Why BEAVERS Are The Smartest Thing In Fur Pants

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Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don’t notice them much today because there aren’t many left, but before colonization, North America was home to hundreds of millions of these furry engineers. This week, we show you why Earth’s second largest rodent is more amazing than you ever knew, and why they’re the smartest thing in fur pants.
Special thanks to Josh Cassidy from KQED’s Deep Look for joining me in Alaska and shooting this episode! ► / kqeddeeplook
Filmed under a Special Use Permit on the Juneau Ranger District, Tongass National Forest
Special thanks to Chuck Caldwell and Juneau Beaver Patrol
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“Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver” - Francis Backhouse amzn.to/2tfmLTZ
“The Beaver: Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer” - Dietland Müller-Schwarze and Lixing Sun www.worldcat.org/oclc/977989893
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  • @besmart
    @besmart7 жыл бұрын

    I decided to name the beaver I met "Justin". Now he's Justin Beaver. Hope you enjoyed learning about the most under-appreciated engineers in nature!

  • @dylanhowardell6571

    @dylanhowardell6571

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's Okay To Be Smart I'm trying to think of a beaver pun but I can't come up with a DAM one

  • @Ali-kn9qf

    @Ali-kn9qf

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's Okay To Be Smart DAM those beavers are cute

  • @MathbarThapa

    @MathbarThapa

    7 жыл бұрын

    tell about Nepal history

  • @_.soymilk

    @_.soymilk

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's Okay To Be Smart im done

  • @weijianzhen776

    @weijianzhen776

    7 жыл бұрын

    Water we doing reading these puns?

  • @OGSoundFX
    @OGSoundFX5 жыл бұрын

    "And then humans started killing them all..." Is it me or is it always the same story ?

  • @Rottensparrow

    @Rottensparrow

    5 жыл бұрын

    humans also try to survive.. their own way

  • @chimpindoge3474

    @chimpindoge3474

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ringeistvonmordor Ah yes because humanity is on their last legs as they slaughter otters for clothing and other animals for the same purpose.

  • @srreal4821

    @srreal4821

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@peaceofcake2153 what r u talking about

  • @outerspaceisalie

    @outerspaceisalie

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@peaceofcake2153 so u telling me that if tigers could eat all the beavers they wouldnt?

  • @tinkornhardfist7574

    @tinkornhardfist7574

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep, it's exactly the same with the north American bison. They used to be very common until they got hunted almost to extinction.

  • @ramosdot
    @ramosdot5 жыл бұрын

    Me : My teeth are so strong n healthy. Beaver : Hold my tree.

  • @Just_Joshin_U

    @Just_Joshin_U

    5 жыл бұрын

    puaka that’s funny! Lol

  • @Indoraptoad

    @Indoraptoad

    5 жыл бұрын

    puaka that’s me

  • @HolyKhaaaaan

    @HolyKhaaaaan

    5 жыл бұрын

    The only animal I know of with natural grills.

  • @DaSpoonyBard

    @DaSpoonyBard

    5 жыл бұрын

    haha so funny

  • @max55436

    @max55436

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂 nice one

  • @spencerallbritton9459
    @spencerallbritton94596 жыл бұрын

    I always imagine Beavers having an outrageous working class british accent lol.

  • @myusernameissoobnoxiouslyl9407
    @myusernameissoobnoxiouslyl94077 жыл бұрын

    We've recently introduced a number of beavers into northern Scotland in effort to restore our damaged ecosystem. I met a friend who said he was against the reintroduction of this keystone species. He's from the urban south, and could not justify his opinion other than "well we've seemed to last long enough without them".

  • @DersNoNem

    @DersNoNem

    6 жыл бұрын

    My username is so obnoxiously long and there is absolutely nothing you can do about the matter Did he planning to built dam that filter and gives nutrients the water?

  • @mrbachittarsingh9243

    @mrbachittarsingh9243

    6 жыл бұрын

    My username is so obnoxiously long and there is absolutely nothing you can do about the matter you have an obnoxiously long user name, but I fear there's nothing I can do about the matter. Good day.

  • @ChrisGilliamOffGrid

    @ChrisGilliamOffGrid

    6 жыл бұрын

    My username is so obnoxiously long and there is absolutely nothing you can do about the matter Eventually you will have to trap and kill Beavers to control the population and limit the damage. Then you will have to deal with the morons that are against killing anything, and the morons that outlaw the most effective traps. Good luck with your future excess Beaver problem.

  • @irkendragon

    @irkendragon

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ChrisGilliamOffGrid I think you would be for this, as without something to trap I'd think you'd be out of a job. I'd rather have wildlife that we occasionally had to trim back than no wildlife at all. Plus you can make good money selling beaver pelts (depending on the price fluctuations) if you ever get a healthy harvest-able population. You can eat them too!

  • @ChrisGilliamOffGrid

    @ChrisGilliamOffGrid

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@irkendragon You haven't seen my channel I guess? I live in Bama. We are swamped with critters, and Beaver is my favorite meat source. 😉

  • @amajunrieldamalan2387
    @amajunrieldamalan23875 жыл бұрын

    now i know why most animated movies featured beavers as construction workers LMAO.

  • @blig5031

    @blig5031

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao 😂

  • @crazymarkmc

    @crazymarkmc

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kind of sad that you didn't know that before. Never late to learn though

  • @jayg9087

    @jayg9087

    4 жыл бұрын

    I mean they can also be engineers and architects...

