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anonymiz123 t1_it6go2q wrote

Reply to comment by jpeck89 in Is building dams a learned behaviour for beavers? by Snoo-82132

The sound of running water annoys them, basically, and starts up some kind of OCD response. That’s how one wildlife rescue simplified it.

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[deleted] t1_it6rltw wrote

That’s why destroying their dams doesn’t actually solve the beaver problem, if you need an area to have free flowing water for some reason, you essentially have to eliminate the local beaver population, because they’ll come back and block it up no matter how many times they have to do it

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cwisto00 t1_it6xtfg wrote

That's been the thinking for decades, but a number of devices have been invented in the past 20 years or so to make killing beavers unnecessary in almost all cases. Crucial since they are a keystone species and eliminating them works out poorly in the long run.

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Corrupted_G_nome t1_it747xn wrote

The beaver deciever was one brand of device. Its just a covered pipe that bypasses the dam. Neat trick.

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Falcfire t1_it76mof wrote

Ah yes, ever since the invention of the beaver-deciever there's no more need for the beaver-cleaver.

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nightfire36 t1_it7d2r3 wrote

I used to be annoyed by them locking up streams, but learning about them has made me into a beaver-believer.

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Force3vo t1_it7h96w wrote

Though the Beaver Cleaver was historically used by Shiva and her believers the Beaver deceiver would grant a breather to the wood weavers.

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accidental_Ocelot t1_it7lv7x wrote

and now we have come to find out that beaver damns were important to combat wildfires so we start to help them build dams again.

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Enginerdad t1_it7tsmf wrote

You don't necessarily have to kill them, relocation will do just fine if there's a specific waterway you need to keep clear.

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Markqz t1_it81pdt wrote

You could put little earmuffs on them. It would drive the tourists wild, too.

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Heathy94 t1_it7gqp1 wrote

It was like damn I need to build a dam so I stop hearing that damn noise.

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