined, beavers also play a significant role in creating wetlands, increasing biodiversity, and even contributing to climate resilience. Balancing these benefits with potential risks like flooding is certainly crucial. Thanks for sparking an important discussion and we hope our content can contribute to a broader understanding of our ecosystem. ❤️🦫

[@VPCh.]

@terramater Thanks for the reply. I definitely agree that beavers do a lot great things for the environment and our wetlands. But of course, as with any natural system, their impact is too complex to be classified as entirely positive or negative to our way of life. Which was what I was hoping to point out in my comment. Thank you for your videos and for raising awareness about the importance of beavers to our wetland ecosystem!

[@terramater]

Thank you for watching it!

[@Quantum-Bullet]

They have a fulfilling life.

[@terramater]

That's for sure!

[@chaosgoettin]

I am here to say this: "Not with parachutes" is a statement that ignores COMPLETLY the fact that all the transportation means back then put so much stress onto the beavers, they had high mortality rates. Why? because it took days, if not weeks, and the beavers would die, because they got too hot. The parachute method actually made them all survive, except Kevin, who only died because he thought "fuck that, I don't need a parachute!" and did the R. Kelly and just jumped off the plane, and just believed he could fly. You could say he was a petunia pot that had his first drop. So, when you say "via horse", then that is what they did back then, which killed the beavers. The only reason we can do it now with "mechnical horse" is the technological advance. If you want to throw shade, throw it with all the knowledge presented. Thank you very much.

[@aleksyssubmaker2745]

"Beavers are capable of impressive architectural work when humans aren't holding them back" I wish someone held us humans back every once in a while.

[@AkashGuptaakashallen]

A good video ।।। But please give a little discription before starting a video of any animal like their habitats in world their IUCN status, their food and prey and food ...basic details... please

[@itsmejerkface]

The reason beaver teeth are so strong is because where most mammals have teeth that are fortified with enamel made of calcium, beaver teeth has enamel fortified with iron.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

hence the orange hue

[@creid7537]

... as part of a well balanced breakfast.

[@mnomadvfx]

Nope. Beaver tooth enamel has calcium phosphate too - a crystal structure called hydroxylapatite. It is the material that surrounds the hydroxylapatite that contains minerals such as magnesium or iron. Beaver tooth enamel just has significantly more iron in this surrounding material that makes it more durable and resists acidic erosion better.

[@terramater]

Like an x-men

[@labeckipiotrek]

Nope, its kryptonite

[@DustyGamma]

Damn, this Timberborn update's looking good!

[@Tony-op6xf]

😂

[@kevinpeters6709]

I’d LOVE a Paleolithic equivalent update. Going from normal beaver to intelligent beaver

[@Leonardo-no2rr]

hope badtides will not come yet

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

Always so wonderful to see creatures acknowledged for their vital roles in our own survival and well-being. We're in it together.

[@terramater]

It is! 🦫❤️

[@soapyork9356]

Wow, this is amazing to stumble upon. I live in Hailey, Idaho which is very close to Baugh creek and have even ridden my ATV past that creek multiple times hunting or scouting for Elk and deer. I've seen the beaver dams out there and let me tell you, they build so well they flood the ATV paths around the area during the seasonal melts. The ATV trails open back up at the end of this month (they close them during herd migration for deer/elk) and I look forward to checking in on the descendants of the "Airborne Beaver Brigade!"

[@terramater]

We're glad to hear that you liked our video and can even witness these beavers in action around your home! 🤩 It's indeed fascinating how much effort beavers put into constructing their dams, even to the extent of causing seasonal flooding. This only speaks to the immense impact they have on their surroundings.

[@xuneseo]

Water : ~~~~~~~~~ Beaver: Absolutely Fkin not sir.

[@user-yq8ck8yf3u]

A small riverside stop bank built around 1900 in Takaka NZ had it's original construction as loose water permeable stones to reduce, but not stop the flooding around town after a very large flood event so that the rest of the flood plain did not shoulder the extra burden of water. This was done in conjunction with the building of groan's along the riverbank to stabilize the channel. This also worked to filter out large debris from escaping the channel along with the planting of barberry riverside hedges downstream of this stop bank for the same effect. In the 100 following years silt, and trapped organic matter did build an earth shield on the topside of the bank till the original design effect was mostly lost. Watching this video I can see similarity's in the approach to different hydrology problems. We don't necessarily have to have hard solutions to engineering problems.

[@terramater]

Exactly!!! 🦫

[@ChefGoreb]

I'd be really interested in a video about this, do you know if any info/material exists?

