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I'll be damned if this river flows unopposed (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 235 points 9 months ago (46 children)

Science actually figured this one out. Beavers raised in captivity when exposed to a speaker playing river noises will cover it up with as much stuff as possible to hide the noise. So it's the noise they have an issue with

[–] kwomp 44 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There is a norwegian study that found that isolated beaver babies start piling up sticks and stuff at some point but do not build dams. They concluded (the scientists) that piling up stuff is genetic and building dams is cultural (has to be learned). I have no link but the study was made in Bø

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

That reminds me of this cute (or maybe sad) video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Dude... What did SpongeBob do to Sandy to get the whole rodent mafia involved like that???

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

That's so cute. And hilarious - nothing in that house is safe from The Pile.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad 5 points 9 months ago

I was worried that it would be sad but now my heart is overfull with cuteness and i want a rescue beaver

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Oh wow. Could we domesticate beavers and train them to clean up our houses??? 🤣 Obviously they'd need to be bred to be trained to only clean up certain items.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Baby animal studies focused on play are always so cool. Like bees appearantly will play with objects that have nothing to do with their survival.

We do the same thing I think. Kids will pile up or mess about with any stuff you give them whether they have a cultural understanding of it's use or not.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

My favorite is animal documentaries, monkeys especially, just kid animals legitimately playing the same as human kids.

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