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Im a Wildlife Biologist, and you could write a book on all the wacky methods we use in this line of work. We catch turkeys using a net attached to literal rockets. We airdrop fish like a C130 to stock lakes. We catch Elk by sending a guy in a helicopter with a NET GUN. Low funding, sparse manpower, and remote locations are a breeding ground for innovation.
I'm honestly fascinated by wildlife biology. It's the only job where you in the name of gathering meaningful data you can violate almost every law involving the animal in any way that would get anyone else's thrown in prison due to inability to pay all the citations. 😂
You paint an imaginative picture of some dedicated folks strapping angry beavers on high strung horses to pack into the wilderness. Fun job , high stakes, low returns. And that ONE beaver riding the parachuting box like SlimPickins riding The Bomb in Dr. Strangelove. Keep 'em coming.
Better a beaver addicted to parachuting.than a grizzly hooked on trank darts. And Yes a national park a few decades ago had one. He would cause just enough hassle to get darted and relocated.but come right back and repeat the process.
Beaver Captain Geronimo: "Alright, listen up! This is coming from high command directly. Our job is simple. Make landfall. Head to the nearest water source. Dam it up. We'll hold until reinforcements arrive. In the meantime we gotta keep those dams up and blend in with the locals. Intel says they're friendly but keep an eye out for hostile forces. Just remember your training and you'll come out of it alive. Link up."
As a native Idahoan that’s the most Idaho story I’ve ever heard in my life. Just yeeting beavers out the back of an airplane with parachutes. I love my state.
Wholeheartedly agree. This is very Idaho. We are similar to grunts and farmers (a lot of us are both of those things, tbh) it won't be safe, it won't look good, but it'll get done and it'll work.
That guy absolute man handling the beaver into the box. There was no fear. I’m pretty sure the beaver knew if he bit the man, he’d get bit back. Ah yes, grandpas generation was like no other.
Born in 1929 my Dad was such a one. He once punched a recalcitrant horse in the head so hard it knocked the horse back into the open top trailer were it fell down. Let's just say when the man told me to do something I said yessir.
Nothing like just understanding stuff had to get done. My grandfather broke his back at ten working in an ice cream plant by himself on the weekends. His dad had broken his back and could barely walk before he died a few years later. Had to work through. God I miss that man.
Geronimo, an old beaver passed his breading age/prime. Dropped with 3 females and established a thriving community... nothing like a few air drops to get that libido going.
Ngl, “Operation: Beaver Drop” sounds like a fun euphemism I would 100% believe was created by a bunch of veterans, but the reality is no disappointment either.
@@soonerfrac4611 wasn't that based on true events too? It's been like 20 years since I'd seen the movie but I'm pretty sure we also drop-shipped an elephant to Vietnam. Logistics is America's greatest asset lol
The idea that a beaver did more jumps than an Airborne soldier is hilarious. OTOH the National Guard was probably pretty confident that you survive. There have thousands of human jumps after all. Geronimo was kind of pioneering.
Two very useful things I learned from this video... 1) An overheated and dried out Beaver is a recipe for disaster and.... 2) If you see Beavers with Airborne patchs on their sleeves decending rapidly on your AO, don't be brave, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!! Once they land and set up a perimeter, its all over.
Not gonna lie, there could be a phenomenal video idea in the history of or just best military punishments- “mop the rain off my parking lot” type stuff. I imagine he’d have a field day with it
@@justinparker1148 I saw the "clean the floor of the hangar with a toothbrush" at Moffett ... it was punishment because the overnight comms operator decided to clean all the NCO coffee mugs not realizing that the decades of collected grime was a mark of seniority ... or pig headedness ... or something. The comm operator did say later than the brief sigh he heard from the Chief the next morning was the scariest sound he'd ever heard.
I love how they hooked Geranimo up with the best spot and some honeys. That was the Heineken Beaver, the most interesting Beaver on the planet. As a fisherman I had a dislike for them for the longest time, til I realized they create little fishing pockets in creeks that you can use as long as you don’t bug their dam. Had some good fishing upstream by their dams over the years.
@@jong2359 beavers can get pretty scary. Especially if you’re a kid, If they find the bug your cover is blown and they’re coming after ya. In all seriousness I’ve heard of guys who remove dams getting ambushed and bit up pretty nasty and a buddy of mine got chased by a couple through the woods after throwing a branch on their dam, nothing too serious they’re quite docile most of the time, they’re big as hell though kinda surprising, can do a lot of damage with their teeth, and will defend their home. They’re really cool critters though and I swear they got an understanding on how to set up good fishing holes that the wise and peaceful fisherman can take advantage of.
Anyone else impressed with TFE's ability to find the ONLY clip in the history of the recorded entertainment industry of a scene of someone talking about not killing, but relocating beavers? Also, congrats to Geronimo for earning his jump wings.
So fun fact. There's actually a website that content creators use that you can type in a phrase or word and it will actually show you the time stamp and what video/movie etc.. where you can find it.
Your reference to the tensions between Minnesota and Iowa is very real. It has gotten so bad that lately Iowegians have been taking sticks of Dynamite and chucking them across the border. The Minnesotans aren't blameless either. They light them and throw them back.
I love that idea when you are dealing with competent people. Sadly, that isn't always the option and you can easily find yourself putting out a fire at a sea parks.
@@Eye_Of_Odin978 Some of the most intelligent people I know , I wouldnt trust with a spoon !. Give them a quantum physics problem ,, easy . Give them a pan and a uncooked egg,,, Fire Dept on its way.
@Blasted2Oblivion 😂 your problem is you are putting the "intelligent" people in charge instead of bob and leroy the farmers kid and the middle of nowhere redneck😂
In the darkest moments, scrolling through the UA-cam feed, begging God for a video to watch, when suddenly, he appears: The best goddamn history youtuber on the platform
Remember this about our retired military. Most of them especially our WW2 era veterans could rebuild anything in their houses with nothing more than a screwdriver a pair of pilers and a cresent wrench.
