Beaver Dam Collapse Update 2018
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- Опубликовано: 5 янв 2018
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This video documents a Beaver Dam collapse and rebuild on our property in Northern Minnesota. This is an update video depicting the beavers progress 1 1/2 years after a total dam collapse. The dam was an engineering marvel as it was a double decked holding back over 9 ft of water. The collapse was spontaneous and a total shock to us. We just happened to be there when it gave way. The collapse was caused by heavy rains the week earlier and not human intervention. As of 01/04/18 my earlier video depicting this collapse has had over 2 million views. • Beaver Dam Collapse 
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The Beaver is an excellent example of resilience, perseverance and incredible determination. Pretty good for a rodent
Rick Ferrier they are indeed very persistent!!
They are too dumb to know when to give up
For sure.
Humans are the rodents.
@Keith Haemmerle Yes.
I remember this, and that one beaver interviewed saying it would be rebuilt...
wait, you mean the 2015 vid? hope the last bit was a joke...
@@karlosdeevs No, they are very clear right when it happened. The whole beaver family went straight in to figure out a construction plan. The father held a quite emotional speech on TV.
@@karlosdeevs you never saw the interview with the lead Engineer Beaver?
😂😂
🦦otter give that beaver the last word
A local beaver dam to me has been going through this with breaches. The Town installed a pipe on the bottom of the dam bed after it broke, knowing the beavers would be right at it the next night. So far, it's been years since the last break and the beavers seem happy too.
I never stops to amaze me how these small animals can build these huge dams.
wait till you find out about humans and what they've built.
@@abdullahwaris1275 Well these animals don't need no degree to build these amazing structures. Beavers>Humans
Think Chinese small people biggest dam in the world, but as of 2020 and very heavy rains it may not last much longer.
They're not as small as you might think. 2 yr olds are 30lbs minimum but the adults regularly reach 80-90, and some 100lbs.
@@bruceyoung8036 still a small animal for the size of the dams they can build!
It keeps the beavers employed.
Once upon a time I lived in a small town, Northern Ontario. The beavers moved in, made a beautiful lake I must say on my property over 3-4 months, the town moved in with JCB's for a week straight, broke the dam. Next day it was back up.
Hopefully those dam beavers have improved their dam engineering.
you should improve on learning how to spell LOL it's "damn" beavers not dam beavers..
@creatine powder - oh you mean like “damn you” for not understanding a joke?
creatine powder you improve your spelling too it's "Laughing out loud" not LOL fucking inbred
Also creatine makes you look bigger by filling your muscles with water, stop for a few weeks and you deflate like a balloon. when i was 14 i also made this mistake.
Can't we all get along?
I enjoyed the original video and wondered if they rebuilt. Thanks for showing the new dam!
Stay tuned in another 3 years!
Dam: *falls*
Beavers: Looks like Dam’s back on the menu boys!
The Real hardship is the permit process! Think of the hours of hassle with the County the Beavers have to go through just to get a permit and Then the picky inspections by every wannabe County engineer! Hard to imagine there are Any Beavers left! (lol)
I heard with all the red tape a lot of the beavers, angry as they were, up and moved to Wyoming
Dam beavers don't need no dam permit.
@@regould221 try telling that to the county's dam inspectors 😁
Too funny lol
Then there was the environmental impact study
Thank you for uploading this! I was super interested to see what kind of recovery both the beavers and the lake would make. It's good to see how far both have come in terms of reconstruction and re-wetland-ing.
Have a good day, and keep enjoying that amazing property!
I don't know if you guys ever tried opening a dam but I did and they are tough. I was lucky to open a 1 ft area after a lot of effort. Those beavers are great engineers.
Wow, unfreakingbelievable the kind of work these beavers put in to dam the water, that's where the phrase came from
Busy as a beaver. Great video of before and after!!!
