Why Do Beavers Build Dams? Nature's Engineers (Wildlife Documentary) | Natural Kingdom | Real Wild

This is the story of Nature’s Extreme Machine, the miracle engineer. We study the behavior of the Beaver from Argentina to Alberta and reveal insights into the role Beavers play in a larger ecosystem.
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[@bobbydyne]

Wasn’t expecting to watch a 45 minute documentary about beavers today but here we are

[@4968ace]

Doing this instead of watching 45 minutes of documentaries about beavers if you know what I mean

[@thatguy431]

Dude, same, but I had a question and KZbin delivered :D

[@derekbaker777]

I watched a great one yesterday and here I am today watching this one. Beavers are a truly amazing animal.

[@ukaszuniewski5246]

I had massive hangover, and I'm watching beavers building dams 6 hour straight

[@lilwayneful1]

😂

[@shacka95]

It’s so inspiring that such small creatures work together to build such giant structures like the Hoover Dam

[@ErikBramsen]

Lol, the Hoover Dam!

[@umerfarooqjanjua7987]

amazing. isnt it?

[@Music4DaSol]

And now it generates electricity to power their beaver lodges for the harsh winters in Nevada!

[@hurley31]

The Beaver Dam.

[@mustbemeech]

@@Music4DaSol😂😂😂😂

[@dogslivesmatterdanielstanc214]

This is probably going to sound stupid to everyone but I've always wanted to help a beaver make a damn to build one with a beaver

[@RealWild]

Who hasn't?

[@SupermanBB]

You’re absolutely correct. Sounds stupid.

[@forcesightknight]

I do it almost every summer. Technically and legally I'm not allowed to manipulate my creek. I do cut and trim willow for many uses around the property, many times I find my pile has been moved into the creek and is now full of mud and stuck in the water. We had a drought lately and I think the beavers all moved into the mountains where someone made a reservoir.

[@ac9938]

Awwwww.That is soo cute & cool for you to do.I would soo do that.Nature & Animals are theraputic 😀

[@wookthetook]

Do you realize how redundant that sentence is? You "want to help a beaver make a damn to build one with a beaver". That's like saying you want to eat a bowl of cereal to eat some cereal. Redundant.

[@walterbrown8694]

They do it to make ponds. After the pond is built, they build their lodge. Once the lodge has been satisfactorily established, they can become Free-Masons. Any questions ?

[@aSinisterKiid]

So from now on anytime conspiracy theorists say "They" we know they are talking about the illuminati beavers

[@cash3394]

Yeah but ponds for what purpose. Couldn't they just build the lodge and be good lol

[@aSinisterKiid]

@@cash3394 That's a good question and no they can't just build the lodge. Think of the pond as a duel purpose security system and climate control device. The lodge itself is built to have an underwater entrance. This creates a sealed habitat within the lodge to control the temperature for the babies/family. The underwater entrance also keeps out other animals who would prey on the beavers. Without having the pond at a set level, the lodge wouldn't work properly. If the water level sinks too low, the entrance is now out in the open. Animals can climb in the entrance and it is open to the outside atmosphere and temperature. By building the dam in the first place, it backs the water up to a controllable level by the beaver. If they want the water level a bit higher, they block the dam off more. If they want it a little lower, they remove some of the blocking sticks and let the level lower some. It's a constant battle by the beavers to use the dam to control the level of the pond. By having the pond at a set level, it determines where they build their lodge. So it's a linked system that creates their habitat. They can't have one without the other. The pond is a critical piece of infrastructure to maintaining safety in their home and the ability to grow their family.

[@cash3394]

@@aSinisterKiid ah makes sense they still some assholes though lol 😂

[@aSinisterKiid]

@@cash3394 yeah I can see how their presence can be annoying to some people with certain types of land. They can change the entire layout of the land if they decide to move into your local area. There are ways to look at it in the positive way though, where they are responsible for creating an entirely fresh and vibrant eco system in the right place. In places where they are native the food chain keeps things in control. They create a life cycle of fish and water based creatures with the pond, and then other wildlife visit the area more often because a dedicated water source is there. So you get deer, moose, wolves and all sorts of other mammals. Then you get the birds and hawks that come visit and eventually snakes, mice, rats and other insects around the water source. So having the whole ecosystem surviving around the water source can be a magical experience on your land. It seems to be when the beavers get into a non-native environment where there are no apex predators to kill them where they get out of control. They can destroy entire sections of forest within months if their population isn't controlled. So I can totally see how they can be assholes in certain circumstances.