My Dad was that way. Born in 1921, he and a buddy completely rebuilt a Model T Ford during their first year in High School. Served in the Signal Corps during WW2, mostly in Alaska. If it needed to be fixed in our house, he did it. If the car or the pickup truck needed repair, he taught us how and helped us with the hard parts. He bought an old wooden boat with a worn out outboard motor and completely rebuilt both of them so that we could go fishing and learn to waterski. There are not many people like that anymore and our country is worse off because of it. FJB
Not sure how FJB figures into it. Grandpa Joe's been pouring our tax dollars into the trade schools almost as fast as he tries to pay off everyone else's student loans. @allenra530
I miss my great grandfather, the only person I've ever seen plow an onion field with a wheel plow and no mule. That fucker was 90 and living off point of vodka and raw sweet onions, he grew in his field he plowed without a mule. Actual superhero.
Throw in a couple rolls of DUCT TAPE (OR AT THE TIME, DUCK TAPE) & they could build an atomic bomb...My father had a saying, "IF IT CAN'T BE FIXED WITH DUCT TAPE AND A LITTLE BIT OF SUPERGLUE THEN IT AIN'T WORTH FIXIN'" ...and this philsophy also included the many times I did what young boys did in the late 60s and 70s... receive numerous deeps gashes, chunks of flesh and tissue missing and even broken bones...squeeze a few drops of superglue and secure it with some duct tape... even with a compound fracture... if whined or complained we get a whuppin' with one of those 1970s 8 inche wide belt people wore back then...Those were the days...
The most adorable part of this has to be that Geronimo was excited to jump for subsequent flights and would 'help' get into the pine box. Just goes to show skydiving transcends humanity
I imagine they probably gave him some yummy snacks to encourage him, and from there he realized that he'd be a ok in the drop, and even get a snack break out of it
In order to survive, Geronamo the beaver has to eat its own poop in order to get any benefit from its diet. If my future consisted of pure coprophilia... drop me the f out of plane and if the chute does or doesn't open... I'm happy either way.
Idaho Fish and Game took the lesson of, "Film it, or it didn't happen," literally. They also do a similar (kind of) method with stocking fish in the high mountain lakes around Idaho by airdropping the fish. However, it's more like an airial firefighting drop right above the lake instead of dropping crates with parachutes. We're just built different in Idaho.
Lol my girlfriend is the one who runs the high mountain lake heli drops. I got to film and help load the basket up last year. I even hiked into one of the lakes to film a drop, I'd say it's usually about a 10-15ft drop height. Pilot did know I was gonna be filming though so not sure how high the other drops were from.
I first came across this as they were discussing the positive environmental impact. They slow the water coming through the streams, reduces erosion, increases the green plants, and other animals move into the area. They contrasted the areas with introduced beavers to areas with no beavers.
Great, now I'm imagining some anthropomorphic beaver being sent to destroy an enemy hydroelectric dam being haunted by PTSD not for the casualties of their comrades, but for the destruction of perfectly good infrastructure.
So are we talking along the lines of Jurassic world and weaponizing raptors? I mean if we can train dolphins to hunt mines in the ocean and train dogs to do various things it’s not out of the realm of possibility to use them for combat purposes
"If the other 75 beavers figured out or and you didn't... it's probably on you." 9:57 This is the first video from this channel I've watched, but this line made me subscribe.
I don't want to hear shit about animal abuse.... it's extremely obvious to me that Geronimo was living his best life. Turning into a true adrenaline junkie after retiring from knocking up all the lady beaver he could during his prime. He may not be able to further his bloodline anymore but I absolutely guarantee he was getting ALL the lady beaver he could ever want once they found out that he was a fearless OG skydiver, junping out of planes for shits and giggles like a boss. R. I. P. Geronimo, you fucking Legend
10/10. You are not just incredibly effective at storytelling, but the random pop-culture references and associated editing required to pull those into your videos seamlessly would leave any Marine heavily salivating as if they’re guarding a thicc pack of Crayola Ripits.
Your videos make my day. I am war veterans, history buff, and I like eccentric stories, eccentric history stories with humor. Your videos tend to check all those boxes but this video is one of my favorites. I pride myself of being a need when it comes to history but I've come across this story nor many of your stories. You have a unique gift that's appreciated. Thank you!
I have been with a “tactical Beaver” and they really think they are hot shit cause they get all the tries in the world to pass ranger school and the beaver was trash.
Reminds me of the time I was fishing and this older gentlemen randomly says to me, "I got a question. Have you ever pet a beaver? I have." He's retired and spends most his time by the lake. The beavers know him and come up on the dam to hang out. They're still unsure of me. Haven't petted one yet. I also enjoy having all my fingers.
On thing people do not talk about is that a big part of the Dust Bowl was that the destruction of the beaver population led to the loss of wetlands and large scale loss of alluvial plains. This led to large scale desertification and thus the dust bowl. One of many factors, but the loss of beavers and their management of the river and streams of the greater Mississippi and Ohio river systems.
You should do a video on the Battle of Athens Tennessee. A bunch of guys go to WWII and get back to find criminals have taken over the town like it’s Germany. They try to fight them with elections, but it ends with a shootout for ballot boxes being held hostage. The people of the town get so into it they serve the soldiers refreshments as they fight the criminals.
My dad, a ’Nam era Marine, used to say, "If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid, you were simply stubborn enough to make it work, anyways." This was a belief that he lived by: Be stubborn enough that your idea works.
And we face a recruiting and retention problem. I intended to do a full 20 in the Marines and retire at 38- however the idea of serving even 1 more deployment with the absolute archaic 30 year old children called "captains and Ssgt" was out of the question. Like a beaver looking at running water- Absolutely- Fn- Not. They do things the same way because it happened to them- stubborn in their mindset that "I need to beat the hell outta my guys cause that's what happened to me!" Instead of reflecting on how much it sucked and how wrong it was and to break the cycle- they don't and they do it to their boots, then their boots get the same beating handed down through generations. Good for his service but that train of thinking has made life hell for lower enlisted for the sake of making life hell. I did 1 contract and left, the marine corps is cancer and no child of mine will ever be entertaining the idea of military service of any branch- a gov't and nation ungrateful and won't pay their bills when it's time for you to collect yours. An absolute joke. Waste of time and life.
@@Copenboro It sounds more like you need some therapy. My dad held that belief long before he joined the Corp. The Corp gained that mindset from its recruits. My grandmother, grandfather, and great grandparents on the German side of the family also held that belief, because it's what allowed them and the generations that came before them to survive hard times.