Not like the beavers have anything else to do but build dams all day long.
there's no WI-FI out there
I salute you, beavers. Thank you for your service 🙏🏽
They cause flood tho
@@dorarararara3001 We have been going through massive floods in Australia, we are in fact still going through them. Not one of them has been caused by beavers... because we don't have them, and I wish we did.
Loved your first video. This is a great update. Thank you beavers
There was a story about 15 years ago about the EPA fining and threatening a land owner for building an illegal pond. He didn't build a pond, Beavers did. The EPA harassed him for a while and eventually accepted that it was natural and there was nothing they could do about it. So if you want to have a pond on your property and the Man wont let you, get some beavers on your property.
They are mother natures hydro aquatic engineers, with a forestry degree! Professionals at hydratic conundrums, and terra scaping, and God made the beavers and it was good, amen.
You are partially right. "Mother nature" doesn't exist, but everything that does is gifted by God their Creator, with inherent, and unique abilities, all designs from the mind of God beit plants, animals, fish, or people. Question: who is saint Rachel......?
When a dog barks - it gives glory to God, when a duck quacks - it gives glory to God. Humans are the only creatures on earth who automatically goes against God's Will. Humans are the only inherently defective creation.
Awesome two videos. A bit jealous of all that water. I can see the headline now. " Beaver dam collapse ends Australian drought " cheers from downunder.
those beavers got more done in the last 1 1/2 years than I did.
lmao
WOW! 😱 Such incredible civil engineers!! AMAZING. Thanks so much for sharing Amsterdam Live. 👍👌
~South Africa~ 🌍✌
That is INCREDIBLE, thank you sooooo much for showing this video!
Thanks for the update.
Great drone footage. Thank you. My, those beavers are industrious.
Thank you for this wonderful update from the most amazing little creatures ever created!
I read somewhere they use the sound of running water to decide where to plug the leaks
a side story, Canada gave a few Beavers to the Govt of Chile as a gift when the PM was there several yrs ago. They put them on an island in their larger archipelago where they went about doing beaver things deforesting the place. They had a major problem on their hands to catch them reforest the island . The only way they could catch them was to put in audio speakers with the sound of rushing water with traps near by to get the critters (they don't like the sound of rushing water) caged and send home to Canada true story
True!
Wonder how long that cycle has been going on?? Decades??? Centuries??? Generations of beavers going "yes I remember hearing takes of great great great grampa having the dam 10 feet high and triple ponds.. ahh the good old days"..
Have no idea how I got here but that´s quite impressive tbh. Bravo beavers, the natures true engineers.
Thanks for the second video; explained what we were looking at in the first video.
😂 That epic beaver dam music. 😂
i wouldnt not be surprised at all if it returned to the same size as it was a year an a half prior in time, they probably just keep adding to it untill it gets too big?
Figured they would rebuild and glad they did. Thanx for the update. I have seen damns nearly 20ft high and as wide as a truck.
I guess that is a big contrary to not giving a damn, 20 ft high damn, that is not how to not give a damn!!
I was wrong the music is actually two songs. The first part is a space theme song, I can not find the title. The second part is (Movie Trailers) by Alex Besss. Both songs are from Audio Jungle.com
Wow! i just saw this on The Wire while looking at one of my videos there too. Brilliant footage. You were sure in the right place at the right time. Shared this to our Animals and Nature Playlist to share with others too. :)
Such a beautiful state. So different from my home. First saw Lake Superior in Minnesota.
The music is a bit over the top. But I guess this damn was, too!
I've seen people destroy Beaver dams, and it always makes me very sad.
But I'm super happy to see a natural cycle of dam collapse and recovery; it's clearly the correct order of things, and the way dams grow and then drain is very very good for the environment.
Now I REALLY wish we had Beavers in New Zealand.
*Great edit and thanks for the update.* 📷👍
Cool video.
Worked cutting seismic lines in northern Alberta, seen them build awesome dams.
15 ft high and 6 levels, unbelievable what they can do with water.