  • @anbuhyuga8299

    @anbuhyuga8299

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wait, you legit learned about bever dams now? That's like kindergarden/infant knowledge. How can you not stumble up on that knowledge for what, like 20ish years???

  • @genevievecharlotte3005

    @genevievecharlotte3005

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@anbuhyuga8299 because not all countries have animals like beavers and schools don't always teach us about most animals ????

  • @Room-xi6nb
    @Room-xi6nb5 жыл бұрын

    This makes me so sad...some people talking about how beavers are pests, and are destructive to roads, and trees, etc. Beavers are the most wonderful species, on the planet. During the winter, they let all kinds of other creatures live in their warm dams with them, like frogs, muskrats, for example...and they all live in harmony. When 2 strange beavers meet each other, in a stream or pond, they just swim up to each other, and start grooming each other. Beaver couples never fight. We should all strive to be more like the mighty, amazing, peaceful, beaver. ❤️

  • @scottverge938

    @scottverge938

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are the perfect Canadian mascot. ☺

  • @lastman2759

    @lastman2759

    3 жыл бұрын

    Man you surely watch a lot of cartoon to think that animals really care about being kind to each other

  • @stanleycronk4136

    @stanleycronk4136

    3 жыл бұрын

    When the fur market crashed(thanks PETA), beavers became an overpopulated pest. They are also aggresive and will attack humans to protect their dam property. My wife was attacked my one on her land and had to kill it with the biggest stick handy. How ironic that it was from a tree the beaver cut down.

  • @JoRiver11

    @JoRiver11

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stanleycronk4136 It's humans who are overpopulated and putting a strain on the environment. Beavers are just bouncing back from nearly being hunted into extinction.

  • @stanleycronk4136

    @stanleycronk4136

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JoRiver11 Ya, our herd needs thinning for sure. Was sorta hoping this latest flu bug would nave taken a bit more of a dent outta it.

  • @bobikmal9667
    @bobikmal96675 жыл бұрын

    Beaver kid: dad I dont want to be an engineer, I want to be a singer. Beaver dad: are trying to bring shame to the family? We are beaver. Our family have been engineer for generations. Edit: thank you for the likes and comments

  • @nascarprincess6988

    @nascarprincess6988

    5 жыл бұрын

    What's the kid's name? Is it justin? lol sorry.

  • @whiterun_guard1634

    @whiterun_guard1634

    5 жыл бұрын

    coward the cowardly dog damm I remember that episode

  • @payne-pw6jn

    @payne-pw6jn

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol i know that joke

  • @payne-pw6jn

    @payne-pw6jn

    5 жыл бұрын

    KEY MONKEY wtf

  • @payne-pw6jn

    @payne-pw6jn

    5 жыл бұрын

    KEY MONKEY where did that even come from

  • @KQEDDeepLook
    @KQEDDeepLook7 жыл бұрын

    Very curious - can you detect the beaver's scent from a distance? If so, what did it smell like? Also, do you now if there are any other animals that use their tails as a construction tool?

  • @besmart

    @besmart

    7 жыл бұрын

    The smell wasn't very strong, actually. Their scent mounds are pretty low to the ground, plus it was raining. I picked up more of a general "damp temperate rainforest floor" and "fresh stick" aroma everywhere

  • @WanderVroom

    @WanderVroom

    6 жыл бұрын

    Deep Look i love you !!!!!!!!!!! My favorite channel on KZread !! Now it's okay to be smart is another one! 😍😍😍😍😍

  • @fusiontricycle6605

    @fusiontricycle6605

    6 жыл бұрын

    Isolated castoreum smells like vanilla.

  • @DonnaBrooks

    @DonnaBrooks

    6 жыл бұрын

    SciShow did an ep about beavers where I learned it smells like vanilla. In fact, it's still used today. Here's a link to their interesting ep about beavers: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y5etstt-gZe1eKw.html

  • @vicenteluna5996

    @vicenteluna5996

    5 жыл бұрын

    The platypus 🤷‍♂️

  • @MedicEne
    @MedicEne7 жыл бұрын

    Wait so we use beaver butt juice to make perfume?...

  • @NetAndyCz

    @NetAndyCz

    7 жыл бұрын

    It is used as natural vanilla flavour too, though the real vanilla is more often now when there is not much beavers

  • @cup_check_official

    @cup_check_official

    7 жыл бұрын

    there's also whale sperm in cosmetic products and lubricants... so yeah

  • @Silkendrum

    @Silkendrum

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Tell Me This - Not exactly. What's used in cosmetics is ambergris. Ambergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. Not the same as sperm from whales. A sperm whale is a particular family of whales, male and female, having nothing to do with what you think of as "sperm".

  • @cup_check_official

    @cup_check_official

    7 жыл бұрын

    Silkendrum yup just realized i mixed sperm whaling with whale sperm 🙃but yeah i was talking about the Spermaceti that is in the head of the whale. what you are talking about is used in perfumes

  • @MedicEne

    @MedicEne

    7 жыл бұрын

    WTF?!?!?!

  • @treywest268
    @treywest2682 жыл бұрын

    Beavers turn marshes into swamps, then eventually those fill in with sediment and become wetlands. Then eventually the water finds easier paths to flow through. The wetlands eventually become boggy fields. Eventually those dry out and become tillable soil and farmland. Without beavers, we would be living in marshes.

  • @urbanwarchief

    @urbanwarchief

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is my swamp

  • @shizukaelitekromie8270
    @shizukaelitekromie82705 жыл бұрын

    Beaver: Yo human can you NOT stand on my DAM. See now the its leaking.