@@Copenboro yeah, training shouldn't be as hard, or reflect the possible hardships, that may be experienced in war. I'm Canadian and we actually had some people who dropped out of basic successfully sue the government for the (less harsh than the past) training we now provide, giving them PTSD. They should never have had to experience that, and should've been allowed to experience worse, in the field, where their mental problems could manifest in the heat of battle... or something... wait, no that makes absolutely no sense...
@Azmodon the problem with our military here in the States is that you can't just leave before boot camp is up. THAT'S why they have so many people with issues. 🙄 If you want to pass a law charging people a certain amount for the amount of training they did receive, I'm all for it. But don't blame the people who couldn't hack it simply because the government wouldn't let them leave. That's asinine AF
It exactly fits with my world view that Geronimo became a fan of parachuting, and the men in charge hooked their man up with lady beavers. It is as it should be.
Geronimo got hooked on the thrill of parachuting, I cracked up laughing and rewind to hear that he ran up to them to go again. Goes to show us even animals know how to have fun
I knew a guy that studied beavers. He told me they've done experiments where they put recordings of running water near beavers and the beavers pack the speaker with mud and sticks until they can no longer hear the water. Thought that was interesting, that beavers seem to hate the sound of running water near them and do what they can to stop it. I guess that's a good life hack for finding and repairing leaks in their dams.
@@jakebruce1034 I guess you don't become a millionaire selling duck calls by being dumb :) My friend was from Luxembourg and came here because he was tired of European beaver :)
Plus, it was a different mind set. Many persevered through and under conditions unfathomable to the average modern day Joe. Wasn't that around the time that they were having regular Nuke bomb drills in schools... Plus they were men .
I don't know why it took me three awesome videos to subscribe, but that situation has been rectified! This is my new favorite American history channel!
I’ve said it before but the greatest generation was different. It’s like they lacked fear. Speaking with my grandfather who served at 16 years old about his time in Bastogne in ww2 with the 101st. He always said “We were tired we were hungry we were cold (he was a northern Minnesota boy so that’s something) we were low on ammo but they told us to hold the line so that’s what we did.” The way he said it with such confidence 50+ years later will stay with me forever. He was the toughest man I’ve ever met and I miss him everyday.
Priest: "Bob,, do you take this woman to be your wife? Do you promise to be faithful to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love her and to honor her all the days of your life?” *phone vibrates* Bob: "Hm, hang on a moment.."
Loving this series of long form documentaries! And I’d love to see a video on Colonel Sir Ronald Thomas Stewart Macpherson aka the Kilted Killer! In WW2 he ran around behind enemy lines in occupied France in full Highland battle dress blowing up bridges and ambushing armoured columns. But better yet he pulled off one of the greatest deceptions during the war managing to bluff a German Major General into surrendering 23,000 German soldiers. He would go on to lead the partisans in Itali to disrupt the German infrastructure and defences. One of Scotlands many great heroes from our history. He’s pretty much Scotland’s Sniper Elite.
Native Idaho man here. This is one of my favorite Idaho stories I heard growing up. It’s a huge part of Idaho heritage, we even have a huge picture of the skydiving beavers in the Boise Airport. As soon as I saw the thumbnail I was hoping this is what it was about. Side note: in McCall today, there’s an ice cream store right off the lake called Ice Cream Alley. Amazing ice cream and huge scoops!
Missed opportunity to have a quick cut to the Angry Beavers show @4:45 when you specifically talked about beavers being angry about being in trucks. I did appreciate the later bit though.
You should do a video on the 34th Infantry Division. They were the first American soldiers to reach the UK had the second most amount of days in combat of any unit in all of WW2 fighting in the North Africa and Italy campaigns. 80% of the original 1st Army Ranger Battalion that was stood up in Northern Ireland in 1942 was recruited from the 34th. The men of the 34th unofficially called themselves “The Hard Luck Division” because they were always in combat but never in the news. Their real nickname was given to them by the Germans who fought against them, they’d call them either the Red Devils or the Red Bulls because of the unit patch they all wore with the latter sticking as their official nick name. They also have a pretty badass motto of “ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK”. The 135th Infantry regiment of the 34th also traces its roots back to the 1st Minnesota Volunteer infantry regiment who were the first volunteers offered to Lincoln during the American civil war. They also deserve their own video. 1000 Minnesotans volunteered at the start of the war and by the second day of Gettysburg only 262 men remained. Those 262 then were ordered to charge down a hill into a confederate battalion consisting of more then 1200 men alone. Without question and without fear all 262 charged down the hill and within 5 minutes 215 of the men were dead or wounded. The charge was crucial (some historians say that charge alone saved the Union) as it bought time for the Union to reorganize its lines and repel the attack on Little Round Top. The surviving 47 men the following day helped repel Pickets charge, capturing a confederate flag in the process which Minnesota still holds today. Because of the origin of the 135th tracing back to the 1st Minnesota, their motto today stands as “To The Last Man” and is by far my favorite motto I’ve ever seen. Minnesotans are straight up warriors and it makes sense why. The land was settled by Scandinavians and Germans, two groups of people well known for their prowess in battle. History doesn’t talk much about the 1st Minnesota or the 34th even though they both carried out monumental tasks on the battlefield. Would love to see FE dissect these stories of badass men.
@r.p.mcmurphy8917 Actually, the 34th didn’t have the 2nd most. They had 500 days of combat, and other units had more. European Theatre: 3rd ID (536) 45th ID (511) *34th ID (500)* Pacific Theatre: 32nd ID (654) Americal Division (600) 37th ID (592) 1st Cavalry Division (521) The 34th had the 7th most days of combat of all divisions, with the 3rd most in the ETO. No doubt about it, the 34th was a distinguished unit that succeeded in many of its tasks. It would be a great topic for one of his videos.
Virgina keeps asking MN to return the battle flag we took, and we keep telling them that all they have to do is pay us what we paid to get it. (I'm assuming the video game has 21st Century Minnesotans in it, which would explain why TFE steamrolls over us.)
Why are veterans so good at planning stuff? Like yeah is it gonna be 100% safe, or legal - probably not, but it's gonna work lol. I love our veterans, you guys have the best stories and best adventures. Hope you're doing Nick!
