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  • Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
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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?
    To see more incredible wildlife, explore and subscribe to our channel now: ruclips.net/user/TerraMaterO...
    📽️ 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...
    "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/ar...
    "Beaver dams buffer rivers cimate extremes", Stanford University,
    news.stanford.edu/2022/11/08/...
    "From pest to protector: How beavers are helping fight climate change", CBS News; www.cbsnews.com/news/californ...
    Beaver Ecology & Relocation Center: Utah qcnr.usu.edu/beaver-restoration/
    #beaver #beaverdam #nasa

Комментарии • 2,7 тыс.

  • @terramater
    @terramater  Месяц назад +379

    Did you know that the world's largest beaver dam is twice the size of hoover dam? 🦫🏗😲
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    • @Joseph843
      @Joseph843 Месяц назад +10

      This is such a good video!!! Thank you!

    • @kieranpdent
      @kieranpdent Месяц назад +7

      And can be seen from space as well. But my car can be seen from space also 😂

    • @donaldjones9830
      @donaldjones9830 Месяц назад +1

      @@Joseph843It’s on the show, What on Earth?

    • @cobusvanderlinde6871
      @cobusvanderlinde6871 Месяц назад +5

      Twice as long =/= twice the size.
      How do the dams compare in terms of how much water each of the two retains? Basically how many tons of water is pressing up against each of the two dams.
      I doubt the beaver dam comes close to beating hoover dam.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +4

      Hi @Joseph843! Thank you for watching it! 🦫❤️

  • @SirPano85
    @SirPano85 21 день назад +1743

    Elder beaver: "I know you won't believe that, but our ancestors came from the sky"

    • @terramater
      @terramater  21 день назад +62

      😂

    • @coachzoro
      @coachzoro 16 дней назад +11

      😂

    • @martelekas
      @martelekas 14 дней назад +8

      yeah its true, i saw it one of south park series :D

    • @SirPano85
      @SirPano85 14 дней назад +4

      @@martelekas thanks for the good memories! I forgot about that one.

    • @goncalomarques251
      @goncalomarques251 10 дней назад +3

      Just fix the want to won't typo and your comment is worth millions!!!
      Well done!

  • @JohnTavastian
    @JohnTavastian 24 дня назад +559

    Those beaver paratroopers must have one crazy story to tell😂

    • @terramater
      @terramater  23 дня назад +11

      right?! 😂

    • @nickv1212
      @nickv1212 16 дней назад +6

      One of these days, all of Beaverkind is gonna unite to take us down, and it's gonna go just like Endor.

  • @RoccosVideos
    @RoccosVideos 20 дней назад +352

    When they showed that view from space I was like "dam".

    • @terramater
      @terramater  19 дней назад +23

      Hi @RoccosVideos! Thanks for that beautiful ✨dad joke ✨, we love it!

    • @RoccosVideos
      @RoccosVideos 19 дней назад +6

      @@terramater Thanks, I couldn't help myself. Haha

    • @RoccosVideos
      @RoccosVideos 19 дней назад +3

      @@terramater Also I subscribed. Good work.

    • @themerovingian7154
      @themerovingian7154 17 дней назад +5

      Golden comment

    • @adp5R3x
      @adp5R3x 6 дней назад +2

      ​@@RoccosVideos 😏 that was so bad it was Good ... 🫣

  • @CitiesForTheFuture2030
    @CitiesForTheFuture2030 Месяц назад +3635

    Where did they get their engineering degree from? They're so clever...

    • @KatrinHemmer
      @KatrinHemmer Месяц назад +80

      They really are! 🦫

    • @Skay24
      @Skay24 Месяц назад +79

      From nature...

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +362

      An university only for a selected group of furry species 😂

    • @kevdimo6459
      @kevdimo6459 Месяц назад +47

      Trunk University of course, but it’s closed now due to demonetisation by the owner.

    • @muffaletta
      @muffaletta Месяц назад +88

      God

  • @Conus426
    @Conus426 Месяц назад +1938

    Beavers are more than keystone species, they're architects of entire wetlands. Crazy how biodiversity goes through the roof wherever they settle down.

    • @SinKimishima
      @SinKimishima Месяц назад +60

      Them and the wolves in Yellowstone are such a success

    • @gabrielford3473
      @gabrielford3473 Месяц назад +45

      They're considered ecosystem engineers.

    • @bradneubauer4694
      @bradneubauer4694 Месяц назад +18

      I have often wondered how much more water soaks in deep enough to improve aquifers.

    • @bugvswindshield
      @bugvswindshield Месяц назад +11

      just like HUMANS! or are you one of those who think we are really a species from an alien world?

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +21

      Yes, it is! 🦫❤️

  • @adfadf32342
    @adfadf32342 24 дня назад +174

    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 :)

    • @terramater
      @terramater  23 дня назад +14

      That's such a nice story! thanks for sharing with us ❤️🦫

    • @arisu707
      @arisu707 23 дня назад +8

      A little goes a long way

    • @paradisepipeco
      @paradisepipeco 22 дня назад +3

      *_"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."_*
      ~~ George Bernard Shaw

    • @androgynousblob4835
      @androgynousblob4835 6 дней назад +1

      Donating 50 dollars alone wont do much. What will do much is 50 people donating 50 dollars. You definitely helped, even if it seems small all the contributions add up over time.