  • @RandomVideosRVcubing
    @RandomVideosRVcubing7 жыл бұрын

    New favorite animal

  • @MrChadd990

    @MrChadd990

    7 жыл бұрын

    dam straight brother

  • @Dove9927

    @Dove9927

    5 жыл бұрын

    same beavers ftw

  • @juuk3103

    @juuk3103

    5 жыл бұрын

    Still love otters more

  • @TheShadowofDormin

    @TheShadowofDormin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Now you understand why it is Canada's National animal

  • @Indoraptoad

    @Indoraptoad

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yush

  • @julianm9932
    @julianm99323 жыл бұрын

    Beavers seeing a body of water: "It's free real estate."

  • @CanadianPrepper
    @CanadianPrepper5 жыл бұрын

    Its amazing nature built something that could chop down a giant tree, theres literally something that does everything on this old rock!

  • @BetterMcLovin

    @BetterMcLovin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: beavers dams are so strong that you literally need modern explosives to get rid of them!

  • @jademoon7938
    @jademoon79383 жыл бұрын

    My culture has always called beavers "small people" because they change the landscape to suit their needs, build houses, live together as extended families, and they leave little holes in the tops of their lodges, just like our wig-wams had holes in the top to let smoke out. They also represent wisdom, as a beaver knows he must chew wood everyday or else his teeth will over grow and he'll starve, and he has to build dams to create his pond and lodges to stay safe, raise kits survive the winter months. He knows what his skills are and he uses his gifts to provide himself and his family with a comfortable and happy life. It was always said that we should be like beavers and use our personal gifts and talents to benefit ourselves and everyone around us, because neglecting your gifts will turn those gifts into a negative force that works against you, and you won't get to live a comfortable and happy life with the ones you love. Beavers are wise, that's why they always get their lodge repairs done and stock their underwater cache with tons of food before the weather turns cold, because they have to go into the dens early enough to make sure they're under the ice when the pond freezes, and if they don't have food stashed when that happens, they're trapped under the ice, and they could starve. Often we fail to do things that have terrible consequences for ourselves. Beavers don't. You just don't see beavers freezing or starving to death in the winter. They set a good example for us, especially when we really don't want to put hard work in on a task. If you're wise, you'll do what the beaver does, and persevere through the hard work, so you and your loved ones are provided for. They represent a very valuable life lesson. We have many teachings with animals like that.

  • @thefashiongoddesschannel8099

    @thefashiongoddesschannel8099

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, Mom. :-)

  • @mikep3226

    @mikep3226

    Жыл бұрын

    My alma mater had a beaver as it's mascot, referring to beavers as "Nature's Engineers".

  • @Mossybrain
    @Mossybrain7 жыл бұрын

    I looked it up and thank god, both species are in Least Concern nowadays

  • @grindstone4910

    @grindstone4910

    7 жыл бұрын

    Beavers have moved back into many areas. I even saw beavers building along a freeway drainage ditch in SW Ohio and flooded ranch fields in central Oklahoma.

  • @mikeleikam2892

    @mikeleikam2892

    6 жыл бұрын

    They are a pest in many places. They pay bounty on them in some provinces in Canada.

  • @shadeshiest22

    @shadeshiest22

    5 жыл бұрын

    Beavers are everywhere in the US... Just had some relocated out of a run off sewer drain near my house cutting down trees building a dam and I live in THE CITY CITY!!

  • @Tony-io7jg

    @Tony-io7jg

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's iron fences around trees in a park located in downtown Toronto because of beavers. Like all rodents, they reproduce very fast. I'm glad they are out of risk again. Such incredible animals

  • @nathanlevesque7812

    @nathanlevesque7812

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mikeleikam2892 That's awful.

  • @joerafferty671
    @joerafferty6712 жыл бұрын

    I always pictured beavers as being about the size of a large cat. It wasn’t until my German Shorthair tried making friends with one in the water that I learned they’re the size of a large dog.

  • @bonniewood5263
    @bonniewood52635 жыл бұрын

    There was a stream behind my parents' cabin in Washington State. In order to make the water slow down, and provide a place to splash for my young children, my dad placed rocks evenly across the stream. The very next day, I noticed small sticks standing upright in the mud, equidistant between the stones. My dad denied responsibility for them, and suggested beavers. Sure enough, with a few days' time, the beavers had built a dam, creating a pond. I could see where the little saplings around had been gnawed off, but never saw the beavers themselves. I always thought they must've been attracted to the change in the sound of the stream: they knew there was an obstruction caused by the rocks, and therefore a good place to build. My parents' friends were afraid my parents would succumb to "beaver fever," which they said could be caused by drinking water from a beaver pond, due to the excrement in it. (My parents got their drinking supply from a pipe-and-pump system my father had previously dug into the stream.) However, no one ever suffered from the beavers' presence.

  • @osimmac
    @osimmac7 жыл бұрын

    beavers gave humans the idea to build dams :D

  • @f4fphantomii468

    @f4fphantomii468

    3 жыл бұрын

    @The Deathless ofc but they have us a headstart to it.

  • @GeorginaD07

    @GeorginaD07

    3 жыл бұрын

    @NEW Yeah, because humans are somehow so superior to animals in everything and they absolutely did *not* get ideas from animals on survival, building etc., and they most certainly never in their existence relied heavily on animals to assist them with all kinds of work, such as building, carrying, farming etc.. Aren’t humans such an independent species, that doesn’t rely at all on other species’ help and existence. For god’s sake...