As someone who has had to tear apart a beaver dam, I have an enormous amount of respect for their abilities. It took as a year or so to encourage a local beaver family to move a ways downstream to a place where it was better suited for everyone. They're happy, we're happy, and they've got a really impressive dam and lodge now. When they take down some trees, I tell people that "beavers gotta beav."
Yes, I've torn holes in beaver dams that were waist high, to slide a jon-boat through it. And OVERNIGHT the beavers repair the dam with as far as I could tell, brand new branches and mud.
Fat, You have to do one on Judy the war dog. She was credited by hundreds of POW’s as being the thing that kept them going. She was so special that the POW that kept her and was her keeper until she died, built her a granite mausoleum by hand. Max
Geronimo was my sister's spirit animal. When we were younger our parents took us to Bush Gardens. We practically had to drag her on to the roller coaster. As soon as it was over she ran, full speed back to do it again.
🎶 He was just a rookie beaver, and he surely squealed with fright. He chewed off his equipment and made sure his tail was tight. He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar. He ain’t gonna chomp no more! Glory, glory would ya look at that beaver fly! Glory, glory would ya look at that beaver fly! Glory, glory would ya look at that beaver fly! He ain’t gonna chomp no more! 🎶
Love your stories. I just finish watching on Disney plus about "Operation Dumbo Drop". Afterwards, I thought of your show and maybe give you more thinkings to talk about. One more animal story would not hurt. Keep up the great work you do. Looking forward on hearing more from the channel.
In fact the Vet in charge of insuring the animals landed safely was Larry Flint II, great grandfather of modern day Larry Flint. Thus starting the decades long American tradition of “Beaver Hunt”. A daunting task, it was rumored it took him only 6to 9 days to complete the count. Due to the large area he said…and I quote “ I really had to HUSTLE.”
Idahoan here, we still do this in certain areas of Idaho and have started sending some down into Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona to help rebuild the natural wetlands they destroyed back in the day hunting them to extinction in those areas. We also have fire fighting planes we use to restock alpine lakes of fish, just fly over and bombs away into the lakes 😂
I didn't realize this wasn't well known because my 2nd grade teacher taught us about this. We actually saw the film, it's been many years but I remember it was about 20 or 30 min. long, and she showed it to us as what protecting the environment meant concerning wild animals. And I mean the actual film, streaming and dvds didn't exist, and I don't think my school wanted to purchase vcrs yet because they already had several actual movie projectors, the kind that used actual film reels, that the teachers would check out from storage as needed. I know my school had access to some film library so the school didn't need to maintain the films shown to us kids and the teachers would check out materials, keep it for a week or two, and then return them. So I remember watching this documentary about the gov. officials making the boxes, testing them, putting the beavers in, and dropping them out into the wilderness. I also remember seeing a beaver falling from a great height, (yes that was caught too) and my teacher saying that the beaver was surely fine, because the whole idea of flying in beavers and parachuting them into new homes was successful. She probably didn't was 2nd grade kids getting worried about the animals.
You are my new favorite story teller. I love your videos! They are inspiring, and told in a hilariously funny manner. I am spreading the word about you, Dude. Keep up the good work!😘
Fellow idahoan here. I can attest these farm boys from Idaho are like this. My uncle was an idaho fish and game warden. Idaho fish and game guys are a whole nother level! He would overnight wild animals, in cages obviously, he was called to catch around the community at his house so they could be relocated the next day and it was just another day at his house!
I'm so lucky and Honored to have found your website..THE BEST MILITARY STORIES EVER.. My Brother is an Iraqi veteran Twice Deployed.. I recently turned him on to your website..He feels very Humble after hearing about ALL of our heroic soldiers
So what I'm hearing is Geronimo was not only had jump wings for his 5 jumps, but he did 12 exits from a high-performance aircraft and could have become a Jumpmaster. Missed opportunities here.
I grew up in Nampa, Idaho, which is just outside of Boise. Boise is about 2 hours south of McCall. So, needless to say, I know McCall very well. There's still a ton of beavers around McCall to this day. Cool story. I never knew we had the only airborne qualified beavers in history. God, I love my home state.
@@davidscott1340 First off, God exists everywhere. Second, Leif Erikson was actually a layman missionary on the side, which caused some family drama with his dad Erik the Red.
As a West Virginian who has been to almost every state I must say I was expecting to see only pototoes when I was in your fine state but instead found it to be one of the most beatiful (mine being #1) 😉
"Look at this absolute "Chad" just manhandling that beaver into that crate with no safety equipment. No gloves. No iPro. Nothing." My God. That madman. He didn't even have a PT Belt on.
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Things like this make you wonder just how long America is going to continue...or, how it has survived.
Lol.
Humans: "....."
Beavers: "....."
Humans: "...fortify everything?"
Beavers: " *everything* "
Rogal dorn if he was an animal
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@@dwaynemandac1245 "Yeeeeeeeessssssss"
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Mission accomplished...river blocked....new lake forming.... awaiting further orders from command!!!
Im a Wildlife Biologist, and you could write a book on all the wacky methods we use in this line of work. We catch turkeys using a net attached to literal rockets. We airdrop fish like a C130 to stock lakes. We catch Elk by sending a guy in a helicopter with a NET GUN. Low funding, sparse manpower, and remote locations are a breeding ground for innovation.
Would you say that the necessary solutions are often...
Wild?
@@Liam_Pattonyou beat me to it xD
Was gonna say the same thing
Good job and have a good rest of your day! :D
I'm honestly fascinated by wildlife biology. It's the only job where you in the name of gathering meaningful data you can violate almost every law involving the animal in any way that would get anyone else's thrown in prison due to inability to pay all the citations. 😂
@@danorris5235 a "hold my beer"ologist
I saw some turkeys caught that way on one of the Game Warden shows on AP. Looked pretty sweet!
Geronimo did more jumps than most soldiers of the 101st and got his own personal harem as part pf his GI benefits.
"They had to hook up their boy."
Three strippers per drop-grunt seems excessive
@@nautifella Gnaw.
That would probably fix recruiting issues if you offered personal harems as benefits.
He also got a mountain lodge and a private lake.
