Time-lapse of a beaver building a dam

This is a time-lapse of how a beaver built a dam in one day! This was captured in June. To be precise, on the evening of June 1, a beaver went to investigate and on the night of the 2nd, they started building. So it took them 4-5 hours to build, they are fast!

[marymcclanahan]

Pretty cool that the last animal in the frame is an otter. Beavers change the ecosystem and improve habitats for dozens of other species.

[methos]

Beavers: Natural born civil engineers.

[MichaelS]

Do beavers just see running water and think “not round here it won’t”

[alexfxf]

3:21 he brougt a flower as the finishing touch, classy beaver!

[Carlschwamberger]

Watched them build a dam at a bridge adjacent to Brookston Indiana. They used everything. Bottles, plastic bags as ties, styrofoam boxes, and a plastic TV carcass, whatever trash worked. Another dam built up stream was woven entirely from cornstalks with mud,

[garethmurtagh]

The thing I find most amazing about them is how they build their lodges. They’re pretty substantial structures, accessible only from underwater and have an air vent on the top. They use mud to bind together wood and boulders and when it sets even a bear can’t break it open!

[andylindsaytunes]

0:14 one of the beavers is having a smoke off camera.

[petersterling]

LOVE Beavers!! So Important for Healthy Land, Streams and Rivers!!

[aletheabaldwin]

Wow thats arduous. Seemed to spend alotta time on that first log, doing what! But hey, sometimes my house reno feels like that. Great vid

[tediooficialisacgoulart.]

Beaver with sticks, mud and hands: One night.


Humans with machinary: 5 months

[dougdouglas]

That was great! Thanks for the upload!

[gogetoutsidepodcast]

It's really impressive what animals can build: from nests to dams to dens. I hope one day we'll understand how much of this instinct vs learned behavior. The concept of non-human culture is very intriguing.

[alunevans]

Makes you wonder if we had more beavers building these dams, maybe the flooding we've been getting of late night be less severe?

[valcrist]

The Otter at the end saying, "Now who the f*ck put this here overnight?".

[olgavposta]

Какой же он трудолюбивый, этот бобёр. Столько работы для маленького зверька.

[MichaelSTaylor]

Leslie Nielsen: "Nice beaver"

[JAmonOfficial]

Wow, these tiny lil mofos working night shifts is pure dedication.

[lsswappedcessna]

water: *flowing*
beaver: "Absolutely not."

[R_C]

Looks like someone is taking a bong hit every time the beaver shows up.

[nothing]

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