  • @GeorginaD07

    @GeorginaD07

    2 жыл бұрын

    @TheGermanDuck Friendly reminder that humans managed to build skyscrapers waaay *after* they built machinery to be able to create buildings. Instead of being snarky, think about human evolution and history, and how up until the last 150-200 years humans have been relying *mostly* on animals (horses, camels, donkeys etc) to carry stuff to long distances on land. Humans wouldn't accomplish lots of things without animals and their contribution. We've used animals to help us with carrying stuff, with agriculture and food production, we even managed to dress ourselves and create clothing by observing animals who didn't die from cold or felt uncomfortable due to having fur, and by getting their skins and wool/hairs from them to protect ourselves from the environment. We even got ideas from other species on how to survive or do certain things such as hunting, building and finding places to stay. Beavers are an example. Yes, even though we are the "smartest" and more "superior" of all the species (the former especially is debatable in some cases) , we're also very, very ungrateful towards animals and their help. You people need to have a wider perspective and understanding of things.

  • @piplupcola
    @piplupcola7 жыл бұрын

    Beavers are OCD to running water hahahaha

  • @imfrommanndame

    @imfrommanndame

    7 жыл бұрын

    hilllllarious

  • @junkersintutus4282

    @junkersintutus4282

    6 жыл бұрын

    piplupcola Opposite of plumbers actually.

  • @crestfallensunbro6001

    @crestfallensunbro6001

    5 жыл бұрын

    scientists have played the sounds of running water near beaver dams, only to come back to find the speakers had been covered with sticks, twigs and mud.

  • @jefferyadams3427

    @jefferyadams3427

    5 жыл бұрын

    🐤🐥🐣🐰🐶🐯🐵

  • @domsquaaa4323

    @domsquaaa4323

    4 жыл бұрын

    No.

  • @christinelumbaning2137
    @christinelumbaning21375 жыл бұрын

    It is always fascinate me how ecosystems made, it isssss well balanced, they have their engineer too. Amazing

  • @havesomecoffeeand6085

    @havesomecoffeeand6085

    5 жыл бұрын

    Though, definitely, Humans are not the ecosystem engineers. We are the consumers, greedy consumers, and butchers.

  • @onlyonewhyphy
    @onlyonewhyphy7 жыл бұрын

    "...you're never going to look at beavers the same way, again." This should be very entertaining!

  • @A_Casual_NPC
    @A_Casual_NPC7 жыл бұрын

    I love it when this channel talks about animals. Thank you

  • @Cerzus
    @Cerzus7 жыл бұрын

    Why do I get the feeling you guys destroyed the beavers' dam just to make one show up to repair it...

  • @besmart

    @besmart

    7 жыл бұрын

    We actually joined a wildlife management team doing a controlled water release after a rainstorm (so they did create that small hole earlier in the day). They do that to keep the local area from flooding and to keep locals from getting mad at the beavers and wanting to kill 'em. Everyone wins, beavers get to beaver, humans don't get their houses flooded.

  • @Cerzus

    @Cerzus

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the explanation, didn't mean to sound harsh. I think it was Joe saying "sprung a leak" which made me think "yeah, right".

  • @IstasPumaNevada

    @IstasPumaNevada

    7 жыл бұрын

    I mean, technically you were right, so good job on the observation. Just turns out it was a helpful compromise rather than a stunt for a video. :)

  • @osimmac

    @osimmac

    7 жыл бұрын

    "destroyed the beavers' dam" is a bit hyperbolic.

  • @westzapwood8697

    @westzapwood8697

    7 жыл бұрын

    Osimmac ikr XD

  • @GuyWithAnAmazingHat
    @GuyWithAnAmazingHat7 жыл бұрын

    Bidoof and Bibarel should have a unique "Iron Fang" move, Steel type, 65 attack, 95 accuracy, 15 pp, 20% chance to flinch.

  • @DanielHarris579

    @DanielHarris579

    7 жыл бұрын

    GuyWithAnAmazingHat that move is not so good maybe 30% flinch change and 100% accuracy or higher base damage

  • @GuyWithAnAmazingHat

    @GuyWithAnAmazingHat

    7 жыл бұрын

    I intentionally put it in the same group of moves as the elemental fangs, which all have 65 attack and 95 accuracy, 10% flinch and 10% status. I just added the two 10% chances for a 20% flinch since Steel doesn't really have a status attached to it.

  • @DanielHarris579

    @DanielHarris579

    7 жыл бұрын

    GuyWithAnAmazingHat fair enough but it would be better of with higher something as bidoof and bibarel are pretty weak.

  • @Gada101

    @Gada101

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nice Hat! I have one just like it

  • @AoiFlame02

    @AoiFlame02

    7 жыл бұрын

    y'know I've always wanted a fairy and grass type beaver Pokemon because of how their dams literally create ecosystems...ive made a fakemon based on that idea but meh, didn't like the design...might try again

  • @bmav007
    @bmav0075 жыл бұрын

    Seeing how busy beavers are is adorable. There is a video on here of a woman raising a beaver and he chews up her baseboards and makes dams out of everything he can get his little mits on 😂 little champion!

  • @wezzard
    @wezzard4 жыл бұрын

    I used to dismantle beaver dams for an explosive company. They needed to have water streams between every storage "bunker" to stop the fire spreading if there ever was one. I can tell you it is very well made and solid! And after breaking a dam, if you do not come back for 2-3 days, it pops back up like it was always there.xD

  • @grandsome1
    @grandsome17 жыл бұрын

    There's a beaver that lives in my backyard, I guess that's Canadian suburbia for ya!