As a property owner in Northern Minnesota my land is crossed by several natural drainage areas. The amount of water varies from year to year depending on rainfall and seasons. And while I like Beavers they plug culverts, undermine trails and drop trees in there Dam building. Every couple years the young head out to create a new home territory and it's surprising how fast they get a dam started. In natural areas it's interesting to see, on private land it can be quite destructive. Minnesota has a population of beavers that rivals historic numbers.
It’s the weird disconnect that people have too, between wanting food to eat..... or letting nature take it’s course. Everything around farmland is compromise, and some people just don’t get it. Certainly, over millennia beaver has shaped Minnesota. Now, they have to adapt to a life of balance 🦫
thanks for the update Rick.
I've tore out a few older dams. I've noticed after several years the wood gets punky and week.
Making beaver dams great again! 👍🏼
Amazing creatures, beavers. Thanks for the vids, I really enjoy seeing nature's/animals's works of art.
I was waiting for this update
There is a Tragically Hip song named 'Titanic Terrarium', and this follow-up beaver dam collapse video just reminded/made me think of that song. "Growin' up in a biosphere with no respect for bad weather. There's still roaches and ants in here, so resourceful and clever." Resourceful and clever, indeed!! Happy to see the beavers helped you get yer lake back again!! So damn resourceful and clever!! :) I would urge you to give that song a listen...the album in entirety, for that matter. When you find the time. Cheers!!
The scale of this endeavor is quite amazing.
I was watching beaver dam removal videos before this thinking how much of a pest they are, now I’m in awe of these creatures and their abilities thanks to your video
They're not pests. More and more we'll get to realize just how important they are when there'll be droughts, floods, low level of water in aquifers... the only problem I see is over population. Numbers should be managed especially if they have no natural predators nearby (like wolves).
@@Vesny86 they are most definitely pest and most definitely brilliant. It just depends where they set up shop. If a dam suddenly gets built and floods homes and property they are pest if it floods open ground then it is often a good thing.
@@deannelson9565 Are they pests, or are we? They were here before us, kind of unfair for us to assume this is all ours
Wow that dam and especially that new spillway they built are crazy! I hope them beavers don't discover concrete and rebar.. lol
Thank you for some uplifting news. Recent changes to envionmental/animal protection laws have been quite discouraging.
The inward arch is amazing, as if they looked at the Hoover Dam for inspiration!
More like the Hoover Dam looked at the beavers for inspiration
The beavers are amazing! They have done well at Yellowstone National Park. They have created a new ECO system.
I have 2 ponds on my property that are fed by a small swamp . Now a beaver moves in and wants the swamp higher which I think is a great idea . It's going to look nice and he will have a beautiful home . Problem is my one pond isn't filled now... Stopped the water completely . Not sure what to do as I can't have muskrats moving into that pond because of a 20 foot embankment ... There has to be a equal balance of some kind....
Look up dam leveler, several videos
Send those beavers to Washington! Rick, the music you chose, are you military? Sounds like World of Warcraft. Beautiful.
Keep us up to date.
I wonder if they'll start rebuilding the second deck. And, if so, what height the first deck is at when second deck construction begins.
post collapse call to beaver mental health hotline:
"Take 2 Damitol and call me in the morning"
very cool i remember watching the first collapse when it happened.
I couldn't do that nor even begin to know how. Good Luck Bev's!
Extremely cool video. Thank you for posting it. What is the music you have as background? It fits exactly with the video. Well done!
Darude - Sandstorm
Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the update that is great!
To see the land after the water emptied was crazy. Was it just a small stream that the beavers turned into the huge pond/lake?
No, the pond bottom is black but the water is clear. Must be the bottom showing through.
After that dam collapsed it left a clean stream bed free of most of the silt. How much in depth long term study has been done on beavers in the wild? Perhaps, the occasional dam collapse is by design?
I was thinking something similar. Each time the dam collapses, the loose silt at the bottom of the lake is carried downstream, making the lake deeper.