    • @paradisepipeco
      @paradisepipeco 6 дней назад +1

      @@androgynousblob4835 Well stated. I did my part for the cause at the repeated insistence of my wife. I stopped cutting timber down by the creek, and gave the log to the beaver.

  • @DefinitelyNotAdolfHitler
    @DefinitelyNotAdolfHitler 29 дней назад +2595

    moment of silence for that one beaver who didnt make the drop 😔

    • @terramater
      @terramater  29 дней назад +168

      So sad :(

    • @wolfd89
      @wolfd89 25 дней назад +101

      not gonna lie, i laughed pretty hard when that part came up in the video

    • @tomkandy
      @tomkandy 25 дней назад +58

      Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
      He ain’t gonna jump no more

    • @edwinescalante1410
      @edwinescalante1410 24 дня назад +20

      R.I.P.

    • @ioanstef1983
      @ioanstef1983 24 дня назад +14

      76TH,
      75 Survived!

  • @silent-rn7ht
    @silent-rn7ht 26 дней назад +150

    Measuring water into hockey rinks is the most Canadian thing ive heard ina long time

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 23 дня назад +3

      I've never heard any Canadians ever use hockey rinks as a measurement, like American's do with football fields.

    • @buckodonnghaile4309
      @buckodonnghaile4309 17 дней назад

      ​@@my3dviewsfootball fields are a uniform size. Hockey rinks, not so much.

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 16 дней назад +1

      @buckodonnghaile4309 Canadian football fields are bigger. 😄
      Actually all new NHL rinks are the same size. They now must be built to the same standard.
      It's now just baseball that has inconsistent playing surface sizes.

    • @paradisepipeco
      @paradisepipeco 6 дней назад

      @@buckodonnghaile4309 Must be a very large football player to require a football field size uniform. Amazing.

    • @chippysteve4524
      @chippysteve4524 3 часа назад

      Yep I raised an eyebrow when I heard that!

  • @flanmako0246
    @flanmako0246 29 дней назад +989

    Man being a beaver actually sounds pretty amazing

    • @terramater
      @terramater  29 дней назад +22

      Right?! 🦫✨

    • @Coo85372
      @Coo85372 22 дня назад

      I know right. Ask your girlfriend how it feels having a big phattt one

    • @Interweb_Gremlin
      @Interweb_Gremlin 21 день назад +8

      That's what I thought, too. Until I found out they rub their but juices all over their fur 😐

    • @PatDK
      @PatDK 20 дней назад

      @@Interweb_Gremlincats and dogs lick their arseholes clean, so it is what it is

    • @vlnc_brn1950
      @vlnc_brn1950 19 дней назад +27

      ​@@Interweb_GremlinSo?

  • @shondrawhite9317
    @shondrawhite9317 Месяц назад +762

    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.

    • @oldandintheway9805
      @oldandintheway9805 Месяц назад +35

      I would have named him Cleaver. Beaver Cleaver. And any that accompanied him would be Walley.

    • @Alex_Riddles
      @Alex_Riddles Месяц назад +14

      I have seen these dens built into the bank here in Missouri. Usually, in large bodies of water that don't require them to build a dam.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +38

      Best name! 😂😂😂

    • @indyvisible624
      @indyvisible624 26 дней назад +17

      Hilarious 😂🤣😂😅😂🤣, that is a truly priceless story, now we just need Bieber on Team Beaver 🦫

    • @justusjonas9468
      @justusjonas9468 25 дней назад +17

      btw Bieber is just german for Beaver

  • @13donstalos
    @13donstalos 21 день назад +38

    I refuse to pretend to not be upset about that one beaver who didn't have a safe landing. RIP king.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  19 дней назад +7

      Hi @13donstalos! He managed to open his wooden box during flight and then fell out. It's really sad. :/

    • @13donstalos
      @13donstalos 18 дней назад +8

      @@terramater He was too smart for his own good.

  • @solatenebra8654
    @solatenebra8654 24 дня назад +367

    BOBER KURWA🦫🇵🇱

  • @raraavis7782
    @raraavis7782 Месяц назад +1098

    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 😅

    • @Arthera0
      @Arthera0 Месяц назад +80

      I live close to the border between Belgium and the Netherlands with wetlands nearby. I got to see one of these little devils once at Dawn crossing the bike lane. I just stopped for a moment in awe. Even though there might not be giant places for them to do their thing they still flourish in areas.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +58

      The whole thing is crazy, but the importance thing is to understand that beavers are helping us out!

    • @joefish4466
      @joefish4466 Месяц назад +30

      This kind of stuff can be easy to imagine in Europe. Maybe not in the cities, but keep in mind that much of Europe is still undeveloped. Thinking outside the box and looking beyond your own little window would help.

    • @Steve-ev6vx
      @Steve-ev6vx Месяц назад +8

      We have a beaver that lives in a pond in the middle of downtown. It actually travel arounds in the rain drainage system.

    • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
      @carkawalakhatulistiwa Месяц назад +3

      Chernobyl 😂

  • @xuneseo
    @xuneseo 22 дня назад +12

    Water : ~~~~~~~~~
    Beaver: Absolutely Fkin not sir.

  • @2Siders
    @2Siders 22 дня назад +16

    76th beaver: “AAAAAAHHHH!”

  • @ronkirk5099
    @ronkirk5099 Месяц назад +375

    Airborne beavers? What a concept! I never realized beavers also used rocks in their dams.

    • @horussees
      @horussees Месяц назад +9

      They populate waterways with fish dumped from water tanker aircraft too.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +5

      They're the best! 🦫❤️

    • @Omgiamsotriggered
      @Omgiamsotriggered 28 дней назад +6

      Depending on the location they will literally use anything lol. Saw a video where beaver was house adopted and he was taking stuff from all over the house like his toys, small pieces of furniture, pillows etc etc and was bringing it all in one spot to build a dam.

    • @nikopursiainen9097
      @nikopursiainen9097 23 дня назад +3

      76th Beaver PIR

    • @paradisepipeco
      @paradisepipeco 22 дня назад

      The Flying Beavers is my favorite LGBTQ+ heavy metal polka band.

  • @stevebennett9839
    @stevebennett9839 Месяц назад +322

    The way they build their lodges is unbelievable, they make the entrances underwater, basically creat a moat if they have to but leaving the roof loose to get fresh air just seems so amazing to me. They make these 98% water tight dams but then know when to leave the sticks loose for the roofs. Very cool in my opinon.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +14

      Hi @stevebennett9839! It’s extremely cool! They do it like a tiny flat, it’s actually pretty cute if you think about it 😍

    • @Steve-ev6vx
      @Steve-ev6vx Месяц назад +12

      Yeah the one near me has a very small den made of cut wood. There are no trees near the pond to build a damn, but he found enough for a den.

    • @Omgiamsotriggered
      @Omgiamsotriggered 28 дней назад +11

      @@Steve-ev6vx Its their instinct, saw a video where a beaver was house adopted and same thing happened, he was taking stuff from all over the house like his toys, small pieces of furniture, pillows etc etc and was bringing it all in one spot to build a dam. Its just part of their bio-code, kinda how humans have greed and wanting more and more, same thing is for them, they cant help themselves but to build.

    • @Steve-ev6vx
      @Steve-ev6vx 28 дней назад +4

      @@Omgiamsotriggered Yeah I saw that one. Also saw one were they play a recording of running water and the beaver immediately started building a damn with anything it could find. The one in the pond near my house kept pulling the intake hose off the pump housing to shut off the sprinkler/waterfall. They had to replace it with a solid PVC pipe to keep the beaver from turning the water off. 😂

    • @Omgiamsotriggered
      @Omgiamsotriggered 28 дней назад +1

      @@Steve-ev6vx Bro that last part is crazy 😂 Nature is incredible, we as the apex and most intelligent species on earth often forget that there are others who share the intellect.

  • @roedw
    @roedw 27 дней назад +10

    Canada 🇨🇦 knows what they're doing by making beavers 🦫 their national animal. If I were a Canadian, I'd be proud of them too.

  • @tnox219
    @tnox219 22 дня назад +5

    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.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  22 дня назад

      They are the best! ❤️🦫

  • @GloryDaze73
    @GloryDaze73 Месяц назад +134

    Cost effective wetlands and wildlife preservation? Let the Beavers do their thing! ❤

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +5

      Team beaver! 🦫❤️

    • @KatrinHemmer
      @KatrinHemmer 29 дней назад +2

      Yes, that‘s the spirit! 🦫💫

  • @pprehn5268
    @pprehn5268 28 дней назад +62

    As a born Dutchman, building dams is in my genes, and the role of beavers is in my spirit animal I so identify with and love.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  28 дней назад

      That's so cool! 🦫❤️

    • @jimihendrix991
      @jimihendrix991 17 дней назад

      ''As a born Dutchman, building dams is in my genes...'' - You forgot clogs, hookers and pot smoking is also part of the Dutch 'genes'... 😉

    • @paradisepipeco
      @paradisepipeco 6 дней назад

      @@jimihendrix991 Seems to me you must be referring to that _"Flying Dutchman"_ that was lost at sea, that we've heard so much about. Methinks you might want to lay off that _"Spanish Castle Magic",_ if you know what I mean.

  • @RJ_academix
    @RJ_academix 25 дней назад +5

    I'm glad they said "Canadian" within the first 0:01 seconds of the video about Beavers.
    I know I'm watching trusted sources for my Beaver content as a Canadian no matter where I am. Thank You.