You paint an imaginative picture of some dedicated folks strapping angry beavers on high strung horses to pack into the wilderness. Fun job , high stakes, low returns. And that ONE beaver riding the parachuting box like SlimPickins riding The Bomb in Dr. Strangelove.
Keep 'em coming.
Very high returns when you consider it has the potential to protect a rapidly growing town from flash flooding for centuries to come.
Geranimo first jump "WHAT THE F*C*?" Geramino 4th jump "LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO!"
Better a beaver addicted to parachuting.than a grizzly hooked on trank darts. And Yes a national park a few decades ago had one. He would cause just enough hassle to get darted and relocated.but come right back and repeat the process.
I’m hoping he got his Jump Wings for this mission. Seems like a combat jump in my mind.
@@paulmorrow8372he got more combat jump stars than any air born trooper has
I wonder if Geronimo yelled his name when jumping?
and his prize was literally a beaver harem.
Beaver Captain Geronimo: "Alright, listen up! This is coming from high command directly. Our job is simple. Make landfall. Head to the nearest water source. Dam it up. We'll hold until reinforcements arrive. In the meantime we gotta keep those dams up and blend in with the locals. Intel says they're friendly but keep an eye out for hostile forces. Just remember your training and you'll come out of it alive. Link up."
Hoo-ah!!
Lt. Aldo Beaver: "We're gonna be doin one thing and thing only... buildin dams!"
Building damn dams @@henryvandeventer2457
Sgt. Damo Beaver: Tonaight is da naight of naights
Sgt. Wicket Beaver: So that's why they gave us ice cream
That one beaver: "Instructions unclear." *Climbs on top of box and jumps off of it ~75 ft from the ground.*
As a native Idahoan that’s the most Idaho story I’ve ever heard in my life. Just yeeting beavers out the back of an airplane with parachutes. I love my state.
Thats what i was gonna say
Me three.
Wholeheartedly agree. This is very Idaho. We are similar to grunts and farmers (a lot of us are both of those things, tbh) it won't be safe, it won't look good, but it'll get done and it'll work.
I'd be proud of that also ! Lmao
Washingtonian here, I was driving I90 heading east through Snoqualmie Pass and passed an Idaho SUV with the license plate "YEEEET" the other day.
That guy absolute man handling the beaver into the box. There was no fear. I’m pretty sure the beaver knew if he bit the man, he’d get bit back. Ah yes, grandpas generation was like no other.
Born in 1929 my Dad was such a one. He once punched a recalcitrant horse in the head so hard it knocked the horse back into the open top trailer were it fell down. Let's just say when the man told me to do something I said yessir.
Nothing like just understanding stuff had to get done. My grandfather broke his back at ten working in an ice cream plant by himself on the weekends. His dad had broken his back and could barely walk before he died a few years later. Had to work through. God I miss that man.
I like how he yanks em back into the box when its trying to crawl out like "If you dont get your ASS back in there-"
@@joelmurphy7980 YOU GOT ME BEAT I WAS BORN 1949 AND I DAD THE SAME WITH MY DAD AND MOM YES SIR YES MAM
*beaver see's running water
Beaver: "ABSOLUTELY F*CKING NOT"
Dam, I gotta put a stop to this
Fix the leak that's what I do
@@sillyman357 I'll make it happen, and you can take that to the riverbank!
Beavers respond to just the sound of running water with the urge to build.
@@TrineDaely "Shit, my fridge is leaking!"
Geronimo, an old beaver passed his breading age/prime. Dropped with 3 females and established a thriving community... nothing like a few air drops to get that libido going.
Ngl, “Operation: Beaver Drop” sounds like a fun euphemism I would 100% believe was created by a bunch of veterans, but the reality is no disappointment either.
Yeah
GIs: Beaver? Heck yeah!...Bummer, you meant real beavers.
Disney did Operation Dumbo Drop, we need Beaver Drop!
Sounds like a fun USO show 😂
@@soonerfrac4611 wasn't that based on true events too? It's been like 20 years since I'd seen the movie but I'm pretty sure we also drop-shipped an elephant to Vietnam. Logistics is America's greatest asset lol
6:56, 12 jumps are more than I did with the 36th Airbourne Brigade, Texas National Guard.
I hope to heck that Geronimo was getting jump pay!
The idea that a beaver did more jumps than an Airborne soldier is hilarious. OTOH the National Guard was probably pretty confident that you survive. There have thousands of human jumps after all. Geronimo was kind of pioneering.
6:26 "They named him Geronimo, because they're a bunch of meatheads and that shit's funny." Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣
And every one of us is laughing with them 😂
As is the naming convention of most things american
Two very useful things I learned from this video...
1) An overheated and dried out Beaver is a recipe for disaster and....
2) If you see Beavers with Airborne patchs on their sleeves decending rapidly on your AO, don't be brave, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!! Once they land and set up a perimeter, its all over.
😂😂😂😂
Once Beavers get set up, it's a dam nation.
This guy could do a video about that time a soldier walked on the grass and I'd watch. Always great story telling.
Not gonna lie, there could be a phenomenal video idea in the history of or just best military punishments- “mop the rain off my parking lot” type stuff. I imagine he’d have a field day with it
Get Rich Hy in on it, too.
I was a SGL at BLC for 7 years. I have some great stories about soldiers walking on the grass.
@@justinparker1148 I saw the "clean the floor of the hangar with a toothbrush" at Moffett ... it was punishment because the overnight comms operator decided to clean all the NCO coffee mugs not realizing that the decades of collected grime was a mark of seniority ... or pig headedness ... or something. The comm operator did say later than the brief sigh he heard from the Chief the next morning was the scariest sound he'd ever heard.
To this day I only walk on the grass when doing yard work.
I love how they hooked Geranimo up with the best spot and some honeys. That was the Heineken Beaver, the most interesting Beaver on the planet. As a fisherman I had a dislike for them for the longest time, til I realized they create little fishing pockets in creeks that you can use as long as you don’t bug their dam. Had some good fishing upstream by their dams over the years.
What happens if you bug their dam?
