This was old-ish news, but it's too cute not to share in it's own article. Thanks to https://lemmy.world/u/Ooops@feddit.org for the link.
Beavers Build Dam and Save Officials $1.2M in Construction Costs in the Czech Republic
https://mymodernmet.com/beavers-build-dam-czech-republic/
11 Comments
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 13d
That a damn impressive dam
Sir_Ious@feddit.org · 5 pts · 13d
I don't give a dam.
Kissaki@feddit.org · 7 pts · 13d
That stopped my flow.
Sir_Ious@feddit.org · 4 pts · 13d
Apologies, but where I live it's 9 o'clog. So it had to be done.
roguetrick@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 13d
Yeah but they built that one in Sweden.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 13d
I recall this was done purposefully in... Wisconson? to help rejuvinate a failing creek bed. The engineers installed pseudo-beaver dams that would only last a season or two so beavers would see these and be all like "What the fuck is this shit?" and fix them up and start living there.
SolacefromSilence@fedia.io · 13 pts · 13d
Unfortunately there are parts of Wisconsin where the beavers are met with metal traps around their den. You gotta protect that class I trout stream from nature, I guess
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 13d
We need to be doing this everywhere
Stalling water helps teplesh freshwater sources underground.
As a species we spent centuries hunting/trapping them, and never tried to repopulate them because they still existed in some places.
Just the pope ruling that they were fish so they could be ate on Fridays had huge consequences for their population.
fogrye@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 13d
Paying 1.2 mill for what 8 beavers can do makes you think how much our money actually worth.
antonim@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 13d
Bóbr kurwa... uh, actually bobr kurva, I guess?
carrylex@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 13d
There's even a Wikipedia article on this lol