  •  14 дней назад +3

    A good video ।।। But please give a little discription before starting a video of any animal like their habitats in world their IUCN status, their food and prey and food ...basic details... please

  • @stefanholmstrom68
    @stefanholmstrom68 Месяц назад +106

    Aww. I remember when this crazy damn was discovered. The fact that this place was so remote that you could't go there in any reasonable way was so nice, no one would disturb them, ever. This video also made me remember the absurd "beaver drop" in 1948 Idaho, the program to relocate beavers from northwestern Idaho to central Idaho (so this was a nice update for me). We got beavers around our summer cottage, but they don't build dams (most beavers in Finland don't). Beavers are soooo nice. And they apparently taste ok, too, one hunter told me.

    • @TheAlethian
      @TheAlethian Месяц назад +37

      unhinged last statement 🤣🤣😅

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +3

      Thanks for watching our video! 🦫❤️

    • @minhtinh1211
      @minhtinh1211 29 дней назад +9

      u had me the first half ngl 🤣

    • @JoelKalete
      @JoelKalete 23 дня назад +1

      Perfect amount of votes on the comment too 😂

  • @edgeofentropy3492
    @edgeofentropy3492 Месяц назад +82

    2:04 "All but one of them had a safe landing."
    I can only imagine the last moments of that beaver...AAAAAAAAAaaaaaah SPLAT!

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +9

      Totally panic mode! I wonder if he/she was afraid of heights 🥲

    • @edgeofentropy3492
      @edgeofentropy3492 Месяц назад +6

      @@terramater If they were, they are not anymore!😂

    • @MrSCOTTtheSCOT
      @MrSCOTTtheSCOT Месяц назад

      How many test drops though till they got the crate design and release mechanism sorted 🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫 🪂🪂🪂🪂🪂🪂

    • @ryomaanime4563
      @ryomaanime4563 Месяц назад +3

      Or maybe "...Oh no, this again..." like H2G2's flower pot.

    • @Shaker626
      @Shaker626 Месяц назад +2

      Gory, gory, gory, what a helluva way to die!

  • @Lokesh-db5qw
    @Lokesh-db5qw 20 дней назад +1

    Nature itself is beautiful and amazing

    • @terramater
      @terramater  19 дней назад

      Hi @Lokesh-db5qw! It really is!

  • @Meow110
    @Meow110 14 часов назад +1

    I came into this video liking beavers, now I love them!

  • @AmanPatel-ye6im
    @AmanPatel-ye6im Месяц назад +50

    *just flow of water
    beaver : I'm going to destroy its whole career.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +1

      😂😂😂😂 that’s the spirit

    • @Steve-ev6vx
      @Steve-ev6vx Месяц назад +1

      The one in the pond near my house kept tearing the pump intake hose off to shut off the water fountains in the middle of the pond. They had to put in a solid pvc pipe. He doesnt try to block the pond over flow though, and its usually lightly flowing, but it does already have a small mechanical damn system. Maybe he sees that as seficiant.

    • @acey457
      @acey457 День назад

      he's had a pis in the bin

  • @Quantum-Bullet
    @Quantum-Bullet Месяц назад +52

    They have a fulfilling life.

  • @oaka7616
    @oaka7616 25 дней назад +2

    I'm a big fan of all kinds of beavers

  • @harithav1803
    @harithav1803 15 дней назад +2

    When you protect nature,nature will protect you

  • @LeprosuGnome
    @LeprosuGnome Месяц назад +133

    I love beavers

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +13

      Who doesn’t?! They are so cool 🦫❤️

    • @someguyontheinternet9683
      @someguyontheinternet9683 Месяц назад +1

      @@terramater farmers probably 😭

    • @noahrafter-lanigan2409
      @noahrafter-lanigan2409 Месяц назад +3

      @@someguyontheinternet9683 Many farmers now understand the benefit that beavers can bring their land, so why don't some people think that beavers have the right to beav?

    • @alexanderdederer8250
      @alexanderdederer8250 Месяц назад

      Yeah. You damn right. They so delicious.

    • @kieranpdent
      @kieranpdent Месяц назад

      @noahrafter-lanigan2409 many farmers may but it it's your land that you have a big loan you have to pay out and now you can not Farm it (make money on your investment) would lead you to think beavers shouldn't be the Beaver on your land
      Or if you live down steam from it and the damn let go would be good. As the video says, it's twice the size of the Hoover Dam and hoover Dam holds 28.9 million acre-feet of water

  • @chaosgoettin
    @chaosgoettin Месяц назад +35

    I am here to say this: "Not with parachutes" is a statement that ignores COMPLETLY the fact that all the transportation means back then put so much stress onto the beavers, they had high mortality rates. Why? because it took days, if not weeks, and the beavers would die, because they got too hot. The parachute method actually made them all survive, except Kevin, who only died because he thought "fuck that, I don't need a parachute!" and did the R. Kelly and just jumped off the plane, and just believed he could fly. You could say he was a petunia pot that had his first drop.
    So, when you say "via horse", then that is what they did back then, which killed the beavers. The only reason we can do it now with "mechnical horse" is the technological advance. If you want to throw shade, throw it with all the knowledge presented.
    Thank you very much.

    • @chippysteve4524
      @chippysteve4524 3 часа назад

      I agree.Who would want to be thrown about in a crate on horseback for hours?
      So typical of the mentality of humans- find something that works perfectly then stop doing it for 'reasons'.

