How Do Beavers Build a Dam | SLICE

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Published 2020-02-19
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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All Comments (21)
  • @skuzzlebutt306
    Yo beavers are inspirational af. Your life collapses in front of you and you just keep building? Props to you, mr. beaver.
  • @sippy9387
    Crazy how beavers just see a river flowing and go “well someone has to stop this”
  • @murathanduman22
    Look at his tiny hands and how he places rocks with them lol, just adorable.
  • 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.
  • Building another shelter plus having to find a wife in only two months,boy,his hustle is better than mine 🤣
  • @MonK3YMan1000
    "His survival now depends on his ability to design and flips page build his territory"
  • 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.
  • Hooman : We need architect , mason, interior designer to built a house Beaver : Hold my branch !!
  • @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
  • @timyunisau6236
    why is it more motivational than any TEDtalk I've seen?
  • I don't even know why I am crying 😭. Protect this animal at all costs.
  • I wanted to cry when his dam broke. What a courageous beaver. Very resilient. I am impressed with his home. My first dwelling after letting the parents get rid of me was not as nice as this beavers.
  • 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.
  • @gooser2583
    While humans are fighting wars, beavers are busy building a utopian society
  • 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.
  • 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 :(
  • @NACAFarm
    Now he understands why the previous owners left the area. The place is prone to strong current
  • @syg6037
    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.
  • @roserusso2047
    why do i literally want to cry. beavers are too wholesome.
  • It is amazing how one beaver can build something so well that it take 10 men and modern heavy equipment to take it apart