How Do Beavers Build a Dam | SLICE

Beavers build dams that are designed to endure bad weather and high waters using logs, branches and stones. Impoundments are crucial for the species as they provide ponds as protection against predators. This advantageous skill is passed on from generation to generation and the beavers of the wet grassland of Wyoming are certainly no exception to the rule.

Extract from the documentary: "Animal Builders"
Direction: Lucas Allain
Production: ZED, France Télévisions, Ushuaïa TV & CuriosityStream

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[skuzzlebutt]

Yo beavers are inspirational af. Your life collapses in front of you and you just keep building? Props to you, mr. beaver.

[sippy]

Crazy how beavers just see a river flowing and go “well someone has to stop this”

[murathanduman]

Look at his tiny hands and how he places rocks with them lol, just adorable.

[jasonschauer]

I had to notch beaver dams for an old job. Felt terrible doing it so I only took out a bit.

Came back the next day and it was repaired, so I notched it a little more.

On the third day it was repaired again and I was convinced this animal had day laborers and power tools.

With plenty of time and materials to be safe for the winter, i opened that dam right down to the bottom of the pond.

On the 4th morning, I found the dam reinforced with two cement blocks and a sheet of plywood. I’m waiting to run into her at the Home Depot at the pro services counter.

Nicely done beaver, sorry for the trouble.

[michaelknight]

Building another shelter plus having to find a wife in only two months, boy, his hustle is better than mine 🤣

[MonKYMan]

"His survival now depends on his ability to design and *flips page* build his territory"

[generalpurpose]

I remember seeing a video of a rescue beaver who couldn’t be released into the wild, and it started taking objects from around the house and gathering them together in piles. The instinct to build a dam is so strong, I’d imagine they would feel more stressed if they weren’t ever able to build a dam than they would be if their dam was swept away and it had to start all over again.

[rakshitkumar]

Hooman : We need architect, mason, interior designer to built a house

Beaver : Hold my branch !!

[timyunisau]

why is it more motivational than any TEDtalk I've seen?

[BubbleBelly]

The way the narrator says "The damn gives way :)" breaks my heart. Poor little beaver. I hope get got his dam built and started his family

[klaasdeboer]

In the Netherlands there are some beavers who don't bother building dams, they think we humans have built sufficient dams to stabilize water levels so they just build a lodge.

[mandymoore]

Their so tenacious it’s actually inspiring to watch how intent they are to constantly be working their like the ants of the mammal world.

[leewinmangang]

08:05 "Rebuilding is a question of survival and giving up is not an option" one of the best quotes.
That means we can learn a lot of things from nature, that's why I Love Nature.

[syg]

Love how he got back up and went back to work after all that. No complaining no giving up but got right back to it.

[stinkyoldmonk]

I don't even know why I am crying 😭. Protect this animal at all costs.

[annoyingbananana]

the way he carries the stones in his little webbed paws is too adorable XD and i felt so bad when his dam broke. so much work only to be swept away, that's so frustrating :(

[belipe_belipe_belipe]

this is so damn smart. everything about their skills is just unreal.

[gooser]

While humans are fighting wars, beavers are busy building a utopian society

[roserusso]

why do i literally want to cry. beavers are too wholesome.

[salvagemonster]

It is amazing how one beaver can build something so well that it take 10 men and modern heavy equipment to take it apart