  • @Krizefugl
    @Krizefugl5 жыл бұрын

    fun fact: beavers were declared as fish by the catholic church way back so people could still eat meat during Lent.

  • @sagar65265

    @sagar65265

    5 жыл бұрын

    Disgusting :( Sorry to anyone who's offended, but I'm not surprised that the Church did that.

  • @trashcanchic

    @trashcanchic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Religious people making up rules to suit their lives and desires. What a shock lmao

  • @MottyGlix

    @MottyGlix

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, those were capybaras. (Which we saw as the LARGEST rodents, compared to beavers, who are the second-largest rodents.) They called them fish because they had such an aquatic lifestyle. Or did the church authorities make the same declaration for beavers as well?

  • @berthold64

    @berthold64

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao wtf

  • @Yophillips3272

    @Yophillips3272

    4 жыл бұрын

    What does beaver taste like? Is it fishy? Lol

  • @pinkywinky911
    @pinkywinky9114 жыл бұрын

    This is my favorite IOTBS episode ever and I come back to this at least 3-4 times a year 😄😂 or every time I see a clip of a beaver on KZread

  • @imbun37
    @imbun377 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dr Joe and team, it is always a joyful experience to watch your video. It is packed with information to educate us.

  • 7 жыл бұрын

    Once i was sleeping on the side of a nearby river in a hammock. After sunset, i started to hear strange noises. Then hard chewing. Then big splashes. I knew they were beavers, but those strange noises always came back. They were like... forced flatulence. And bubbles sometimes. At first i thought it was just how they were pulling the wet wood around. But it became too clear and regular to accidentally create such sounds. Then i imagined, there was a fisherman on the other side, lifting his knees in the air and letting out what his output is capable of. But there is no village or even roads there, it can't be a fisherman. My final realization was that i was listening to long, loud and powerful beaver-farts all night long. Science, can you confirm it, please?

  • @CorpusOrganic

    @CorpusOrganic

    7 жыл бұрын

    reminds me of one of the brain and brawn books. a scout team was sent out to newly discovered planets to see if any of them might have highly intelligent life on them. one of their discoveries was a race that communicated entirely by farts. the brawn was sampling local fauna that was marked as edible. he got extremely bad gas. it confused the natives something awful. as they were trying really hard to learn his language so they could talk to him.

  • @mrbigoofs9820

    @mrbigoofs9820

    7 жыл бұрын

    ummmm.... what????

  • @hanawana

    @hanawana

    5 жыл бұрын

    Death OfTime what were they called? Sounds interesting. I’ve tried searching Brain and Brawn books but to no avail. Do you remember the author? Thanks.

  • @Skittenmeow

    @Skittenmeow

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hanawana Anne mccaffrey (not sure if I spelled that right) author of Pern chronicles

  • @hanawana

    @hanawana

    5 жыл бұрын

    Erin Meow cool thanks :)

  • @Saul_Goodman_Criminal_Lawyer
    @Saul_Goodman_Criminal_Lawyer5 жыл бұрын

    Beavers are more useful than Justin

  • @Saul_Goodman_Criminal_Lawyer

    @Saul_Goodman_Criminal_Lawyer

    5 жыл бұрын

    Advocatus Diaboli Justin Beaver

  • @maddiewillie132

    @maddiewillie132

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who’s justice beaver?

  • @animalpak44

    @animalpak44

    4 жыл бұрын

    Justin Beaver!

  • @Jenrora
    @Jenrora5 жыл бұрын

    I've been falling in love with nature more and more by just watching your and deep looks videos

  • @oBseSsIoNPC
    @oBseSsIoNPC3 жыл бұрын

    You nailed it my friend! Thank you so much for this short but extremely precise video about the creatures and created the land as we know it. I always like to refer to beavers, before climate change, when it comes to floods or droughts. Most people just have no idea, how crucial these little guys were, to the stability and fertility of land. Just like the rotting and decaying of the plants within the beaver ponds, release nutrients to wash down stream to further aid growth and development of healthy soil. I LOVE BEAVERS and like to go kayaking on their ponds, sit still and watch them build.

  • @alongyellowthing1955
    @alongyellowthing19557 жыл бұрын

    Awwwww!!!!! Beavers are so Cuuuuuute!!! Why the hell people hunt these fluffy animals!!!!????

  • @ashbro3214

    @ashbro3214

    7 жыл бұрын

    banana of india Merica

  • @mrbigoofs9820

    @mrbigoofs9820

    7 жыл бұрын

    ice cream and perfume. Fur, too.

  • @fep_ptcp883

    @fep_ptcp883

    7 жыл бұрын

    banana of india cute, but, as it was said in the video (3:30-3:43), they eat their own shit

  • @sk8rdman

    @sk8rdman

    7 жыл бұрын

    Because they're just cute enough to wear. The real question is, "why aren't more people wearing cats?"

  • @nobodyfromnowhere3597

    @nobodyfromnowhere3597

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dan History also asociation with witches, cats were pets, i doubt you could keep a beaver in the house before he ate it.

  • @amagicalgiraffe9196
    @amagicalgiraffe91967 жыл бұрын

    And people thought otters were cool

  • @efrenchen293

    @efrenchen293

    7 жыл бұрын

    Super Giraffe Otters eat beavers

  • @Bunihime

    @Bunihime

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are cool

  • @mr.nobody9630
    @mr.nobody96307 жыл бұрын

    The original Engineers. thanks so much for creating this video and to raise awareness about beavers in general. A +

  • @Trund27
    @Trund276 жыл бұрын

    Beavers are lovely! They have beautiful family lives. Great video!!!