[@jrize3228]

In that latter part, the beavers were introduced to the area to create a fur trade. So when it failed, now they have to be destroyed. As usual, it’s humans that caused this to begin with. The animals were just acting on instinct. Humans just need to leave animals alone and try not to meddle too much. We have brains. We can co-exist with animals and if we leave them alone for the most part, the ecosystem will eventually come into balance on its own.

[@the-trustees]

Our species is vile and disgusting, and doesn't deserve to continue existing... placing the world's ecosystems in great peril.

[@johnh4045]

Yea and it sucks that they kill them now

[@Shoegazebasedgenre0.]

why not introduce wolf as the new predator of the area?

[@arayagerardo]

Shut up

[@arthurgeorge5474]

Beavers are now my favorite animal

[@Peaceshiet812]

Same!

[@OnivertInHouston]

These beavers are now my second favorite beavers. 🦫

[@WanderingTales__]

Here here

[@anitajinfla9762]

Music overlay as the narrator speaks is a bit much....🤔

[@arthas640]

I liked the content but between the music drowning out the narrator and that obnoxious opening it was kind of hard to watch.

[@trice9159]

That paleontologist seems like a cool guy. Gets happy for a tooth. Keep up the good work sir.

[@angielou123]

I love how happy the guy was finding a stick and half a tooth 😁👍

[@glennnile7918]

When I was a kid my brother and I used to go down to the beaver pond in the woods in back of my grand parents home. It was a magical place.

[@pforce9]

If Beavers were still the size of bears, I bet that no one would be fool enough to mess with their dams. You knock a beaver dam down and the beaver shows up and makes you put back every stick. Stands over you while you do it.

[@PROGRESS4eva]

😂😂

[@daniilfilms]

Beavers: *sees river* Also beavers: OUR RIVER

[@kon4251]

NEED DAM

[@AMAZ0NGIRL]

Beavers in there right home produce the right habitats for many species of animals, fish, plants and other wildlife including birds etc...

[@brucefranklin1317]

Beavers we could learn from... they live an honest life. They build work harder than most animals.

[@TheEmpireAnimations]

Harder than most people

[@mikebanas6934]

Agreed!

[@saveournsrey2018]

Humans destroy more trees than beavers can ever chew. Leave those beavers alone.

[@kylewood8448]

Tell that to South America. They are both good and a pest in Canada as well.

[@AMAZ0NGIRL]

These animals are incredible and super for sure!

[@eleanorjpoindexter4299]

Beavers are sooooooooooooooo adorable! These are the kinda of individuals that you want to hire for your business....lol😁😁😁😁😁

[@davidconklin9552]

Music is too loud.

[@CatonaWall175]

Amazing documentary. The beavers getting their own back on the human race who continue in their ignorance and greed. Thank you.

[@morrisonreed1]

im sure the forest feels the same way you do

[@pinnen59]

Nice but the music behind was to high.hard to hear the narator

[@kellym.]

Why do people insist on playing music in foreground? Can't hear a word with the music.

[@wingitwildlife]

We need more Beavers. Save our Beavers. Save our wild America.

[@John-oy7ig]

As a Canadian, I have to say that the guy showing the giant beaver at the beginning sounded like the most stereotypical Canadian, I'm lost for words.

[@jonathanlovelace521]

At around 8:30, it's stated that "While both European and Canadian beavers have evolved, only the Canadian beaver has maintained the ability to create lodges and dams." But a quick Google search shows that this is categorically false. European beavers build lodges and dams.

[@crisptomato9495]

Also Argentina isn’t any colder than Canada, casting doubt on the greasy fur theory.

[@Alg3rian]

I don't know why they're spreading misinformation like that. It's a known fact too.

[@CPLJosephiKrakowski]

That owl's face at 1:22 was like, "Uhhh could you fuckin' NOT?!"

[@OW79]

The original title of the documentary is: "Natural Kingdom: Super Beaver". That's why they keep mentioning "Super Beaver" throughout the documentary. The title on KZbin is just a bit weird.

[@jhonfamo8412]

I love these guys. I love all creatures

[@automategames]

Beavers are like real life Rust pro's, they build in water and use underwater air locks.

[@ycamara9034]

Brilliant love the beavers , we can learn a lot from animals May the yunas bless all of them Amen 🙏

[@criticalsage]

The Canadian Beaver, You mean Justin Beaver?