More then that. They found that the water quality ph level is brought back to normal. As even the Texas Corp of Engineers drain the Dams every 10 years. To lower levels. To support the fish and wildlife. They also inspect the Dams lower basin..
Simple.
They keep plugging the leaks until the water levels rise beyond the structural limits of a wooden dam, or exceptional weather event breaks the game.
Depending on the local conditions, the cycle duration can be very different.
They can't stand the sound of water running free.
Their instinct is just to plug, plug, plug, plug ... and plug.
No what you saw was the silt build up. Eventually the basin will completely silt up so the reservoir will not have enough depth and the beavers will move on. Then the pond will become wet land and eventually a forest glade. Remember the land was as deep as the down stream side. It looks like the impoundment silt level behind the dam has risen about 6 feet. Normally they move down stream and start over. If you followed the up stream side you will find a series of wetlands and glades as they move.
Getting close to the next Dam Collapse as 7 years is nearly up
I used to work in an animal sanctuary and they had an old time resident beaver named Brook. (apt name eh?) and since she was old , they brought her inside into the basement where she had a nice warm and spacious pen to live out the rough winter. They'd bring her aspen boughs every morning to eat and gnaw on. I was down there doing some repairs one moring (and she was very eager to tel me continuously how I was doing it wrong and how she could do it better! lol) and I saw her trying to get a 5' long bough through a 30" opening. I said "haha, smarty, let's see you solve tha....oh shit. She promptly turned it sideways and dragged it through lengthwise instead of widthwise.
Beavers aren't stupid, not by a LONG shot....
Now a naturalist could probably explain it better, but I bet the periodic failing of the damn is part of a bigger scheme to let the nutrients etc that have built up in the pond out into the lower lakes etc. It's probably been going on for 100's of years and good on you to not mess with it. The only time nature runs into trouble is when mankind sticks his or her nose in. Like the lake from the movie Dirty Dancing. It drains every 15 years or so and they've called in the Army Corps of Engineers to figure out why and to stop it. I say "GTFO" and leave it alone. It's a natural occurance and you don't mess with it just because some people built cottages around it......
Thanks for the cute story. Your right, we have no intention of intervening. We bought the land because of the beauty the pond brings to the landscape.We did contemplate helping with the rebuild though. Thank for your comment.
best just leave them to their own dam business :)
Rick Smith i think the beavers allow the breach so they can ride the wave . Thanks. Christ works on 7s
@@K_Karayianis_L.C.S.W. who could bring themselves to kill scuba rats
Prachtige film en heerlijke muziek. Forgotten stars!
Had big beaver dam, beaver trying to make big 2nd pond, we lefr 1st pond alone and take dam down, few days later I wss up the tree watching, beaver DONT GIVE UP! So we deciced leave it alone, now it become 1 big pond and beaver haven't make any new one, it more pretty out here, more rooms for my kids/ family to come down and fishing for sunfish, small bass etc, I seen beaver swim around, they are harmless, they build it for reason.
'Scores Killed Downstream in Catastrophic Double Decker Beaver Dam Collapse - Beavers to Stand Trial for Negligence!'
carl de wet this will be when reports find nothing else to report lol
We need beavers for dams they do a good job 👌👏
And look at that I just commented on the 6 year old video when it happened. Beavers are amazing at what they do I’d love too see it now and if they have gotten it back too what it was
Take a look at some of my recent videos on the dam.
m.ruclips.net/channel/UCbFyYJqu-SvC25AIcFoDMiQvideos
thanks for this update
Beaver:” My efforts!”
Beavers are the best dam builders in the dam business.
Due to the height of the dam it is hard for fish to get into the pond. We have tried fishing some with no success.
Then put some young fish in the sea and let them grow and reproduce
Great photos. Thanks.
People don't like beavers because they flood places but those watersheds are very important to our ecosystem.
Aren't they amazing I love to see what they do for the over all health of our environment Beavers and Wolves create a better Eco system for all life.
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Yes of course, but a beaver lake, can also destroy hundreds of trees.