  • @DemLottBoyz
    @DemLottBoyz7 жыл бұрын

    Are beavers in fur pants or are beavers the fur pants?

  • @turdferguson1989

    @turdferguson1989

    7 жыл бұрын

    demlottboyz asking the real questions

  • @westzapwood8697

    @westzapwood8697

    7 жыл бұрын

    world's problems...

  • @MrChadd990

    @MrChadd990

    7 жыл бұрын

    god dam it

  • @Nocure92

    @Nocure92

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @hangukhiphop

    @hangukhiphop

    5 жыл бұрын

    Too soon

  • @feynstein1004
    @feynstein10047 жыл бұрын

    Beavers in pants. Hehehe nice one.

  • @bigonegeorgegrace
    @bigonegeorgegrace7 жыл бұрын

    This is a FANTASTIC summary of the reasons why beavers matter! I will share it everywhere! Thank you!

  • @jessicajaynenc1202
    @jessicajaynenc12025 жыл бұрын

    I’ve always been obsessed with these creatures , it seriously doesn’t get better than this !

  • @LetsGoGetThem
    @LetsGoGetThem5 жыл бұрын

    Beaver smacks scare the hell out of me, when I go on walks with my dog SLAM in the water.

  • @knightofarkronia9968

    @knightofarkronia9968

    4 жыл бұрын

    They could do worse than that.

  • @AI-tc8fv
    @AI-tc8fv5 жыл бұрын

    Did you know that beavers are the greatest modifiers of their ecosystem, second only too humans

  • @cdemr

    @cdemr

    4 жыл бұрын

    I mean they literally create LAKES

  • @Chr.U.Cas1622
    @Chr.U.Cas16226 жыл бұрын

    Simply fantastic. Wonderful and beautiful creatures with amazing skills. Thanks a lot for sharing and taping.

  • @timsvea5980
    @timsvea59807 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video and Thanks to all you Beavers out there!

  • @RapierNeedleCrime
    @RapierNeedleCrime7 жыл бұрын

    The early beaver watches this video

  • @MarkHardKnox
    @MarkHardKnox5 жыл бұрын

    What happens if there are too many many beavers in 1 specific area? Will they migrate? Do they fight or compete for territory? Or is it necessary for us to manage the population of beavers?

  • @mikeleikam2892

    @mikeleikam2892

    4 жыл бұрын

    The three year olds will migrate. Old single males will also migrate and they do fight over territory. Huge bites through tail and hide. Trappers quit trapping beaver when they start breeding due to the bites in the hides. Too many beaver will also clear out all the trees along ,creeks, river ,and ponds ,then migrate.

  • @shelley-anneharrisberg7409
    @shelley-anneharrisberg74097 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this amazing and beautiful video! Love your channel! :)

  • @rubenvanspankeren905
    @rubenvanspankeren9057 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing how this show manages to learn me new stuff every time

  • @grizlerber
    @grizlerber6 жыл бұрын

    so you wanted to see beavers and you thought alaska. As a Canadian I'm kind of offended.

  • @mikeleikam2892

    @mikeleikam2892

    6 жыл бұрын

    Grizlerber you do have beaver there! Wish we had the population and bounty system Canada has on beaver. Great national animal by the way!

  • @TheCanadiangirl4

    @TheCanadiangirl4

    5 жыл бұрын

    lol! I had the same reaction.

  • @joewicks7518

    @joewicks7518

    4 жыл бұрын

    But, being Canadian, we are sorry for being offended

  • @haibigboy
    @haibigboy7 жыл бұрын

    Looks like humans finally give a _dam_ about beavers... Heheheh heheh heh h.. I'll let myself out now.

  • @neurotransmissions
    @neurotransmissions7 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! I was so surprised by the beaver just waddling up to you!

  • @pollyfoofoo8703
    @pollyfoofoo8703 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for spreading the knowledge of the importance of these wonderful critters ❤

  • @heistrumpy7716
    @heistrumpy77165 жыл бұрын

    Beaver so smart ! They robbed My house one time !

  • @martinbarba7689
    @martinbarba76897 жыл бұрын

    I live in Argentina; in the sixties our navy introduced the beavers in Tierra del Fuego. They want to start a fur business. Now, the beavers, without predators, made a mess with the ecosystem, because the trees don´t grow up near the dams they made, erosion, displacement of other species. Here they are a HUGE problem. they extends from all the island and some go to the continent.

  • @blueue4052

    @blueue4052

    6 жыл бұрын

    Martin Barba They didn’t belong there in the first place what do you expect. Beavers took 100,000 years to adapt to where they live/lived. That’s there natural habitat you can’t put them somewhere where they didn’t adapt for tens of thousands of years.

  • @mikeleikam2892

    @mikeleikam2892

    6 жыл бұрын

    Martin Barba some what like the introduction of the capybara and the nutria to the southern US. The fur isn't worth much so no one hunts/ traps them except as animal damage control.

  • @cindyyoung2567

    @cindyyoung2567

    5 жыл бұрын

    start eating them

  • @eliashuber6370

    @eliashuber6370

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lo último que había escuchado al respecto es que Chile y Argentina le declararon la guerra a los castores. Iba a comentar (en un inglés muy malo) lo que escribiste.