@@jong2359 beavers can get pretty scary. Especially if you’re a kid, If they find the bug your cover is blown and they’re coming after ya. In all seriousness I’ve heard of guys who remove dams getting ambushed and bit up pretty nasty and a buddy of mine got chased by a couple through the woods after throwing a branch on their dam, nothing too serious they’re quite docile most of the time, they’re big as hell though kinda surprising, can do a lot of damage with their teeth, and will defend their home. They’re really cool critters though and I swear they got an understanding on how to set up good fishing holes that the wise and peaceful fisherman can take advantage of.
@@dococ3272 Very interesting, I am further intrigued lol - thanks.
Anyone else impressed with TFE's ability to find the ONLY clip in the history of the recorded entertainment industry of a scene of someone talking about not killing, but relocating beavers? Also, congrats to Geronimo for earning his jump wings.
12 jumps was it? He should have been promoted to Captain after getting his jumpwings 😂
He got his jump wings then when he was released he got to make a few more 'jumps' with his ladies.
So fun fact. There's actually a website that content creators use that you can type in a phrase or word and it will actually show you the time stamp and what video/movie etc.. where you can find it.
This old beaver earned his jump wings. Also, he had the energy of a toddler going 'let's do that again!'
And the success of his colony is proof that Airborne jumps harder.
Your reference to the tensions between Minnesota and Iowa is very real. It has gotten so bad that lately Iowegians have been taking sticks of Dynamite and chucking them across the border. The Minnesotans aren't blameless either. They light them and throw them back.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Truly enjoyed that chuckle!
Lol😂😂😂
I feel like you're a Minnesotan with that insult at the end there..... 🤔
You betcha!
You should do a video on the Battle of Athens in Tennessee, basically a group of WW2 vets overthrowing their corrupt town government.
Here in Idaho we give our schoolchildren coloring books of this amazing campaign so it will never be forgotten. True story.
Good god you unlocked an old memory
That's awesome
Imagine a regular (German) deer walking through the woods and then 6 beavers parachute deep into his forest, and flood it.
Be a good intro to a Twilight Zone episode
Shit just got real Friedrich
Did you hear the one about the German deer who walked into a BeAveR?
deer "shieza"
The inglorious Beavers: operation Keno
“Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”
― George S. Patton
I love that idea when you are dealing with competent people. Sadly, that isn't always the option and you can easily find yourself putting out a fire at a sea parks.
@@Blasted2Oblivion The best way to solve that is to not work with incompetents.
@@Eye_Of_Odin978 Some of the most intelligent people I know , I wouldnt trust with a spoon !. Give them a quantum physics problem ,, easy . Give them a pan and a uncooked egg,,, Fire Dept on its way.
Excellent!
@Blasted2Oblivion 😂 your problem is you are putting the "intelligent" people in charge instead of bob and leroy the farmers kid and the middle of nowhere redneck😂
“The Angry Beavers” cartoon really should have started the intro with them dropping in with a parachute and a military helmet.
Rogal Dorn: Absolutely perfect. What is your secret, small creature?
Beaver: **[buck toothed creature noises]**
Rogal Dorn: Outstanding.
I can read that in the TTS voice.
"Yeeeeeeeeeeesss..."
@weldonwin
"I am Fortifying this position."
".... WHY!?"
"The best offense is a good defense"
"THAT'S NOT EVEN HOW THAT GOES!"
Never thought I'd see a 40k reference in the comment section of the chubby electron guy about beavers
@@StraightKnots More than that a TTS reference, because SCREW GW AND THEIR CRUSADE AGAINST FUN!!!
In the darkest moments, scrolling through the UA-cam feed, begging God for a video to watch, when suddenly, he appears:
The best goddamn history youtuber on the platform
Preach
i hope youre doing at least a little bit better! God bless!
"A dried out beaver is never good." Words to live by.
That would explain the glaring lack of "beaver jerky" on the store shelves.
That should be a T shirt.
And he said 'no vagina jokes'
He says he made no joke, but that's clearly a reference 😅
Kicking off the Band of Beavers merch design fund
Remember this about our retired military. Most of them especially our WW2 era veterans could rebuild anything in their houses with nothing more than a screwdriver a pair of pilers and a cresent wrench.
Analogue technology is easier to fix with a hammer.
My Dad was that way. Born in 1921, he and a buddy completely rebuilt a Model T Ford during their first year in High School. Served in the Signal Corps during WW2, mostly in Alaska. If it needed to be fixed in our house, he did it. If the car or the pickup truck needed repair, he taught us how and helped us with the hard parts. He bought an old wooden boat with a worn out outboard motor and completely rebuilt both of them so that we could go fishing and learn to waterski. There are not many people like that anymore and our country is worse off because of it. FJB
Not sure how FJB figures into it.
Grandpa Joe's been pouring our tax dollars into the trade schools almost as fast as he tries to pay off everyone else's student loans. @allenra530
I miss my great grandfather, the only person I've ever seen plow an onion field with a wheel plow and no mule. That fucker was 90 and living off point of vodka and raw sweet onions, he grew in his field he plowed without a mule. Actual superhero.
Throw in a couple rolls of DUCT TAPE (OR AT THE TIME, DUCK TAPE) & they could build an atomic bomb...My father had a saying, "IF IT CAN'T BE FIXED WITH DUCT TAPE AND A LITTLE BIT OF SUPERGLUE THEN IT AIN'T WORTH FIXIN'" ...and this philsophy also included the many times I did what young boys did in the late 60s and 70s... receive numerous deeps gashes, chunks of flesh and tissue missing and even broken bones...squeeze a few drops of superglue and secure it with some duct tape... even with a compound fracture... if whined or complained we get a whuppin' with one of those 1970s 8 inche wide belt people wore back then...Those were the days...
The most adorable part of this has to be that Geronimo was excited to jump for subsequent flights and would 'help' get into the pine box. Just goes to show skydiving transcends humanity
I imagine they probably gave him some yummy snacks to encourage him, and from there he realized that he'd be a ok in the drop, and even get a snack break out of it
"Go again, go again!"
In order to survive, Geronamo the beaver has to eat its own poop in order to get any benefit from its diet. If my future consisted of pure coprophilia... drop me the f out of plane and if the chute does or doesn't open... I'm happy either way.
@@spindash64 YUMMY PINE!!!!!!!
Idaho Fish and Game took the lesson of, "Film it, or it didn't happen," literally.