[@jhonfamo8412]

thanks for the documentary

[@lasagnalover2851]

Did anyone see the green marshes, that resulted from beaver dams, in the middle of burned out forests?

[@fraggelrock9974]

Beavers make me proud to be Canadian 😂

[@tavissmith8112]

This land was given to my family for their missionary work with Indians-🙈👌

[@sufferinsilence5817]

To the farmer struggling with the beavers breaking his fence for building materials; try a metal fence. Just, why fight it so hard when a solution could be that simple? I know they're likely not going to see this, but it just boggles me, to be honest.

[@henriklarsson5221]

Yeah, but i think they are to sheep for that ^

[@sufferinsilence5817]

@Aaron Loos That's true. From the way the farmer was telling his story though, it didn't sound to me like that part bothered him all that much..

[@belindahb]

Let another Emu war start but this time with beavers

[@brittanyt729]

Years ago I watched a documentary that addressed the issue of blocked culverts. One of the individuals who had to unblock them found that if he played the sound of running water the beavers would move to that spot on their own

[@PAULLONDEN]

Fascinating subject !

[@_vallee_5190]

Amazing creature.

[@459luker]

i've been binge watching beaver docos, i can't get enough! beavers are just awesome!

[@iPhone-wn3wb]

Music is louder than the narrator

[@johndyson4109]

Some Indians thought the Beaver was a God like animal. A master creator of the Earth and its lands...

[@slayer7682]

I only planned on watching a few minutes, I ended up watching entire video. I'm now fascinated with them now. They could damn off entire ocean

[@missumenimsatanass]

Whoever was responsible for the editing of this video must be a beginner. You NEVER have the background music louder the the narrators voice. Haha. How did that get past the final editor unless he's a beginner also. Blind leading the blind? Haha

[@normanbuchanan9710]

really annoying

[@nickkvalevog5904]

Wouldn't it be the deaf leading the deaf?

[@kabangashakankale393]

Now I can't unnotice it😭

[@scottfoster2487]

Beavers actually prevent flooding by creating massive ponds with large wetlands.

[@garymorris9611]

Not true.

[@kylewood8448]

Well except they are literally doing the opposite

[@scottfoster2487]

@@kylewood8448 Your poorly educayed pn the Beaver,

[@kylewood8448]

@scottfoster2487 not really, they may be helping downstream with flooding on floodplain but when they dam up areas like you said it creates wetland which is caused by flooding

[@bilalkurdish.berlin5237]

So beautiful

[@ramzan271]

i dont watch animal documentaries . but once i watch a beaver cutting a large in fb, made me curious to know more about them. and im here

[@kennethandrewsjr2280]

Very intelligent animal

[@tamarrajames3590]

This was great. I knew Russia had beaver issues, but had NO idea South America did as well thank you for sharing this.🖤🇨🇦

[@beverlyrhame3692]

The music overpowers the narrator’s voice not good, but good education.

[@njpjefro5875]

please donnt harm the beavers.thank u. god bless you.

[@henriklarsson5221]

Can i harm them back, if they harm me ?

[@scotthull2141]

i learned a lot in this upload. thnx Real Wild

[@RealWild]

Our pleasure, Scott

[@brettc6863]

Amazing Animals

[@imdawolfman2698]

A really great documentary, IF it only lost the over-powering, ever-present, totally annoying music. I gave up halfway through.

[@Headwind-1]

gone . . .

[@normanbuchanan9710]

totally agree, it's about a Beaver not Mozart

[@raashbucul1498]

Man, I love beavers ❤️🦫

[@yousnortthedsnotofdirtyric3382]

Hard to hear the narrator over the music...

[@jonjacob1962]

Did y'all really have to use the LOUDES most OBNOXIOUS sound you could find as the background music at 13:38..?

[@TubeTales_]

Amazing

[@martha35077]

Fascinating!

[@davidcerullo7976]

The narrator's voice sounds like Andrew Robinson who played the character Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space 9.

[@hakeemburton2769]

I was walking in the trails in seen like 4 beaver dams I think they are cool how they build there homes

[@Silvio.S.Arruda0044]

Super special ... 👊👊👊

[@Subie-Driver]

It’s a well known fact that beavers are a tremendous builder of not only dams…but entire ecosystems. The do so much for local watersheds and their entire ecosystem.