  • @power21100
    @power211007 жыл бұрын

    Robin Scherbatsky: the beaver is the official animal of Canada. Robin Scherbatsky: it's our national mascot. Barney Stinson: (trying no to burst in laughter) such a noble creature.

  • @Marzyart
    @Marzyart6 жыл бұрын

    It is great that you arent just narrating. You know what you are talking and you filmed right next to a beaver. Well done man

  • @cup_check_official
    @cup_check_official7 жыл бұрын

    The Smartest Thing in Fur Pants 😁not sure about the smartest but definitely the hottest in my fur pants 😁

  • @machilds1954
    @machilds19545 жыл бұрын

    So, the introduction of beavers in various parts of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia during recent hurricane could have minimized the extensive water damage to property? Imagine that! 🤔

  • @nicolea5957

    @nicolea5957

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alabaman Inbreds will hump the beaver after they bred with their families

  • @saraht9858
    @saraht98583 жыл бұрын

    I literally watched this twice feeling incredibly grateful, thank you..universe and my fellow persons koodoos

  • @hewhofindsbeauty
    @hewhofindsbeauty6 жыл бұрын

    I think maybe there should be an episode of how a beaver is a stillshot in the process of evolution form land to water! They're amazing!!! Thanks for this :)

  • @MrChadd990
    @MrChadd9907 жыл бұрын

    Beavers are great. I guess you could say they're **puts on sunglasses** God dam amazing Yyyyeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah

  • @pn4246

    @pn4246

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fail

  • @cynthiaaitnys4569
    @cynthiaaitnys45697 жыл бұрын

    I must have been a beaver in a previous live! I hate the sound of running water too

  • @nightknight-7768

    @nightknight-7768

    7 жыл бұрын

    Cynthia Olyga When I was younger I had the most profound buck teeth. I also used to gnaw on wooden furniture, like my bunk bed, wooden railing, etc. I must've been a beaver too :0

  • @MrChadd990

    @MrChadd990

    7 жыл бұрын

    God dam running water

  • @juicyblunts

    @juicyblunts

    7 жыл бұрын

    Have you tried asking it to walk instead?

  • @rinskegemen3678
    @rinskegemen36784 жыл бұрын

    Yet another great and informative video. Thanks!

  • @kimm6189
    @kimm61895 жыл бұрын

    A world without Beavers~I shudder to think! Here in Michigan, beavers are most essential to our eco-system with so much forestry and our lakes, river and streams wouldn't be as scenic and clean without the busy beavers. Thanks for uploading! :)

  • @theogenis946
    @theogenis9467 жыл бұрын

    Hello sir. I must say I love your videos, they are rich and informative. I would love to watch a video about parfums, how they are made, what make them last on the skin, and how the different types of skins react to them. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

  • @dlbstl

    @dlbstl

    7 жыл бұрын

    THEOGENIS Great suggestion!

  • @bbnl4276

    @bbnl4276

    7 жыл бұрын

    This

  • @alwinpriven2400
    @alwinpriven24007 жыл бұрын

    I never looked at a beaver, so does the sentence at the start apply to me?

  • @ultraapple3997
    @ultraapple39972 жыл бұрын

    4:33 I love the gre- I love the landscape.

  • @yoteslaya7296
    @yoteslaya72962 жыл бұрын

    "nice beaver" "thanks, i just had it stuffed"

  • @malayanfolk4201
    @malayanfolk42015 жыл бұрын

    I'm in love with beavers ❤️❤️❤️

  • @ES-ku3oe
    @ES-ku3oe4 жыл бұрын

    We need beavers in Australia.... that said we also need rain in Australia 🤨

  • @HarshJain-it2bg

    @HarshJain-it2bg

    3 жыл бұрын

    Being a Safety scientist and an Environmental Professional and a Businessman, I can easily sure you that the only way of getting rains is forests. But in order to create forests it would take around 150 years. Therefore you need to adopt a rapid afforestation techniques of Ancient India and Japan. Mail me anytime to know how it all works.

  • @0102savc
    @0102savc4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video !!!! Thank you so much for your work !!!

  • @larsdamen9115
    @larsdamen91153 жыл бұрын

    In a forest near me in the Netherlands there are living some beavers and they are super shy and scared from humans. never actually seen one only their dams and bite marks. Meanwhile this guy is litterally watching one build it's dam. Awesome

  • @FarrukhHKhan-xg7sj
    @FarrukhHKhan-xg7sj7 жыл бұрын

    OMG they're so cute!!!

  • @roberts7107
    @roberts71074 жыл бұрын

    Wait, what?! They eat thier excrement??? Over and over until it looks like saw dust!!! Once is one to many in my opinion...

  • @Cogito2Ergo2Sum1
    @Cogito2Ergo2Sum17 жыл бұрын

    Great episode. Loved it!

  • @elizavettesalazar7390
    @elizavettesalazar73904 жыл бұрын

    Thank you beavers for making our landscape great and beautiful.

  • @xevious2501
    @xevious25015 жыл бұрын

    when it comes to nature God made the Beaver natures custodian and architect. No other creature, not even man understands the earth like a beaver. where the beaver dwells so exists lands rich and plentiful of nature. And at its roots is governing the collection and managing the flow of water, vital to the earth soil stability and growth.

