Also worth noting: Beaver dams trap sediment and nutrients at the bottom of the pond, so when dams are abandoned (say, due to an exhaustion of suitable food sources) and fall into disrepair, the drained pond becomes the site of rich meadows, which support a host of additional species.

@katherineknapp4370

Жыл бұрын

😊

@micahbush5397

Жыл бұрын

@@iridium8341 Really? I wasn't aware that beavers blew up mountains to mine toxic and radioactive materials, or replaced massive tracts of vegetation with impermeable pavement, or produced massive quantities of non-biodegradable waste. (And by the way, most of their favored tree species readily coppice, so unlike humans, they don't utterly destroy forests.) As for goats, they weren't the ones who killed off most of the predators that force them to move from place to place, thus preventing long-term damage from intensive browsing.

@luthfinashi5558

Жыл бұрын

Damn, i've read it as 'fall into despair'

@RosheenQuynh

Жыл бұрын

@@luthfinashi5558 omg same 😂

@RosheenQuynh

Жыл бұрын

@@iridium8341 Press X to doubt...

As a Civil Engineer, Beavers 🦫 are my Inspiration and my spirit animals.

@pse161

Жыл бұрын

😂🥰

@davidtogi5878

Жыл бұрын

i somehow imagine you biting your building materials 🤔

@at_plato

Жыл бұрын

​@@davidtogi5878 😂😂

@MoralesCorner

2 ай бұрын

I can see you working on future projects with your little beaver helper with a construction helmet on right next to you

The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dark and the more we ask why in videos like these, the more students know and the more remarkable the world truly seems.

@FMFvideos

Жыл бұрын

why?

@user-py9gl7ff9v

Жыл бұрын

@@FMFvideos duh what a question, because we all live to suffer a little bit then die. so we reproduce more humans in this culture so they can expirnce the suffering this life has to offer and existential crisis and how much meaningless we as living creatures are, so go now and make the must of what you have and enjoy this Depressing reality that is based literally on pure chance while it last.

@FMFvideos

Жыл бұрын

@@user-py9gl7ff9v why?

@brainmaster5816

Жыл бұрын

@@FMFvideos Why? You ask…When we encourage students and young generations to ask ‘why?’ passion is ignited and that group of young minds is transformed into what teacher hopes their student will become- a lifelong learner. We can literally change life choices and career plans just by looking a little closer at daily life and discovering what lies within. Stay curious everyone!

@FMFvideos

Жыл бұрын

@@brainmaster5816 why?

UK guy here and we've seen the benefits of our beaver reintroduction program; during a recent heatwave and drought, the land beavers are based on remained lush and green while the farmland around was dry and brown. I'm hoping the program continues and expands to more counties.

@sasukedemon888888888

Жыл бұрын

Reintroduce? Beavers are native to North America.

@IAmEvilTree

Жыл бұрын

@@sasukedemon888888888 There are two species of beaver in the world, North American and Eurasian. The main differences, among others, is that the Eurasian species is slightly larger, has shorter fur and the tail is less round. They were hunted to near extinction here in Europe for their fur and castoreum (used in perfume and medicine).

@awellculturedmanofanime1246

Жыл бұрын

@@IAmEvilTree it barely lives in asia but mostly in northern and central and western europe and russia but i get what you mean its a fascinating animal and extremly important just like all other animals to an eco system sadly we humans are the worst enemy of everything on earth

@itzurboyyapper

10 ай бұрын

@@IAmEvilTree but would'nt it be a invasive species

@IAmEvilTree

10 ай бұрын

@@itzurboyyapper No. Eurasian Beavers used to be native to Britain before they were hunted to extinction; now we're bringing them back.

Beavers are really like environmental engineers! Our crew filmed a project that aimed to bring wilderness back to the UK. We had a chance to talk to a couple who managed to get Eurasian beavers back to Cornwall to transform their farm into a biodiversity hotspot. Beavers are constantly working, building dams, cutting down trees or building a lodge. And this is key to sparking new life into the wilderness. We're curious to see how the farm in Cornwall will respond after the reintroduction of beavers.

So, Beavers are architects after all. Amazing. I could learn a lot from them.😉😄

@mini696

Жыл бұрын

No.

