“Well dam” - beavers
somebody has to do it!
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 5 months ago
Kalkaline@leminal.space 5 months ago
Can’t you just play the sound of running water and trigger their instinct? I feel like I read that sometime in the last few years.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Actually, I don’t even know that you have to do that much I’ve seen videos of beavers in captivity seemingly trying to build a dam on dry land
NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I wonder if there’s some kind of near-surface pipes they might hear water running through.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Did you possibly read it in the comment immediately above yours which was posted 1 minute prior to yours, and then attribute it to an ancient memory?
Kalkaline@leminal.space 5 months ago
My mom once told me “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” so I’m going to end my comment right here.
hazeebabee@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Naw, we posted at the same time. When I typed my comment (the one i assume you’re refering to) there were no comments. Once I hit post this one was already here.
Great minds think alike or something like that lol
lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well, dam
Turd_Ferg@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 months ago
It goes into the how but did they explain the why? Maybe I missed it somewhere
Turd_Ferg@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Sorry I had a few tabs open, this ones a little more informative as to why www.livescience.com/why-beavers-build-dams
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That awesome! Thanks for the article great read.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
“Beavers are 40-to-80-pound [18-to-36 kilogram] smelly bags of meat with really short legs”
Turd_Ferg@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
They hate us, cause they aint us
criitz@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, that’s likely the inspiration for this copycat.
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Do they actually dam everything or just build a nest?
roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The lodge is generally in the middle of the flooded area after they dam it.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It should be noted that, aside from petty human concerns like flooded roads and properties, beavers are much better at controlling flooding and generally protecting ecologies than humans.
SPRUNT@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Saw a thing once, maybe Mythbusters, that showed how beavers are attracted to the sound of running water and want to stop it. In the show, they got the beaver to dam a speaker by playing river/stream noises through it.
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 5 months ago
So, how does one cross post to another community/instance? I feel as though this could fit in with the beaver community on lemmy(dot)world, but I have absolutely no clue how to cross post.
Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
You should have an option to crosspost it somewhere on the post. Or you could simply copy the direct image link and make a new post using that. Lemmy recognises crossposts by checking if the link is the same. For example if 2 unrelated users make 2 different posts with the same article it will count as a crosspost.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Beavers: the Nestlé of the animal world.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Behold wonders of the Beaver Deceiver!
Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Bopper kurva
hazeebabee@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
From what i remember, it has to do with the noise of flowing water. Reverse find the sound annoying and will cover it until it stops.
I remember a study where they played river noises from a speaker and the bevers covered the speakers with sticks – even in the absence of any water.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
I’m not sure if this means that they are annoyed or if they use it as an indicator that there is something to do.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Should be simple enough: check their cortisol levels in the presence and absence of various water stimuli.
hazeebabee@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Super fair point, I’m projecting human emotions onto the beavers & don’t actually know how they feel about the sound of running water lol
BakerBagel@midwest.social 5 months ago
It can be both.