Why Do Beavers Build Dams? Nature's Engineers (Wildlife Documentary) | Natural Kingdom | Real Wild
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This is the story of Nature’s Extreme Machine, the miracle engineer. We study the behavior of the Beaver from Argentina to Alberta and reveal insights into the role Beavers play in a larger ecosystem.
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Wasn’t expecting to watch a 45 minute documentary about beavers today but here we are
@4968ace
Жыл бұрын
Doing this instead of watching 45 minutes of documentaries about beavers if you know what I mean
@thatguy431
Жыл бұрын
Dude, same, but I had a question and KZread delivered :D
@derekbaker777
Жыл бұрын
I watched a great one yesterday and here I am today watching this one. Beavers are a truly amazing animal.
@ukaszuniewski5246
Жыл бұрын
I had massive hangover, and I'm watching beavers building dams 6 hour straight
@lilwayneful1
Жыл бұрын
😂
It’s so inspiring that such small creatures work together to build such giant structures like the Hoover Dam
@ErikBramsen
Жыл бұрын
Lol, the Hoover Dam!
@umerfarooqjanjua7987
Жыл бұрын
amazing. isnt it?
@Music4DaSol
Жыл бұрын
And now it generates electricity to power their beaver lodges for the harsh winters in Nevada!
@hurley31
Жыл бұрын
The Beaver Dam.
@mustbemeech
5 ай бұрын
@@Music4DaSol😂😂😂😂
This is probably going to sound stupid to everyone but I've always wanted to help a beaver make a damn to build one with a beaver
@RealWild
3 жыл бұрын
Who hasn't?
@SupermanBB
3 жыл бұрын
You’re absolutely correct. Sounds stupid.
@forcesightknight
3 жыл бұрын
I do it almost every summer. Technically and legally I'm not allowed to manipulate my creek. I do cut and trim willow for many uses around the property, many times I find my pile has been moved into the creek and is now full of mud and stuck in the water. We had a drought lately and I think the beavers all moved into the mountains where someone made a reservoir.
@ac9938
3 жыл бұрын
Awwwww.That is soo cute & cool for you to do.I would soo do that.Nature & Animals are theraputic 😀
@wookthetook
2 жыл бұрын
Do you realize how redundant that sentence is? You "want to help a beaver make a damn to build one with a beaver". That's like saying you want to eat a bowl of cereal to eat some cereal. Redundant.
They do it to make ponds. After the pond is built, they build their lodge. Once the lodge has been satisfactorily established, they can become Free-Masons. Any questions ?
@aSinisterKiid
2 жыл бұрын
So from now on anytime conspiracy theorists say "They" we know they are talking about the illuminati beavers
@cash3394
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah but ponds for what purpose. Couldn't they just build the lodge and be good lol
@aSinisterKiid
2 жыл бұрын
@@cash3394 That's a good question and no they can't just build the lodge. Think of the pond as a duel purpose security system and climate control device. The lodge itself is built to have an underwater entrance. This creates a sealed habitat within the lodge to control the temperature for the babies/family. The underwater entrance also keeps out other animals who would prey on the beavers. Without having the pond at a set level, the lodge wouldn't work properly. If the water level sinks too low, the entrance is now out in the open. Animals can climb in the entrance and it is open to the outside atmosphere and temperature. By building the dam in the first place, it backs the water up to a controllable level by the beaver. If they want the water level a bit higher, they block the dam off more. If they want it a little lower, they remove some of the blocking sticks and let the level lower some. It's a constant battle by the beavers to use the dam to control the level of the pond. By having the pond at a set level, it determines where they build their lodge. So it's a linked system that creates their habitat. They can't have one without the other. The pond is a critical piece of infrastructure to maintaining safety in their home and the ability to grow their family.