[@jayeverett6536]

"Perfectly designed"; well said my friend. They are indeed 'Designed'.

[@lastEvergreen]

-by natural selection.

[@moniqueodile]

Music so loud! Why? It would be nice to hear the words…… so many programs put on loud music, turning us into idiots…….

[@a1rh3add]

Good documentary but that music is totally unnecessary and seems very inappropriate

[@geno43bom]

Why the voice over is mixed so low and the music so high in this video?

[@seatabarnett6772]

There are amazing animals. Very creative animals love this documentary.

[@jakesummerlee5120]

They*

[@zeblebanon5188]

I am from New Zealand so we don't have Beavers. Not in our wild bush anyway. I think this animal is absolutely amazing. Look how intelligent it is. I guess, they could be pretty annoying if they're in your country and decide to move into a nearby river. Especially when they end up creating a lake, after having made a pond. But what an intelligent display of engineering this animal knows, from a very young age. I'm so fascinated by them. Not to mention their ability to fell trees with, what looks like, so much ease. Not only do they affect ecosystems, but they create an entirely new ecosystem. By creating all that new growth. And a brand new habitat.

[@zachrywd]

Really good and informative, but damn that audio mixing.

[@ryanzhao2052]

Music louder than the narrator and narrator louder than the translation 😂 great documentary though

[@leahrobling]

Really good video, amazing! Thank you for putting an effort in this channel I learned so much from you already. Stay healthy ☀️

[@ntobergta]

I love beavers

[@ntobergta]

🦫

[@greatness_arives925]

the fact that hey traveled from island to island in salt water is crazy

[@michaelman9358]

Jesus this documentry is 30 yrs old...

[@meanhe8702]

The background music is so loud!

[@stefanmekkinosson175]

I loved the Music

[@theegress3131]

I think my new favorite animal is a beaver hawk.

[@growinginthewind]

Anyone else shit themselves at 37:01 😅 ?? great video

[@evieuretsky9997]

How cool, I used to go to Elk Island every week, I lived about 45 mins frow where I lived.

[@jamisonburress1220]

You lived 45 minutes from where you lived? I happen to live right around the corner from where I live.

[@evieuretsky9997]

@@jamisonburress1220 I used to own a house in Andrew

[@tomq5180]

couldnt watch..music TOO loud!!!

[@JudyMenzel7]

Is there a copy of this documentary without the music, so as to hear what is being said?

[@relaxingnature2617]

australia and africa need beavers -- its too dry there , they could use some more lakes

[@heatherpirino6920]

Beavers are huge preventers of forest fires. So they create ecosystems and protect them. Very informative documentary, but the foreground music was obnoxiously overbearing.

[@njpjefro5875]

beavers are gods creatures.amen

[@despacitodaniel801]

Beavers are too

[@saturahman7510]

People hate beavers and it's sad. Greetings from Finland.

[@Godsrocker1970]

earth is only 6000 years old

[@hugomunoz8026]

I got here after I saw a beaver building a dam at human home with a spongebob flufy toy, an x-mas tree, paper and other stuff.

[@jennifersivewright3117]

Holley Muraco’s rescue beavers!

[@BurninatorTheTrogdor]

She's a beaver expert.

[@beckettman42]

Grew up next to a beaver swamp(s). Loud chewers. Come out mostly at night

[@tofubrz]

MY FAVORITE ANIMAL!!!!!

[@Duncan23]

Why does this documentary say that only north American beavers build dams and lodges? Eurasian beavers do it too.

[@XxChuyoxX]

Canadians are silly

[@Menace_to_society_k27]

The awnser is easy: so they can make houses to protect their families and to make their own territory

[@caophuocthua8672]

WOW! With beaver, when they are in the right place, right time, they are the helper. But wrong place, wrong time, disaster.

[@GambinoTheGoat]

beavers are very big brain

[@shelleyharris9349]

Bad ass Beaver's 😊🦫

[@invisible-zt8xh]

Somewhere between a Koala and a Platypus is THE BEAVER. Explains a lot. Once one big landmass, all of it

[@Denbub]

🇨🇦CANADIAN BEAVER👍

[@lilwayneful1]

Literally an ad every 5 min

[@davidcerullo7976]

The music is too loud! It is difficult to hear the narrator.

[@miumiumiaomi]

The bgm is too loud...

[@Sam................]

What year is this from?

[@BLENKO_]

Damn YT Short… Now I’m going down the beaver hole.