[@SalvableRuin]

Using hockey rinks to explain how much water was a bad choice; it just raises more questions about how much water that is. How deep is the water in the hockey rink? Only as deep as the ice? How deep is the ice? Speaking of ice, it is more voluminous than liquid water. So when you said hockey rinks, did you mean filled with liquid water or with ice?

[@NanoDeer]

"Americans will use anything but metric." Meanwhile, canada:

[@Ciganypusztito-fc3ej]

duh its common knowledge that between 12,000 and 15,000 gallons or 45424.941408 and 56781.17676 litres.. DUHHHH

[@christianwilson3437]

Well, yeah, everyone knows beavers 🦫 play hockey, so they know.

[@iCortex1]

the video explicitly said 70,000 cubic meters, 1 cubic meter is 1000L of water ... the comparison is just for fun. Would you really have understood better if they said 9,000,000 cups of water or 700,000 toilet flushes ? The point is that's it's a crap ton of water ...

[@iCortex1]

@@Ciganypusztito-fc3ej just use the metric system like normal human beings, will help with doing grade school math lmao

[@Whalien-jb7gf]

Today I learned how important beavers are to our world. Thank you for all your good job beavers! You're now one of my favorite animals.

[@Zantides]

I got a thing for beavers, i see their name in a video and i'm instantly hooked. They're just such awesome creatures.

[@terramater]

Absolutely! 🦫❤️

[@rankytheskate]

I truly believe beavers can save the planet. I understand the development of humans had to create something to flourish, but now we are settled and much more educated on the planet. We need to take a serious look at introducing them in places where hydration in needed. Beavers are such an amazing creature

[@terramater]

The role beavers play in increasing biodiversity, resilience, and helping in the creation of wetlands makes them a vital part of our environment, and like you, we think their contribution deserves more recognition and consideration. Thank you for being part of our conversation!

[@oaka7616]

I'm a big fan of all kinds of beavers

[@skyden24195]

"Humans have learned how to relocate them in an appropriate way, not with parachutes, but with horses." -Some beavers: "Ahhhhhh man!!! Our one chance to get to fly in an airplane and we get stuck on horses. Lame!" 😉😄

[@terramater]

"it would be such a great adventure" 😂😂

[@gabrielcrespo966]

Theres always one that ruins the fun for the rest lol

[@Jonas-uh7bb]

Beaver are almost the most important species of any eco system. I just love those cuties ❤️

[@terramater]

They are the best!

[@Lokesh-db5qw]

Nature itself is beautiful and amazing

[@terramater]

Hi @Lokesh-db5qw! It really is!

[@TWOCOWS1]

i have always loved beavers. sooo cute, constructive and peaceful

[@terramater]

They are the best ❤️🦫

[@peterbarvoets8912]

i think that "you can see it from space" no longer has any meaning since google maps/earth allows me to see my car from space in my driveway...

[@CaptainBuggy1965]

u just said it…

[@RAddison-qw6tv]

So does your car use the wrong fuel since its oil, which is a lubricant?

[@vanzylfamily]

Another useless internet comment.

[@stefthorman8548]

Not really, street view, is from those Google cars going around, not from space

[@peterbarvoets8912]

@@stefthorman8548 not talking about street view..

[@indyvisible624]

I love these little critters, they are builders of worlds, the co-creators of the forest 🌳 they are amazing please help save them.

[@terramater]

team beavers ❤️🦫

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly579]

Since everyone is sharing their beaver stories here, I wanted to share mine too. I used to date this girl. She had an amazing beaver. I sometimes used to be in awe of her beaver. She had a dam good beaver..

[@rjung_ch]

Beautiful animals 👍💪✌

[@terramater]

Totally! 🦫

[@issad3543]

This was such a great video, learnt so much, fully expect this video to blow up

[@terramater]

We’re so happy about it! Thanks for watching 🦫❤️

[@BadgeringAround]

I've seen some pretty big dams myself, but this one takes the crown by far!

[@terramater]

it's crazy, right?!

[@IsoldeCutie]

Woah! Beavers are cool. And the Flying Beavers is my go to rock and jazz band guys. Big fan here.

[@terramater]

Hi @IsoldeCutie! They are indeed very cool! 😎

[@kirkyoung5266]

I love beavers 🦫🇨🇦❤️

[@terramater]

we love them too! 🦫❤️

[@ibuprofenPill]

I love beavers.