@cash3394
2 жыл бұрын
@@aSinisterKiid ah makes sense they still some assholes though lol 😂
@aSinisterKiid
2 жыл бұрын
@@cash3394 yeah I can see how their presence can be annoying to some people with certain types of land. They can change the entire layout of the land if they decide to move into your local area. There are ways to look at it in the positive way though, where they are responsible for creating an entirely fresh and vibrant eco system in the right place. In places where they are native the food chain keeps things in control. They create a life cycle of fish and water based creatures with the pond, and then other wildlife visit the area more often because a dedicated water source is there. So you get deer, moose, wolves and all sorts of other mammals. Then you get the birds and hawks that come visit and eventually snakes, mice, rats and other insects around the water source. So having the whole ecosystem surviving around the water source can be a magical experience on your land. It seems to be when the beavers get into a non-native environment where there are no apex predators to kill them where they get out of control. They can destroy entire sections of forest within months if their population isn't controlled. So I can totally see how they can be assholes in certain circumstances.
In that latter part, the beavers were introduced to the area to create a fur trade. So when it failed, now they have to be destroyed. As usual, it’s humans that caused this to begin with. The animals were just acting on instinct. Humans just need to leave animals alone and try not to meddle too much. We have brains. We can co-exist with animals and if we leave them alone for the most part, the ecosystem will eventually come into balance on its own.
@the-trustees
Жыл бұрын
Our species is vile and disgusting, and doesn't deserve to continue existing... placing the world's ecosystems in great peril.
@johnh4045
Жыл бұрын
Yea and it sucks that they kill them now
@Shoegazebasedgenre0.
4 ай бұрын
why not introduce wolf as the new predator of the area?
@arayagerardo
2 ай бұрын
Shut up
This is what you end up watching when you have good weed
@TristanLangdon
Ай бұрын
I literally just finished a stick, turned this on and saw your comment. 😂😂
@Sam................
Ай бұрын
@@TristanLangdon 🤣🤣 thanks for the comment
@johnallenbailey1103
Ай бұрын
Thank you😂
Beavers are now my favorite animal
@Peaceshiet812
Жыл бұрын
Same!
@OnivertInHouston
Жыл бұрын
These beavers are now my second favorite beavers. 🦫
@WanderingTales__
5 күн бұрын
Here here
Music overlay as the narrator speaks is a bit much....🤔
@arthas640
3 жыл бұрын
I liked the content but between the music drowning out the narrator and that obnoxious opening it was kind of hard to watch.
I love how happy the guy was finding a stick and half a tooth 😁👍
That paleontologist seems like a cool guy. Gets happy for a tooth. Keep up the good work sir.
When I was a kid my brother and I used to go down to the beaver pond in the woods in back of my grand parents home. It was a magical place.
If Beavers were still the size of bears, I bet that no one would be fool enough to mess with their dams. You knock a beaver dam down and the beaver shows up and makes you put back every stick. Stands over you while you do it.
@PROGRESS4eva
Жыл бұрын
😂😂
Humans destroy more trees than beavers can ever chew. Leave those beavers alone.
@kylewood8448
2 ай бұрын
Tell that to South America. They are both good and a pest in Canada as well.
Nice but the music behind was to high.hard to hear the narator
These animals are incredible and super for sure!
Music is too loud.
Beavers in there right home produce the right habitats for many species of animals, fish, plants and other wildlife including birds etc...
Beavers: *sees river* Also beavers: OUR RIVER
@kon4251
2 жыл бұрын
NEED DAM
Why do people insist on playing music in foreground? Can't hear a word with the music.
Beavers we could learn from... they live an honest life. They build work harder than most animals.
@TheEmpireAnimations
2 жыл бұрын
Harder than most people
@mikebanas6934
11 ай бұрын
Agreed!
Beavers are sooooooooooooooo adorable! These are the kinda of individuals that you want to hire for your business....lol😁😁😁😁😁
Amazing documentary. The beavers getting their own back on the human race who continue in their ignorance and greed. Thank you.