  • @Whalien-jb7gf
    @Whalien-jb7gf 10 дней назад

    Today I learned how important beavers are to our world. Thank you for all your good job beavers! You're now one of my favorite animals.

  • @VPCh.
    @VPCh. 23 дня назад +4

    Beaver dams can also make floods worse.
    I work in an area with a lot of beaver dams, and they have a tendency to trap a lot of water, then collapse during high precipitation periods. It creates a huge surge of water that knocks out bridges, roads, and even knocks down trees along the water.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  23 дня назад +3

      Hi @VPCh., we appreciate your insight and understand that the impact of beavers and their dam-building activities can vary greatly depending on local conditions and contexts. While there can definitely be challenges like the ones you've outlined, beavers also play a significant role in creating wetlands, increasing biodiversity, and even contributing to climate resilience. Balancing these benefits with potential risks like flooding is certainly crucial. Thanks for sparking an important discussion and we hope our content can contribute to a broader understanding of our ecosystem. ❤️🦫

    • @VPCh.
      @VPCh. 23 дня назад +2

      @terramater Thanks for the reply. I definitely agree that beavers do a lot great things for the environment and our wetlands.
      But of course, as with any natural system, their impact is too complex to be classified as entirely positive or negative to our way of life. Which was what I was hoping to point out in my comment.
      Thank you for your videos and for raising awareness about the importance of beavers to our wetland ecosystem!

    • @terramater
      @terramater  22 дня назад +1

      Thank you for watching it!

  • @colorbugoriginals4457
    @colorbugoriginals4457 Месяц назад +28

    Always so wonderful to see creatures acknowledged for their vital roles in our own survival and well-being. We're in it together.

  • @user-yq8ck8yf3u
    @user-yq8ck8yf3u Месяц назад +28

    A small riverside stop bank built around 1900 in Takaka NZ had it's original construction as loose water permeable stones to reduce, but not stop the flooding around town after a very large flood event so that the rest of the flood plain did not shoulder the extra burden of water. This was done in conjunction with the building of groan's along the riverbank to stabilize the channel. This also worked to filter out large debris from escaping the channel along with the planting of barberry riverside hedges downstream of this stop bank for the same effect. In the 100 following years silt, and trapped organic matter did build an earth shield on the topside of the bank till the original design effect was mostly lost. Watching this video I can see similarity's in the approach to different hydrology problems. We don't necessarily have to have hard solutions to engineering problems.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад

      Exactly!!! 🦫

    • @ChefGoreb
      @ChefGoreb 21 день назад +1

      I'd be really interested in a video about this, do you know if any info/material exists?

  • @slumy8195
    @slumy8195 7 часов назад +1

    more wisdom than man can ever achieve, thank you beavers!

  • @amosbackstrom5366
    @amosbackstrom5366 21 день назад +3

    "Is that flowing water I hear? Make it stop."
    And they do

    • @terramater
      @terramater  19 дней назад +1

      Hi @amosbackstrom5366! They really do! :D

  • @DustyGamma
    @DustyGamma Месяц назад +77

    Damn, this Timberborn update's looking good!

    • @Tony-op6xf
      @Tony-op6xf Месяц назад

      😂

    • @kevinpeters6709
      @kevinpeters6709 Месяц назад +2

      I’d LOVE a Paleolithic equivalent update. Going from normal beaver to intelligent beaver

    • @Leonardo-no2rr
      @Leonardo-no2rr 24 дня назад +1

      hope badtides will not come yet

  • @MIKESWILDWORLD
    @MIKESWILDWORLD 28 дней назад +11

    I love beaver dams! The habitat they create brings new wildlife to an area. They are beautiful creations!

    • @terramater
      @terramater  28 дней назад

      Team beavers! 🦫❤️

  • @pratikadhikari2366
    @pratikadhikari2366 22 дня назад +3

    Respect to the hard work

  • @indyvisible624
    @indyvisible624 27 дней назад +1

    I love these little critters, they are builders of worlds, the co-creators of the forest 🌳 they are amazing please help save them.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  27 дней назад +1

      team beavers ❤️🦫

  • @SalvableRuin
    @SalvableRuin Месяц назад +69

    Using hockey rinks to explain how much water was a bad choice; it just raises more questions about how much water that is. How deep is the water in the hockey rink? Only as deep as the ice? How deep is the ice? Speaking of ice, it is more voluminous than liquid water. So when you said hockey rinks, did you mean filled with liquid water or with ice?

    • @NanoDeer
      @NanoDeer 29 дней назад +35

      "Americans will use anything but metric."
      Meanwhile, canada:

    • @Ciganypusztito-fc3ej
      @Ciganypusztito-fc3ej 28 дней назад +3

      duh its common knowledge that between 12,000 and 15,000 gallons or 45424.941408 and 56781.17676 litres.. DUHHHH

    • @christianwilson3437
      @christianwilson3437 27 дней назад +2

      Well, yeah, everyone knows beavers 🦫 play hockey, so they know.