[@terramater]

They're the best! 🦫❤️

[@ceytin]

humans: damn beavers and their dams beavers: trust me bro we need to wall this bad boy up

[@ElderRaven]

It strikes me more and more how everything lives mostly in harmony except HUMANS.

[@coreym162]

Who says? We kind of do the same things. Like what's going on in Southern California. The animals follow a corridor of human development down from the Sierras into the Salton Sea and Mexico. Just because, we can damage the environment doesn't mean it's all we do. To think destruction is all we do then don't get mad when another human wrongs you because, they share your unhealthy ideology of "Human bad".

[@ElderRaven]

@@coreym162 sorry didn't mean to trigger you lol

[@MarkDeSade100]

Have you not heard of predators? There are many types of animals that chase other animals down, kill them and eat them. That's not living in harmony.

[@christianheikkonen]

@@MarkDeSade100It is, it keeps the energy pyramid balanced. But for humans, humans have been modifying it to look more like our demographic pyramids in the West or East Asia.

[@nicks2581]

If we went back to hunting, gathering, and small scale farming then we would return to harmony with nature. But, most people, especially those who cry the loudest over the environment, don't actually want that.

[@KrazyKaiser]

Why did you measure the amount of water in the beaver pond in Hockey rinks? Isn't it more traditional to measure in Olympic swimming pools?

[@jfu5222]

Olympic hockey rink 60×30 meters, Olympic swimming pool 50×25 meters.

[@originaldcjensen]

Maybe there's a Canadian influence, eh?

[@ralphvelthuis2359]

​@@originaldcjensenthe dam is in Alberta. Wood Buffalo National Park.

[@originaldcjensen]

Therefore the comment about Canadian influencing the choice of measurements.

[@originaldcjensen]

Therefore the comment about Canadian influencing the choice of measurements.

[@nickinurse6433]

I always found it fascinating that because the beaver wants to stay in water where it is better protected it actually moves the river out to where there are more trees. Digging ditches as they go the water flows in those ditches to offer them protection and bringing water to the trees. This is how they increase the plant and tree population even though they are cutting down trees.

[@danielpruitt8550]

Beavers are really cool! I always thought they were cool, but they are so useful aswell! 😁😲

[@terramater]

Yes, they are! team beavers! ❤️🦫

[@AFancyApe]

Beavers don't build because they don't like people going thirsty, they do it to not only spite the lord, but also their everlasting hatred towards running water

[@mountainmanxyz]

Humans don't build because they care about anything but themselves, they do it not only to spite the Lord, but also their everlasting hatred towards everything.

[@Gertyutz]

They build because deeper water makes it easier to evade their predators, mostly wolves and coyotes.

[@shondrawhite9317]

Save the beaver. Save the planet 🌎 fact

[@terramater]

Go beavers! 🦫❤️

[@Wispertile]

Best video I’ve seen all year! Thanks Terra Mater! You earned my support!

[@terramater]

We're so happy about that!! Thanks for watching it!! ❤️🦫

[@pratikadhikari2366]

Respect to the hard work

[@terramater]

Absolutely!

[@whitetiana3022]

murcans: we can't measure the beaver dams water in football fields.... people around the world are starting to make fun of us. i know, we'll measure it in hockey rinks.

[@terramater]

😂😂😂

[@huntingkc1]

Hey.... Have an up vote. This was well done

[@KatrinHemmer]

Thanks so much for your support! ❤

[@terramater]

Thank you and thanks for watching it 🎥

[@The_Hagseed]

Misleading clickbait for morons

[@user-je7ot6ju9r]

I've always been fond of beavers.

[@MrNommerz]

I live in Canada and it's actually pretty easy to see the beavers around here. If you walk through any of the natural parks you will probably hear them if nothing else, and just driving over the bridges between islands you will often see some chilling near them every now and then, or swimming along the shore when you are walking/driving along the river.

[@terramater]

That's so cool! 🤩

[@TAZAR_II]

Send the beavers to Mars and they will terra form it. Specialized space suits will be needed for their tails.

[@westzed23]

😂😂😂😂😂🚀🦫

[@terramater]

Imagine that!

[@HipHopNerdHarryGusto]

They doing the LORD''S work

[@sbersbra3939]

You lord AINT doing shit

[@HipHopNerdHarryGusto]

@@sbersbra3939 crab

[@baron1c]

Everything needs balance. Too many beavers in one area can absolutely be a destructive force. I have seen it first hand

[@yasuke230]

So cool to learn about such an amazing mammal! Beavers are my favourite now! I wish we had them in my country

[@terramater]

They are so cool, right?! But we're pretty sure you also have some fascinating animals there!