@morrisonreed1
Жыл бұрын
im sure the forest feels the same way you do
Brilliant love the beavers , we can learn a lot from animals May the yunas bless all of them Amen 🙏
Very intelligent animal
I love these guys. I love all creatures
The original title of the documentary is: "Natural Kingdom: Super Beaver". That's why they keep mentioning "Super Beaver" throughout the documentary. The title on KZread is just a bit weird.
That owl's face at 1:22 was like, "Uhhh could you fuckin' NOT?!"
thanks for the documentary
i've been binge watching beaver docos, i can't get enough! beavers are just awesome!
Music is louder than the narrator
Beavers are like real life Rust pro's, they build in water and use underwater air locks.
Amazing creature.
Man, I love beavers ❤️🦫
The Canadian Beaver, You mean Justin Beaver?
Fascinating subject !
So beautiful
At around 8:30, it's stated that "While both European and Canadian beavers have evolved, only the Canadian beaver has maintained the ability to create lodges and dams." But a quick Google search shows that this is categorically false. European beavers build lodges and dams.
@crisptomato9495
Жыл бұрын
Also Argentina isn’t any colder than Canada, casting doubt on the greasy fur theory.
@Alg3rian
Жыл бұрын
I don't know why they're spreading misinformation like that. It's a known fact too.
i learned a lot in this upload. thnx Real Wild
@RealWild
3 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure, Scott
Did anyone see the green marshes, that resulted from beaver dams, in the middle of burned out forests?
Did y'all really have to use the LOUDES most OBNOXIOUS sound you could find as the background music at 13:38..?
I love beavers
@ntobergta
2 жыл бұрын
🦫
As a Canadian, I have to say that the guy showing the giant beaver at the beginning sounded like the most stereotypical Canadian, I'm lost for words.
The music overpowers the narrator’s voice not good, but good education.
Fascinating!
Amazing
I only planned on watching a few minutes, I ended up watching entire video. I'm now fascinated with them now. They could damn off entire ocean
Beavers make me proud to be Canadian 😂
Why the voice over is mixed so low and the music so high in this video?
i dont watch animal documentaries . but once i watch a beaver cutting a large in fb, made me curious to know more about them. and im here
Amazing Animals
Really good video, amazing! Thank you for putting an effort in this channel I learned so much from you already. Stay healthy ☀️
There are amazing animals. Very creative animals love this documentary.
@jakesummerlee5120
2 жыл бұрын
They*
Really good and informative, but damn that audio mixing.
@ryanzhao2052
Жыл бұрын
Music louder than the narrator and narrator louder than the translation 😂 great documentary though
This was great. I knew Russia had beaver issues, but had NO idea South America did as well thank you for sharing this.🖤🇨🇦
Hard to hear the narrator over the music...
Super special ... 👊👊👊
"Perfectly designed"; well said my friend. They are indeed 'Designed'.
@lastEvergreen
Жыл бұрын
-by natural selection.
This land was given to my family for their missionary work with Indians-🙈👌
I was walking in the trails in seen like 4 beaver dams I think they are cool how they build there homes
please donnt harm the beavers.thank u. god bless you.
@henriklarsson5221
2 жыл бұрын
Can i harm them back, if they harm me ?
To the farmer struggling with the beavers breaking his fence for building materials; try a metal fence. Just, why fight it so hard when a solution could be that simple? I know they're likely not going to see this, but it just boggles me, to be honest.
@henriklarsson5221
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but i think they are to sheep for that ^
@sufferinsilence5817
2 жыл бұрын
@Aaron Loos That's true. From the way the farmer was telling his story though, it didn't sound to me like that part bothered him all that much..
@belindahb
2 жыл бұрын
Let another Emu war start but this time with beavers
@brittanyt729
Жыл бұрын
Years ago I watched a documentary that addressed the issue of blocked culverts. One of the individuals who had to unblock them found that if he played the sound of running water the beavers would move to that spot on their own
Some Indians thought the Beaver was a God like animal. A master creator of the Earth and its lands...