    • @iCortex1
      @iCortex1 26 дней назад +6

      the video explicitly said 70,000 cubic meters, 1 cubic meter is 1000L of water ... the comparison is just for fun. Would you really have understood better if they said 9,000,000 cups of water or 700,000 toilet flushes ? The point is that's it's a crap ton of water ...

    • @iCortex1
      @iCortex1 26 дней назад

      @@Ciganypusztito-fc3ej just use the metric system like normal human beings, will help with doing grade school math lmao

  • @skyden24195
    @skyden24195 Месяц назад +65

    "Humans have learned how to relocate them in an appropriate way, not with parachutes, but with horses."
    -Some beavers: "Ahhhhhh man!!! Our one chance to get to fly in an airplane and we get stuck on horses. Lame!"
    😉😄

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +3

      "it would be such a great adventure" 😂😂

    • @gabrielcrespo966
      @gabrielcrespo966 26 дней назад +2

      Theres always one that ruins the fun for the rest lol

  • @blackknight50277621
    @blackknight50277621 7 дней назад

    animals that build structures amaze me so much

  • @Zantides
    @Zantides Месяц назад +16

    I got a thing for beavers, i see their name in a video and i'm instantly hooked. They're just such awesome creatures.

  • @TWOCOWS1
    @TWOCOWS1 Месяц назад +4

    i have always loved beavers. sooo cute, constructive and peaceful

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +1

      They are the best ❤️🦫

  • @itsmejerkface
    @itsmejerkface Месяц назад +532

    The reason beaver teeth are so strong is because where most mammals have teeth that are fortified with enamel made of calcium, beaver teeth has enamel fortified with iron.

    • @nathanlevesque7812
      @nathanlevesque7812 Месяц назад +58

      hence the orange hue

    • @creid7537
      @creid7537 Месяц назад +26

      ... as part of a well balanced breakfast.

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx Месяц назад +75

      Nope.
      Beaver tooth enamel has calcium phosphate too - a crystal structure called hydroxylapatite.
      It is the material that surrounds the hydroxylapatite that contains minerals such as magnesium or iron.
      Beaver tooth enamel just has significantly more iron in this surrounding material that makes it more durable and resists acidic erosion better.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +37

      Like an x-men

    • @labeckipiotrek
      @labeckipiotrek Месяц назад +6

      Nope, its kryptonite

  • @theunknown4834
    @theunknown4834 3 дня назад

    The person doing the audio did a great job :D the sounds may not be so obvious irl, but i think they had a great fun messing about with water and stuff.

  • @soapyork9356
    @soapyork9356 29 дней назад +3

    Wow, this is amazing to stumble upon. I live in Hailey, Idaho which is very close to Baugh creek and have even ridden my ATV past that creek multiple times hunting or scouting for Elk and deer. I've seen the beaver dams out there and let me tell you, they build so well they flood the ATV paths around the area during the seasonal melts. The ATV trails open back up at the end of this month (they close them during herd migration for deer/elk) and I look forward to checking in on the descendants of the "Airborne Beaver Brigade!"

    • @terramater
      @terramater  29 дней назад +1

      We're glad to hear that you liked our video and can even witness these beavers in action around your home! 🤩 It's indeed fascinating how much effort beavers put into constructing their dams, even to the extent of causing seasonal flooding. This only speaks to the immense impact they have on their surroundings.

  • @peterbarvoets8912
    @peterbarvoets8912 Месяц назад +56

    i think that "you can see it from space" no longer has any meaning since google maps/earth allows me to see my car from space in my driveway...

    • @CaptainBuggy1965
      @CaptainBuggy1965 23 дня назад

      u just said it…

    • @RAddison-qw6tv
      @RAddison-qw6tv 23 дня назад

      So does your car use the wrong fuel since its oil, which is a lubricant?

    • @vanzylfamily
      @vanzylfamily 23 дня назад +2

      Another useless internet comment.

    • @stefthorman8548
      @stefthorman8548 22 дня назад +1

      Not really, street view, is from those Google cars going around, not from space

    • @peterbarvoets8912
      @peterbarvoets8912 22 дня назад +2

      @@stefthorman8548 not talking about street view..

  • @Simp_Zone
    @Simp_Zone День назад +1

    I was giggling throughout most of this video imagining beavers air dropping from the sky and going "Okay troopers move out! GO GO GO!"

  • @issad3543
    @issad3543 Месяц назад +4

    This was such a great video, learnt so much, fully expect this video to blow up

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +1

      We’re so happy about it! Thanks for watching 🦫❤️

  • @Jonas-uh7bb
    @Jonas-uh7bb Месяц назад +3

    Beaver are almost the most important species of any eco system. I just love those cuties ❤️

  • @user-hi4vo1cn7r
    @user-hi4vo1cn7r 13 дней назад

    Beavers have awesome architectural skills.

  • @Dropdead313
    @Dropdead313 23 дня назад

    Mother nature is incredible!

  • @rjung_ch
    @rjung_ch Месяц назад +27

    Beautiful animals 👍💪✌

  • @harune6594
    @harune6594 18 дней назад +1

    Subhanak Rabbi. Subhan Allah. What marvelous works of engineering. Even humans might not be this skilled.