[@southerncross4956]

Wait for it, here it comes at 6:15….”STAVE OFF CLIMATE CHANGE!!!”.

[@peterhoulihan9766]

Yeah, I could see it coming a mile away.

[@southerncross4956]

I was lazy and did not look at the name of the site (Climate Heros) before making a snide remark. I wondered into their meeting not the other way around.

[@WildwatchNature]

Wow! Amazing creatures Thanks for coverage 🙌

[@TheSelfmadesupport]

i want to be a Beaver in my next life after seeing this. and they are so adorable 😍

[@terramater]

❤️🦫

[@albertdwice3995]

O kurwa...

[@j.h.460]

Wow that was a wonderful video. Never would I thought I would be so fascinated with beavers 🦫 bravo 👏

[@thonbrocket2512]

New image every three seconds. You need to put a warning for epileptics on this.

[@dertythegrower]

Yes.. the editor is definitely not giving enough time between cuts

[@Tony-op6xf]

I had to pause 2 times just to examine info.

[@DarklinksHero]

I’m incredibly happy to hear that they have come so far as an endangered species! It’s inspiring to see how resilient and intuitive these smart animals are. Hope to see them on my travels through the US

[@terramater]

Right?! we're happy to inspire you with these cute little creatures ❤️🦫

[@RichardEvans-ns7hj]

I remember one year that beavers built a dam behind the school and a year later the school grounds were a foot under water, after the beavers were removed the dam had to be blown up, took 4 days for all the water to flow out.

[@patrykpatryk6579]

Bóbr qrwa

[@harage2katana]

BÓBR KURWA

[@Taran_Bali]

River flowing . Beaver : Damnnn bro!

[@MrPsychopathYT]

Imagine being the very few of the beavers who get to share their story of parachuting out of a plane. It’ll become a legend in the beaver world

[@terramater]

For sure! 😂

[@questionauthority4703]

Can even be seen from space 😂 so can the bbq in my back yard, I wish people would stop using that claim

[@sersnuggles7697]

Beaver Paratroopers gonna be the wildest thing I've heard today XD

[@terramater]

it's craaazy, we know! 😂

[@harune6594]

Subhanak Rabbi. Subhan Allah. What marvelous works of engineering. Even humans might not be this skilled.

[@lotusa8868]

Allah is the greatest of all creators ❤

[@billa8083]

Can’t remember where I heard it, but I remember reading that the large pony sized beavers of ancient South America built, huge dams that created gigantic lakes, so big it changed the earths wobble!

[@terramater]

Crazy! 🤯

[@user-hi4vo1cn7r]

Beavers have awesome architectural skills.

[@ashwiniachu9791]

While the beaver amused NASA,here I am stuff to impress my recruiter..😂great job .love for beavers ❤

[@eudesenvolvedor]

I never knew beavers were so clever, thanks for sharing this info ❤

[@terramater]

Hi @eudesenvolvedor! Thanks for watching! ❤️

[@officialkyc]

I really love them such cute engineers of nature university ❤❤❤. Id love to make a trip and meet such nature heros 🥰🥰🥀

[@snow640]

This video makes me like beavers! I love them they're so smart

[@terramater]

Hi @snow640! Great to hear that! 😍🦫 And yes they are!

[@TalesFromTheUndersidecom]

I work in wetland restoration and found a beaver “garden” where they had built up a narrow dirt mound around a cluster of willows to make a shallow pond with a small straight drainage channel. At first glance it seemed too intentional and man-made, but just beaver engineering. Some of the willows had been eaten down or harvested and others were flourishing, they were definitely cultivating a garden.

[@pokejuice1495]

There was a huge abandoned beaver dam by my home growing up. My dad used to tell me stories about it while we walked through the woods. Now there is an interstate going right through it.

[@terramater]

🥲

[@nothereforit.605]

I love when they say “you can see it from space”.

[@martins3993]

When i woke up this morning i never thought i'd se a parashuting beaver today. What a time to be alive.

[@terramater]

😅

[@40mmmikemike]

I saw a huge beaver dam in a lake in Mac Tier Ontario, we were canoeing and we had to portage to get past it. The water level in the lake was higher on one side of the dam, that's how well they are constructed.

[@terramater]

Hi @40mmmikemike! Thanks for sharing your beaver (dam) encounter! p.s.: Canoeing in Ontario sounds pretty nice and adventorous! 😍

[@TheGrenadier97]

What remarkable creatures. Such incredible engineering good sense

[@terramater]

Hi @TheGrenadier97! They are really great engineers!