@Cyanide_and_Loneliness

Жыл бұрын

No

@Real_OSHA_Unsafety_Engineer

8 ай бұрын

*Engineers

@gabocinematic2612

3 ай бұрын

Haahaahhaahah 😂

These little chunks are such diligent workers. What fantastic little creatures they are

Thanks Ted-Ed, now I wanna see a beaver dam in person. 😂

@VEE727

Жыл бұрын

They look horrible. That's why humans used to take them apart before we knew the magic behind the chaos

Gosh, the animation in this is super charming! Well-done on that, and on the narration. I wish my grade school could have had access to TED-Ed and the many other good educational channels here in KZread and on other streaming services.

@StellaGoetia666

Жыл бұрын

I would agree that the animation is great. The character designs are very pleasant for the eyes, and the animation in general reminds of the rubber hose style. However, in my honest opinion, there was a major issue; the backgrounds. It is completely fine to have a background that is in a different style in comparison to the animation, because that would make the characters stand out, as we've seen that being used brilliantly with "The Amazing World of Gumball", and it allows the characters to be in an atmosphere that is different from what they would typically be associated with, but unfortunately the colour palette and overall colours used for the backgrounds in this video were too vibrant. Which made it difficult to focus on the characters-since everything blended into the background. Improvement? My suggestion wouldn't necessarily be to remove the papier mâché background, but instead, what I am advising is for them to improve the colour scheme. Following the colour theory, and keeping the saturation, contrast, value (brightness/darkness), and hue in a coherent manner.

@HayTatsuko

Жыл бұрын

@@StellaGoetia666 I hope very much the team reads this suggestion of yours. I didn't notice the background issue when I first viewed it, but now that I've given it a second watch, I have to second that suggestion.

@thesurge90

Жыл бұрын

​@@StellaGoetia666 100% agreed

The play on the "Jaws" poster at 1:38 is just outstanding! Hats off Ted Ed! Not to mention "The Brady Bunch" at 3:36!

I never realized how wholesome beavers are until now. Thanks Ted Ed

*Ted-ed:- Why beavers builds dams?* Me:- Cause they love to flex on other animals who can't.

This is so well timed because I saw a viral video of a rescued beaver making a dam using Christmas household stuff.

@PhoebeFayRuthLouise

Жыл бұрын

I saw that video too!

@JoaoChimay

Жыл бұрын

I searched for this because the Christmas dam beaver

The animation style reminds me a lot of Ren and Stimpy. I loved that show!

I liked this a lot but I would have preferred to see some footage of actual beavers mixed with the animation which was a bit overblown at times - enough to actually detract.

The animation reached a level of abstraction that made this harder to understand and visualize than necessary in my opinion.

I've always been interested in beavers and this video catches my attention about them even more. It's just so cool how they're able to build little fortresses for themselves.

I just realized how smart beavers are..

I'm from the 3rd World country and I just wanna say thank you TED-Ed for providing us with high-quality educational videos for free! p.s. please make more animal or history related videos, those are among my favorites topics :)

@Rhank

Жыл бұрын

Brazil?

@zoso8459

Жыл бұрын

Animal and history related videos are the coolest!

Thats some Damn fine looking animation there.

The "Beaver Bunch" reference deserves and award! Great reference.

This video is superb! The animation and the humour are great!

The illustrations and animation are incredible!

Thanks Ted-Ed, Beavers need to be appreciated more. its about dam time

Water: *is too deep* Beavers: *don't give a dam(n)*

Great work as always. I'm reminded of the characters in the wonderful child book series Poppy when I think of beavers and all they do.

Love the animation. Here in the UK, we have reintroduced the European beaver.

The animation is AMAZING!!!

The animations are amazing as always 👍👍👍

OMG the animation alone is amazing!!!

This might be my favourite TED-Ed animation to date!

@neithandartsculpture

10 ай бұрын

Me too

Why animation is so good ❤️😭

what a coincidence! I've been watching a lot of great beaver videos for the last 2 weeks. This is also an amazing one

For more info about Beavers and dams, i suggesst watching this video entitled "Before you disbelieve - Look around - Beavers" kzread.info/dash/bejne/aJ2b2a19Z6uqlKw.html

Beavers are Great ecosystem services! Gotta love them

I loved the video! very interesting!