They also do a similar (kind of) method with stocking fish in the high mountain lakes around Idaho by airdropping the fish. However, it's more like an airial firefighting drop right above the lake instead of dropping crates with parachutes. We're just built different in Idaho.
I miss Idaho
Lol my girlfriend is the one who runs the high mountain lake heli drops. I got to film and help load the basket up last year. I even hiked into one of the lakes to film a drop, I'd say it's usually about a 10-15ft drop height. Pilot did know I was gonna be filming though so not sure how high the other drops were from.
Yelling "INCOMING!!!!" Has a truly different meaning here lol
I first came across this as they were discussing the positive environmental impact. They slow the water coming through the streams, reduces erosion, increases the green plants, and other animals move into the area. They contrasted the areas with introduced beavers to areas with no beavers.
"The only animal known for cutting down trees with it's face"
*Sad woodpecker noises*
Well they don't cut down trees, they punch holes in trees.
Hole-punchin' don't count, Peckerwood!
Woodpeckers just poke holes. Beavers treat a tree like a slim Jim after a jimi hendrix show.
Great, now I'm imagining some anthropomorphic beaver being sent to destroy an enemy hydroelectric dam being haunted by PTSD not for the casualties of their comrades, but for the destruction of perfectly good infrastructure.
PTFD
Post Traumatic Furry Disorder
Beavers wouldn't get PTSD from the destruction.....it's the sound of running water that would do it.
So are we talking along the lines of Jurassic world and weaponizing raptors? I mean if we can train dolphins to hunt mines in the ocean and train dogs to do various things it’s not out of the realm of possibility to use them for combat purposes
This comment deserves to be pinned, and so did Geronimo. He needs to be posthumously awarded his jump wings.
It was all going good until I heard all that running water....
Nobody likes a dry beaver. A wet beaver is a happy beaver.
Yes one beaver to rule them all
Well said sir.🥃
Amen
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"If the other 75 beavers figured out or and you didn't... it's probably on you." 9:57
This is the first video from this channel I've watched, but this line made me subscribe.
Two beavers are sitting in a pond. "Hey, you want to go parachuting?" One asks the other.
"Gnaw."
ROFL! Comedy gold right here. Kudos! ^-^
That is so fucking stupid. I love it
"But why "WOOD"n't you?"
“Not today. Me and the Missus have territory to populate.”😉
"Well, _damn..."_
*"I already did."*
High five for keeping a straight face for talking about Beavers and Boxes for 12 minutes straight
Low five for not making any double entendres with the topic though
High five for being the 69th like! Ya baby ya!
I don't want to hear shit about animal abuse.... it's extremely obvious to me that Geronimo was living his best life. Turning into a true adrenaline junkie after retiring from knocking up all the lady beaver he could during his prime. He may not be able to further his bloodline anymore but I absolutely guarantee he was getting ALL the lady beaver he could ever want once they found out that he was a fearless OG skydiver, junping out of planes for shits and giggles like a boss.
R. I. P. Geronimo, you fucking Legend
He was still good to go. He made a whole colony bro
10/10. You are not just incredibly effective at storytelling, but the random pop-culture references and associated editing required to pull those into your videos seamlessly would leave any Marine heavily salivating as if they’re guarding a thicc pack of Crayola Ripits.
I work for the USFS, and we have a beaver reintroduction project in the pipeline. This was unironically discussed as a potential option for dispersal
Hey if it Works, Use the Old Adage, "If it Aint Broke, Don't Fix It"
Why the hell not? It worked before and it's simple
@@BlargeMan That's probably the problem in todays world.
Sorry my toddler mind heard, "beaver reintroduction" and thought it was for the month of July..
Have them all watch the video
Look up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's mighty mouse! No, it's just airborne paratrooper beavers!
My favorite part of this story is how the test beaver would run back to the people to be put back in a box to jump again. Totally based beaver
Your videos make my day. I am war veterans, history buff, and I like eccentric stories, eccentric history stories with humor. Your videos tend to check all those boxes but this video is one of my favorites. I pride myself of being a need when it comes to history but I've come across this story nor many of your stories. You have a unique gift that's appreciated. Thank you!
TACTICAL BEAVER INCOMING
Now, is that are radio warning for this...
Or your girl dressed in "tac gear"?
This needs to be a T-Shirt
Need to be a shirt
I mean, when I was deployed, I often wished for airborne beaver drops. Makes you wonder if this idea came to the men all the way back in Europe.
I have been with a “tactical Beaver” and they really think they are hot shit cause they get all the tries in the world to pass ranger school and the beaver was trash.
Reminds me of the time I was fishing and this older gentlemen randomly says to me, "I got a question. Have you ever pet a beaver? I have." He's retired and spends most his time by the lake. The beavers know him and come up on the dam to hang out. They're still unsure of me. Haven't petted one yet. I also enjoy having all my fingers.
If we are to progress, sacrifices must be made! What's a couple of fingers?
On thing people do not talk about is that a big part of the Dust Bowl was that the destruction of the beaver population led to the loss of wetlands and large scale loss of alluvial plains. This led to large scale desertification and thus the dust bowl. One of many factors, but the loss of beavers and their management of the river and streams of the greater Mississippi and Ohio river systems.
Didn't know this, thank you for sharing!
Things I learned today: this
I was today years old when I learned this. Thank you
You should do a video on the Battle of Athens Tennessee. A bunch of guys go to WWII and get back to find criminals have taken over the town like it’s Germany. They try to fight them with elections, but it ends with a shootout for ballot boxes being held hostage. The people of the town get so into it they serve the soldiers refreshments as they fight the criminals.
Sounds pretty interesting to me!
@@MJEvermore853 Count Dankula did a good vid on it
I read about that years ago. Someone did an AI video on it.
I would like to see this guy do the honors of telling the whole history behind it.
My dad, a ’Nam era Marine, used to say, "If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid, you were simply stubborn enough to make it work, anyways." This was a belief that he lived by: Be stubborn enough that your idea works.
And we face a recruiting and retention problem. I intended to do a full 20 in the Marines and retire at 38- however the idea of serving even 1 more deployment with the absolute archaic 30 year old children called "captains and Ssgt" was out of the question. Like a beaver looking at running water- Absolutely- Fn- Not.