Destroy is a harsh way to put it, the good that comes to the environment far out ways the trees that are lost to the beaver and there dams. That is why America is introducing the beaver back into it natural habitat . Also the fresh water that is saved and the natural flood control that is a result of the beavers actions is vital to the fresh water resources.
Huge mistake by envirofreeks.
Beavers are rodents unless they are on thousands of acres of national forest or wildlife land because I can’t kill enough of them on my property because they have destroyed my timber.
@@lukasreiser4669 Then new trees will grow
Thank you for the update. I can't look at that beaver pond and wonder if anyone fishes in it? Anyone ever fish there?
Ed Riker lol precious
@@Mud-N-Ice I would think its to shallow for fish in mn, do to winter kill.
Nice update. TOo bad it has regular collapses though, just when the fishing gets good.
Amazing to see the before and after did you put overflow pipe in this time? May help to prevent the cycle of collapses🤔
Yes this video was filmed with a DJI Mavic 2 Pro
Little smart animals
The music is a song called Epec and Powerful from Audiojungle.com
Which one though? There are dozens of them! Composer?
Epic and Powerful by Stephan Lindsjo
If you like that, check out Dexter Britain on Soundcloud ("The Time to Run - Finale" comes to mind). VERY similar style. In fact, I would have bet $10 it was Dexter.
Rick Smith any fish behind the dam before the collapse?
Can’t say it enhances the footage
I have a dam and pond. At constant war with beavers and my culvert. They are very smart animals.
Would it be prudent to to have a manly controlled lowering of excessive height ?
That is if the huge rush/force of water causes damage, maybe it's better to release some pressure so it doesn't break open.
beavers got more work done in a year than we could
You can still see where the old dam was
Nice work by the beavers. I'm not sure the "hero music" was the best choice for the "devastation after the collapse" scene.
I think your right. When you walk on the old part of the dam you can feel submerged rotten wood give way.
the music makes me feel like i am watching the beavers facing thanos
I've had to dig out quite a few with excavators before, did a few last summer just because the locals didn't like all the trees they were cutting down. Usually its the farmers whining about their land being flooded even though it usually isn't and that land was low to begin with. But I rather leave most of them alone as it helps keep water on the land and provides a source of water when fighting bush fires and during droughts.
That is why Beaver Deceivers play such an important part inn living in harmony with beavers. You decide how high you want them to have the water and then everybody lives happily ever after in harmony.
Dang, the beaver who did this must've been the Michael Scofield of dam-building
What engineering school do they graduate from? Seriously amazing animals. Like the termite hills I guess. Nature's civil engineers. Crazy stuff. How do they do it? I went to engineering school and it was years of hard work man!
I am truly happy and grateful to see this update, even though I am five years behind the rest of the people who have seen this video. . .. …
And while it’s devastating for the local wildlife, it’s obviously a natural cycle, which happens around seven year cycles, probably because of the materials used in the building of the dam 🦫, naturally breaking down, and I imagine that the indigenous local ecosystem is taking full advantage of this cycle. . .. …
But I am still able to understand why it’s so devastating to see such a marked change, when you’ve been used to enjoying the view of the wonderful beaver 🦫 made lake. . .. …
They’ve started to reintroduce beavers 🦫 back into my local area, which is the ancient kingdom of Cornwall, and so I hope to personally see wild beavers 🦫 very soon, and maybe I could share some video footage of my encounter of these wonderful creatures, very soon! ! !! !!!
I wonder which engineering college did those beavers attended..
2 years later. How does it look now. Is it still holding?
I guess this has happened hundreds of times over the centuries long before man destroyed most of the beavers.
Can we get another update?
TAWZace that would be awesome!
Seconded .... or thirdded....😜..... March 2021 ..... hope that you are all safe and well and your family and colleagues survived the year that wasn’t! 😷👍🏻🦫💦
DAMN, what a dam!! 😱😱
Crazy beavers...lol.. great video
They did extremely well rebuilding