Nature is truly beautiful

Great video. Beavers are pretty cool

someone had fun animating this

Great animation!!!!

Lovely animation spitting facts!

I really love this, it makes me like a curious enlightened child again:>

Fascinating engineers bustling in nature!

I don't typically like these types of artstyles, I prefer the old Chinese tapestry type, but This is a super cool artstyle, perfectly hits the nostalgic 90s cartoon vibe.

Really love the animation

@yosoybrunon

Жыл бұрын

Me too, though I really couldn't get what's the biggest rodent illustration supposed to be (had to google it, and still unsure)

This animation is adorable

With fortresses, come beaver warriors.

The animation is so dam good

*sees water flowing Beaver: *n o*

@micahbush5397

Жыл бұрын

They are the original OCD hoarders.

I recall seeing beavers during my childhood on the Bull River in Montana.

Wow! They are so clever. 😁👍🏿

Dam! That's crazy!

I did not see an answer to the Why. I would speculate that the two reasons are: Food and safety. It is like their greenhouse. But few predators dive to reach the underwater access to their home.

Ha ha ha!! 3:35 to 3:38 is like The Brady Bunch, but with BEAVERS!!!! Ted-Ed, you cracked me up with that one! Legends never die, man... The legend that is The Brady Bunch show does not know how to die...

I watch it when I study English. Easy to understand and good.

3:25 aww poor mother

The beaver; nature's engineers. love them

They are really amazing lilltle guys

Interesting Video

I guess they make amazing pets as well. Over the years, I've heard sooo many men say that they would like to "get some beaver".

Beavers find true love as well huh . That’s cool.

Mother nature is so awesome! Amazing 😻

The animation of this episode can be a cartoon show.

Interesting. I've never seen a beaver in real life and didn't think they have this intricate plan.

This animations are superb 😍😍 Thank you for this valuable video 🙏❤️😘

That beaver worker forgot to wear a helmet.😆I like his blue prints though!

Beaver “Huh, nice flowing stream. Shame if something were to… prevent that”

Just-in Beaver !!!

Beavers are amazing!

Hey Ted Ed. Please make more animal and mythology and history vs videos

that was one weird looking capybara...

Gotta love 'em beavers.

This was a dam good video.

Here in northern BC Canada, we must have the world's laziest beavers. I live next to a very large natural lake and when I'm out in my kayak I see beavers all the time just frolicking in the natural lake not carrying or building anything. I guess they figured 'hey, why build a dam if there's already a huge lake here'. I can relate. But then again, no, could they have ... ? It's an 80 km long lake.

By loyalty, determenation, and the power of friendship!

Beaver dam + flood waters = mobile home lol

Reminds me of the days I used to watch Angry Beavers.

I love it!. I think they are the most intelligent animals. God bless these animals

Ted ed is basically the channel that answers ever question we were wondering when we were children.

If there’s a French version of this video, the bio dome in Montreal should play it for their beaver section.

please explain a video about how photocoping works

This video was something I could definitely get my teeth into.

The animation gives early 2000s cartoons vibe. 💓

This is so cute!🤗👍

Constructive beaver 👍🏻

I thought highly of sheep dogs but beavers are wildlife engineers, now that’s impressive

This is a dam good video

🎉🎉 have a good day!

Due to lack of trapping, beavers have been becoming more into my town in Canada 🇨🇦, I’m on the waterways and rivers in my home we could see sometimes trees that have bite marks, or taken down by beavers 🦫 one even wrecked a fence 😂

Nice beaver

The animation is so John K.-esque

I read that title veeery differently hehehe

Beavers are such underrated animals they work so hard I can feel the logs coming inside me

While studying about dams in civil engineering, i read the largest wooden dam in the world is beaver dam. I thought it's the name of a dam

Who at first only subscribe for the vids that were riddles but now actually watch’s the other vids.

Excellent lesson, very informative! One critique; the animation on this one is just terrible. 😬

To my family beavers were not helpful, my family had a pond that had once almost 5 beavers in it at once, and they didn’t help. Well they did increase the water level, but that almost destroyed a manmade dam that would of flood hundred of trees.

Cool

I love science

🔥🔥