Beavers actually prevent flooding by creating massive ponds with large wetlands.
@garymorris9611
2 жыл бұрын
Not true.
@kylewood8448
2 ай бұрын
Well except they are literally doing the opposite
@scottfoster2487
2 ай бұрын
@@kylewood8448 Your poorly educayed pn the Beaver,
@kylewood8448
2 ай бұрын
@scottfoster2487 not really, they may be helping downstream with flooding on floodplain but when they dam up areas like you said it creates wetland which is caused by flooding
The narrator's voice sounds like Andrew Robinson who played the character Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
I am from New Zealand so we don't have Beavers. Not in our wild bush anyway. I think this animal is absolutely amazing. Look how intelligent it is. I guess, they could be pretty annoying if they're in your country and decide to move into a nearby river. Especially when they end up creating a lake, after having made a pond. But what an intelligent display of engineering this animal knows, from a very young age. I'm so fascinated by them. Not to mention their ability to fell trees with, what looks like, so much ease. Not only do they affect ecosystems, but they create an entirely new ecosystem. By creating all that new growth. And a brand new habitat.
A really great documentary, IF it only lost the over-powering, ever-present, totally annoying music. I gave up halfway through.
@Headwind-1
2 жыл бұрын
gone . . .
@normanbuchanan9710
2 жыл бұрын
totally agree, it's about a Beaver not Mozart
Is there a copy of this documentary without the music, so as to hear what is being said?
MY FAVORITE ANIMAL!!!!!
Anyone else shit themselves at 37:01 😅 ?? great video
She's a beaver expert.
The background music is so loud!
It’s a well known fact that beavers are a tremendous builder of not only dams…but entire ecosystems. The do so much for local watersheds and their entire ecosystem.
Good documentary but that music is totally unnecessary and seems very inappropriate
I loved the Music
I think my new favorite animal is a beaver hawk.
Jesus this documentry is 30 yrs old...
the fact that hey traveled from island to island in salt water is crazy
Music so loud! Why? It would be nice to hear the words…… so many programs put on loud music, turning us into idiots…….
People hate beavers and it's sad. Greetings from Finland.
How cool, I used to go to Elk Island every week, I lived about 45 mins frow where I lived.
@jamisonburress1220
3 жыл бұрын
You lived 45 minutes from where you lived? I happen to live right around the corner from where I live.
@evieuretsky9997
3 жыл бұрын
@@jamisonburress1220 I used to own a house in Andrew
beavers are very big brain
Whoever was responsible for the editing of this video must be a beginner. You NEVER have the background music louder the the narrators voice. Haha. How did that get past the final editor unless he's a beginner also. Blind leading the blind? Haha
@normanbuchanan9710
2 жыл бұрын
really annoying
@nickkvalevog5904
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be the deaf leading the deaf?
@kabangashakankale393
Жыл бұрын
Now I can't unnotice it😭
earth is only 6000 years old
Literally an ad every 5 min
couldnt watch..music TOO loud!!!
Grew up next to a beaver swamp(s). Loud chewers. Come out mostly at night
Bad ass Beaver's 😊🦫
Absolutely incredible creatures. Great documentary.
beavers are gods creatures.amen
@despacitodaniel801
Жыл бұрын
Beavers are too
🇨🇦CANADIAN BEAVER👍
God's creation is awesome.
What year is this from?
australia and africa need beavers -- its too dry there , they could use some more lakes
The awnser is easy: so they can make houses to protect their families and to make their own territory
WOW! With beaver, when they are in the right place, right time, they are the helper. But wrong place, wrong time, disaster.
I never thought I was interested in beavers until I watched that beaver gnaw on Glynis’ Back 40.
Damn YT Short… Now I’m going down the beaver hole.
Came here after playing Timberborn
to get to the other side?
Same reason we build houses and shops. A home and food