    • @lotusa8868
      @lotusa8868 15 дней назад

      Allah is the greatest of all creators ❤

  • @officialkyc
    @officialkyc 11 дней назад

    I really love them such cute engineers of nature university ❤❤❤. Id love to make a trip and meet such nature heros 🥰🥰🥀

  • @kirkyoung5266
    @kirkyoung5266 Месяц назад +4

    I love beavers 🦫🇨🇦❤️

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад

      we love them too! 🦫❤️

  • @ElderRaven
    @ElderRaven Месяц назад +12

    It strikes me more and more how everything lives mostly in harmony except HUMANS.

    • @coreym162
      @coreym162 Месяц назад

      Who says? We kind of do the same things. Like what's going on in Southern California. The animals follow a corridor of human development down from the Sierras into the Salton Sea and Mexico. Just because, we can damage the environment doesn't mean it's all we do. To think destruction is all we do then don't get mad when another human wrongs you because, they share your unhealthy ideology of "Human bad".

    • @ElderRaven
      @ElderRaven Месяц назад +1

      @@coreym162 sorry didn't mean to trigger you lol

    • @MarkDeSade100
      @MarkDeSade100 Месяц назад +1

      Have you not heard of predators? There are many types of animals that chase other animals down, kill them and eat them. That's not living in harmony.

    • @christianheikkonen
      @christianheikkonen 28 дней назад +3

      @@MarkDeSade100It is, it keeps the energy pyramid balanced. But for humans, humans have been modifying it to look more like our demographic pyramids in the West or East Asia.

    • @nicks2581
      @nicks2581 20 дней назад +1

      If we went back to hunting, gathering, and small scale farming then we would return to harmony with nature.
      But, most people, especially those who cry the loudest over the environment, don't actually want that.

  • @djoverkin
    @djoverkin 7 дней назад +1

    6:20 the proffessor looks so happy, probably because he's an expert in both bush and beaver.

  • @gh0stroy
    @gh0stroy 14 дней назад +5

    if reincarnation is real i wanna be a beaver

  • @ibuprofenPill
    @ibuprofenPill Месяц назад +3

    I love beavers.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +1

      They're the best! 🦫❤️

  • @Wispertile
    @Wispertile 23 дня назад

    Best video I’ve seen all year! Thanks Terra Mater! You earned my support!

    • @terramater
      @terramater  23 дня назад

      We're so happy about that!! Thanks for watching it!! ❤️🦫

  • @Chefanupkhadka6241
    @Chefanupkhadka6241 24 дня назад +1

    Beautiful nature 😍 ❤️ 💖 ♥️ 💕 👌

  • @shondrawhite9317
    @shondrawhite9317 Месяц назад +6

    Save the beaver. Save the planet 🌎 fact

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +1

      Go beavers! 🦫❤️

  • @aleksyssubmaker2745
    @aleksyssubmaker2745 16 дней назад +5

    "Beavers are capable of impressive architectural work when humans aren't holding them back"
    I wish someone held us humans back every once in a while.

  • @WengKa-yl3pb
    @WengKa-yl3pb 10 часов назад +1

    Broo... Those engineering are damn Good

  • @brianlin132
    @brianlin132 4 дня назад +1

    i didnt know animals could identify as other animals... these beavers are truly GOATS

  • @TAZAR_II
    @TAZAR_II Месяц назад +7

    Send the beavers to Mars and they will terra form it. Specialized space suits will be needed for their tails.

    • @westzed23
      @westzed23 Месяц назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂🚀🦫

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад +1

      Imagine that!

  • @KrazyKaiser
    @KrazyKaiser Месяц назад +13

    Why did you measure the amount of water in the beaver pond in Hockey rinks? Isn't it more traditional to measure in Olympic swimming pools?

    • @jfu5222
      @jfu5222 Месяц назад

      Olympic hockey rink 60×30 meters, Olympic swimming pool 50×25 meters.

    • @originaldcjensen
      @originaldcjensen Месяц назад +7

      Maybe there's a Canadian influence, eh?

    • @ralphvelthuis2359
      @ralphvelthuis2359 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@originaldcjensenthe dam is in Alberta. Wood Buffalo National Park.

    • @originaldcjensen
      @originaldcjensen Месяц назад +1

      Therefore the comment about Canadian influencing the choice of measurements.

    • @originaldcjensen
      @originaldcjensen Месяц назад

      Therefore the comment about Canadian influencing the choice of measurements.

  • @TheSelfmadesupport
    @TheSelfmadesupport 22 дня назад +1

    i want to be a Beaver in my next life after seeing this. and they are so adorable 😍

  • @potato-xp3ey
    @potato-xp3ey 27 дней назад

    this should be watched by every person there is

  • @southerncross4956
    @southerncross4956 Месяц назад +3

    Wait for it, here it comes at 6:15….”STAVE OFF CLIMATE CHANGE!!!”.

    • @peterhoulihan9766
      @peterhoulihan9766 Месяц назад +2

      Yeah, I could see it coming a mile away.

