Feb13

busy beavers.

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Beavers completed a million dollar dam project in 2 days 

Beavers know a thing or two about efficiency — and this story is evidence of that. Last week, a beaver colony in the Brdy region of the Czech Republic cut out the middlemen and built several dams right where they were needed, all in the span of about two days. For context, the local government had a plan in the works since 2018 to restore waterways in the area, but the animals essentially beat them to it.
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“They built the dams without any project documentation and for free,” Bohumil Fišer, head of the Brdy Protected Landscape Area Administration, said in a translated statement, per Radio Prague International. He added that the beavers saved the government around 30 million Czech crowns — the equivalent of $1.2 million.
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The beavers’ craftwork will go a long way, benefiting the rare stone crayfish, frogs, and other wetland species. “Beavers always know best,” added Jaroslav Obermajer, head of the Central Bohemian Office of the Czech Nature and Landscape Protection Agency. “The places where they build dams are always chosen just right — better than when we design it on paper.”

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“clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know.”

*irene m. pepperberg

*author of: ‘alex me: how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence and formed a deep bond in the process’

 

 

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source credits; nice news, brdy protected landscape area administration

 

 

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  13. This is all great to hear. Beaver reintroductions are picking up in the UK, having been locally extinct for centuries. Whilst not all landowners welcome them, the consensus is that they are beneficial to habitats and ecosystems, alleviating flooding and creating oases during dry weather periods.

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  18. this was my ‚BEST OF BESTEST‘ posts of today. how wonderfully amazing and simply mind-blowing. we have friends who protect them in their environment and help them to live their best beaver life. fab!

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