This Beaver Dam is So Huge, You Can See It from Space | Climate Heroes
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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/researchers-become-b…
"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/article/the-beaver-emer…
"Beaver dams buffer rivers cimate extremes", Stanford University,
news.stanford.edu/2022/11/08/beaver-dams-buffer-ri…
"From pest to protector: How beavers are helping fight climate change", CBS News; www.cbsnews.com/news/california-utah-scientists-be…
Beaver Ecology & Relocation Center: Utah qcnr.usu.edu/beaver-restoration/
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コメント (21)
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Did you know that the world's largest beaver dam is twice the size of hoover dam? 🦫🏗😲 Want to get more facts about wildlife? Check out our playlists! 👉🏻Climate Heroes: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3CjNbCdQe8dN8YtA54vfn… 👉🏻Wild to Know: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3CjNbCdQe-qL0vweacJkW…
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Elder beaver: "I know you won't believe that, but our ancestors came from the sky"
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Where did they get their engineering degree from? They're so clever...
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When they showed that view from space I was like "dam".
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Those beaver paratroopers must have one crazy story to tell😂
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Beavers are more than keystone species, they're architects of entire wetlands. Crazy how biodiversity goes through the roof wherever they settle down.
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I refuse to pretend to not be upset about that one beaver who didn't have a safe landing. RIP king.
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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 :)
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Man being a beaver actually sounds pretty amazing
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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 😅
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Water : ~~~~~~~~~ Beaver: Absolutely Fkin not sir.
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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.
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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.
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76th beaver: “AAAAAAHHHH!”
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These little guys deserve the Nobel Prize.
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BOBER KURWA🦫🇵🇱
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Airborne beavers? What a concept! I never realized beavers also used rocks in their dams.
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moment of silence for that one beaver who didnt make the drop 😔
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humans: damn beavers and their dams beavers: trust me bro we need to wall this bad boy up
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6:20 the proffessor looks so happy, probably because he's an expert in both bush and beaver.