  • @xevious2501

    @xevious2501

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Advocatus Diaboli Everything evolves over time. But make no mistake.. all science is theory, because we only have the ability to see a very small portion of things. without truly knowing a things creation , from beginning middle and end, how could your ever truly know whats actual fact. We label things fact when it best suit our criteria of understanding, what we can see and expect. but our analysis is only a glimpse in time. without knowing the full story, its impossible to for us to label anything as fact. .. for instance the smallest we can analyse is called strings, but what makes strings, and for what makes strings what made of them..so on and so forth deeper and deeper. not to mention is goes the opposite directions as well. and though we cant comprehend God, it is written that God says he is the beginning and end. of course we ask well were did God come from. and in this loop we find the very limitation of the human mind. we can only think by what we see. but God has gifted us with a way beyond our limitations.. faith. to believe without seeing, to know without knowing. but we are so very small and yet so very arrogant, that we remain searching in whats really a sandbox.

  • @thecentalist3160
    @thecentalist31607 жыл бұрын

    So beavers eat their own shit. Talk about Thermodynamic efficiency.

  • @partibananathurai5862

    @partibananathurai5862

    7 жыл бұрын

    Most rodents do actually. Guinea pigs, Rabbits etc. all eat their feces. Though their first "feces" isn't really shit. It's soft and whitish in colour, and has immune cells that stop bacterial infections. That's why they can eat it safely

  • @wildernessstyle8810

    @wildernessstyle8810

    7 жыл бұрын

    We eat their shit as well cough ice cream cough.

  • @KarlMySuitcase

    @KarlMySuitcase

    7 жыл бұрын

    Recycling

  • @futureZbright

    @futureZbright

    7 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @FriedAudio

    @FriedAudio

    5 жыл бұрын

    I now look down my nose at beavers after learning that...

  • @LOLERXP
    @LOLERXP2 жыл бұрын

    Beavers: Incredibly smart and super useful animals that invented civil engineering Humans: _i SeE a HaT_

  • @Jardinsflorian
    @Jardinsflorian6 жыл бұрын

    Truly fascinating... any thanks for such a video.

  • @Hersatz
    @Hersatz5 жыл бұрын

    Watchout, I hear the beavers are Canadian spies!

  • @aidanGCH
    @aidanGCH7 жыл бұрын

    Justin beaver should be better than Justin beiber

  • @tumic77
    @tumic777 жыл бұрын

    great episode... and very nice last shot..

  • @anyajohnson7965
    @anyajohnson79654 жыл бұрын

    Next to Trenton New Jersey, in LAWRENCEVILLE, LIES COLONIAL LAKE, this is my childhood home. This lake now has two beavers living there, after sandy flooded EVERYTHING. Suburban New Jersey. Home to a TON ON FISH SPECIES, TROUT, CATS, BASS, CARP AND NOW BEVERS!! JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THIS. BIT OF AWESOME.

  • @cecepink1493
    @cecepink14937 жыл бұрын

    Early squad

  • @slikrx
    @slikrx7 жыл бұрын

    ... nice beaver... (curious if anyone under the age of 30 has any clue...)

  • @besmart

    @besmart

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Thanks, I just…" on second thought, I won't finish that, might not be PG-13 ;-)

  • @GetOffMyLawnYouDangKids

    @GetOffMyLawnYouDangKids

    7 жыл бұрын

    I've heard beavers like wood, well I've got some wood for you right here, *unzips*.

  • @hartmutwrith3134
    @hartmutwrith31344 жыл бұрын

    Very good clip. Very well explained! By the way. The beaver is back here in Germany as well. One of the just blocked an Autobahn (Highway) by chewing down a tree on it. ;-)

  • @Wet_sheen
    @Wet_sheen5 жыл бұрын

    Platypus:uncle bob! Beaver>are you talkin’ to me?!

  • @noontide1209
    @noontide12095 жыл бұрын

    I love how we look back at ancient cultures only to discover that they were already well aware of the things happening in their surrounding wilderness. Our short stint of arrogance as a species is ending soon. Either with us learning to try harder, or with us dead.

  • @Jadee95
    @Jadee957 жыл бұрын

    i was ok with hunting beavers before this video.

  • @spencerj4677

    @spencerj4677

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dbag

  • @jaguar123987x

    @jaguar123987x

    6 жыл бұрын

    asshat!

  • @miguelolivayaly1985
    @miguelolivayaly19854 жыл бұрын

    *Sounds of running water* Beavers: _wait that’s illegal_

  • @sarah_70
    @sarah_707 жыл бұрын

    I didn't even know that. Thanks, I learnt something new today :)

  • @mr.boomguy
    @mr.boomguy6 жыл бұрын

    This almost makes me wish, the human race never existed at all, in the first place. But now that we're here, we're gonna make up for the damage we've caused on the nature.

  • @lyleanderson387

    @lyleanderson387

    6 жыл бұрын

    I guess we means white people

  • @canaldecasta

    @canaldecasta

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lyle Anderson rhinos say hi

  • @khiljinagor8976

    @khiljinagor8976

    6 жыл бұрын

    TheBoomguy64 what a horrible thing to say, u r most vile,

  • @MrKjottboller

    @MrKjottboller

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Lyle Anderson Black people are humans too, aren't they? @khilji Horrible? Not at all, it's fact.

  • @NafedalbiFilms
    @NafedalbiFilms4 жыл бұрын

    When Canadians are less smart than beavers...

  • @TCPUDPATM
    @TCPUDPATM6 жыл бұрын

    Loved the opening narration!

  • @elkiness
    @elkiness4 жыл бұрын

    Great. Enjoyed this one. And your puns. My father was a great punner...but he annoyed us by often saying ''Pun unintended''--so we would notice the pun. Which we already had. ;-)