    • @southerncross4956
      @southerncross4956 Месяц назад +3

      I was lazy and did not look at the name of the site (Climate Heros) before making a snide remark. I wondered into their meeting not the other way around.

  • @whitetiana3022
    @whitetiana3022 Месяц назад +7

    murcans: we can't measure the beaver dams water in football fields.... people around the world are starting to make fun of us.
    i know, we'll measure it in hockey rinks.

  • @BadgeringAround
    @BadgeringAround 27 дней назад

    I've seen some pretty big dams myself, but this one takes the crown by far!

  • @Taran_Bali
    @Taran_Bali 12 дней назад

    River flowing .
    Beaver : Damnnn bro!

  • @AFancyApe
    @AFancyApe Месяц назад +18

    Beavers don't build because they don't like people going thirsty, they do it to not only spite the lord, but also their everlasting hatred towards running water

    • @mountainmanxyz
      @mountainmanxyz 29 дней назад

      Humans don't build because they care about anything but themselves, they do it not only to spite the Lord, but also their everlasting hatred towards everything.

    • @Gertyutz
      @Gertyutz 22 дня назад

      They build because deeper water makes it easier to evade their predators, mostly wolves and coyotes.

  • @HipHopNerdHarryGusto
    @HipHopNerdHarryGusto 24 дня назад +12

    They doing the LORD''S work

  • @MrNommerz
    @MrNommerz 26 дней назад +1

    I live in Canada and it's actually pretty easy to see the beavers around here. If you walk through any of the natural parks you will probably hear them if nothing else, and just driving over the bridges between islands you will often see some chilling near them every now and then, or swimming along the shore when you are walking/driving along the river.

  • @snow640
    @snow640 20 дней назад

    This video makes me like beavers! I love them they're so smart

    • @terramater
      @terramater  19 дней назад +1

      Hi @snow640! Great to hear that! 😍🦫
      And yes they are!

  • @huntingkc1
    @huntingkc1 Месяц назад +3

    Hey.... Have an up vote. This was well done

    • @KatrinHemmer
      @KatrinHemmer Месяц назад

      Thanks so much for your support! ❤

    • @terramater
      @terramater  Месяц назад

      Thank you and thanks for watching it 🎥

    • @The_Hagseed
      @The_Hagseed Месяц назад

      Misleading clickbait for morons

  • @IsoldeCutie
    @IsoldeCutie 15 дней назад

    Woah! Beavers are cool.
    And the Flying Beavers is my go to rock and jazz band guys. Big fan here.

    • @terramater
      @terramater  15 дней назад

      Hi @IsoldeCutie! They are indeed very cool! 😎

  • @strawbrryshrtcake
    @strawbrryshrtcake 5 дней назад

    beavers can LITERALLY heal the world

  • @thonbrocket2512
    @thonbrocket2512 Месяц назад +4

    New image every three seconds. You need to put a warning for epileptics on this.

    • @dertythegrower
      @dertythegrower Месяц назад +5

      Yes.. the editor is definitely not giving enough time between cuts

    • @Tony-op6xf
      @Tony-op6xf Месяц назад

      I had to pause 2 times just to examine info.

  • @harage2katana
    @harage2katana 18 дней назад +5

    BÓBR KURWA

  • @nono-lq1oh
    @nono-lq1oh День назад +1

    I just happened to be in big need of cementing paste, thanks!

  • @VenTGM09
    @VenTGM09 3 дня назад +1

    Dam, that's amazing.

  • @marcelm6983
    @marcelm6983 7 дней назад +5

    HELL YEAH BOBER KURWA!

  • @albertdwice3995
    @albertdwice3995 23 дня назад +3

    O kurwa...

  • @DarklinksHero
    @DarklinksHero 22 дня назад

    I’m incredibly happy to hear that they have come so far as an endangered species! It’s inspiring to see how resilient and intuitive these smart animals are. Hope to see them on my travels through the US

    • @terramater
      @terramater  22 дня назад

      Right?! we're happy to inspire you with these cute little creatures ❤️🦫

  • @vulcanspitfire
    @vulcanspitfire 23 дня назад

    Idk why but I love beaver's

  • @patrykpatryk6579
    @patrykpatryk6579 22 дня назад +3

    Bóbr qrwa

  • @questionauthority4703
    @questionauthority4703 23 дня назад +5

    Can even be seen from space 😂 so can the bbq in my back yard, I wish people would stop using that claim

  • @MrPsychopathYT
    @MrPsychopathYT 24 дня назад

    Imagine being the very few of the beavers who get to share their story of parachuting out of a plane. It’ll become a legend in the beaver world

  • @j.h.460
    @j.h.460 18 дней назад +1

    Wow that was a wonderful video. Never would I thought I would be so fascinated with beavers 🦫 bravo 👏

  • @eudesenvolvedor
    @eudesenvolvedor 16 дней назад

    I never knew beavers were so clever, thanks for sharing this info ❤

    • @terramater
      @terramater  15 дней назад

      Hi @eudesenvolvedor! Thanks for watching! ❤️