They do things the same way because it happened to them- stubborn in their mindset that "I need to beat the hell outta my guys cause that's what happened to me!" Instead of reflecting on how much it sucked and how wrong it was and to break the cycle- they don't and they do it to their boots, then their boots get the same beating handed down through generations.
Good for his service but that train of thinking has made life hell for lower enlisted for the sake of making life hell.
I did 1 contract and left, the marine corps is cancer and no child of mine will ever be entertaining the idea of military service of any branch- a gov't and nation ungrateful and won't pay their bills when it's time for you to collect yours. An absolute joke. Waste of time and life.
@@Copenboro It sounds more like you need some therapy. My dad held that belief long before he joined the Corp. The Corp gained that mindset from its recruits. My grandmother, grandfather, and great grandparents on the German side of the family also held that belief, because it's what allowed them and the generations that came before them to survive hard times.
@@Copenboro yeah, training shouldn't be as hard, or reflect the possible hardships, that may be experienced in war. I'm Canadian and we actually had some people who dropped out of basic successfully sue the government for the (less harsh than the past) training we now provide, giving them PTSD. They should never have had to experience that, and should've been allowed to experience worse, in the field, where their mental problems could manifest in the heat of battle... or something... wait, no that makes absolutely no sense...
If it's stupid and it works, it's clearly not stupid.
@Azmodon the problem with our military here in the States is that you can't just leave before boot camp is up. THAT'S why they have so many people with issues. 🙄
If you want to pass a law charging people a certain amount for the amount of training they did receive, I'm all for it. But don't blame the people who couldn't hack it simply because the government wouldn't let them leave. That's asinine AF
It exactly fits with my world view that Geronimo became a fan of parachuting, and the men in charge hooked their man up with lady beavers. It is as it should be.
Well, I'm sure with his Master jump wings, he had no trouble taming some angry beavers...
For a split second my dumb ass thought they were going to strap a parachute to the beavers back 😂😂😂
Woulda been way cooler
I see that I was not the only one who had that thought.
I assumed that all the way up until he mentioned the box. We all know at least Geronimo could have done it.
I am really glad I was not alone. I feel marginally better.
Probably didn't have them in the late '40's, but maybe the beaver could learn to steer a paraglider by using that big, flat tail they have? 😉
Geronimo got hooked on the thrill of parachuting, I cracked up laughing and rewind to hear that he ran up to them to go again. Goes to show us even animals know how to have fun
Beaver.... "Is that dust on your jump wings!?" Other beaver.... " No it's sawdust!" - band of beavers
I knew a guy that studied beavers. He told me they've done experiments where they put recordings of running water near beavers and the beavers pack the speaker with mud and sticks until they can no longer hear the water. Thought that was interesting, that beavers seem to hate the sound of running water near them and do what they can to stop it. I guess that's a good life hack for finding and repairing leaks in their dams.
I heard this same exact thing from uncle si from duck dynasty 😂😂
@@jakebruce1034 I guess you don't become a millionaire selling duck calls by being dumb :) My friend was from Luxembourg and came here because he was tired of European beaver :)
Makes you wonder what running water did to them😂
Lack of safety protection is a lot of incentive to;
1) Learn the job correctly
2) Pay attention
3) Do it correctly
4) ...
Work quickly but diligently toward the goal.
@billyjonesy2972, do you ride a bike for a job, or did your father never have you hold the flashlight...
@@billyjonesy2972 So putting a spike on the hub of a car's steering wheel would make the driver drive much more carefully? I could get behind that.
Plus, it was a different mind set. Many persevered through and under conditions unfathomable to the average modern day Joe. Wasn't that around the time that they were having regular Nuke bomb drills in schools... Plus they were men .
Hold the flashlight with steady hands!
I don't know why it took me three awesome videos to subscribe, but that situation has been rectified! This is my new favorite American history channel!
Next up Operation Timber Wolves. When Canadian wolves were air dropped in Michigan to unalive the growing deer population.
I said the same thing! Us Michiganders think alike lol
"It's not a war crime the first time."
Yah!! WTF
@@jedironin380 And of course there’s Canadians involved… 😂
If that isn't the most American thing I've ever heard. Please do
I’ve said it before but the greatest generation was different. It’s like they lacked fear. Speaking with my grandfather who served at 16 years old about his time in Bastogne in ww2 with the 101st. He always said “We were tired we were hungry we were cold (he was a northern Minnesota boy so that’s something) we were low on ammo but they told us to hold the line so that’s what we did.” The way he said it with such confidence 50+ years later will stay with me forever. He was the toughest man I’ve ever met and I miss him everyday.
Everything is on hold. TFE just dropped a new video
I couldn't agree more
Priest: "Bob,, do you take this woman to be your wife? Do you promise to be faithful to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love her and to honor her all the days of your life?”
*phone vibrates*
Bob: "Hm, hang on a moment.."
I will call into work late if I don’t have the time to watch these. Top tier videos.
I passed on the thumbnail for two days before I realized this was a TFE video….the thumbnail looks like some AI bullshit. …..grumpy old man out.
Yep
10:45 the most unbelievable part of this whole thing is how responsible the govt was in this
Loving this series of long form documentaries!
And I’d love to see a video on Colonel Sir Ronald Thomas Stewart Macpherson aka the Kilted Killer!
In WW2 he ran around behind enemy lines in occupied France in full Highland battle dress blowing up bridges and ambushing armoured columns. But better yet he pulled off one of the greatest deceptions during the war managing to bluff a German Major General into surrendering 23,000 German soldiers. He would go on to lead the partisans in Itali to disrupt the German infrastructure and defences.
One of Scotlands many great heroes from our history.
He’s pretty much Scotland’s Sniper Elite.
To be fair, a lot of those Highland plaids will blend into natural environments in a scary way. It's non-intuitive, but it works.
@@suburbanbanshee true enough aye, but no an ideal thing to wear when you’ve got a 300,000 Francs bounty on your head!
@@Sparky_Sct Look you gotta be man enough to wear a kilt in the first place, you think 300K Francs is going to be anything to stop him?
@@trynnallen aye goes without saying, my point being it makes the fact he avoided capture in France that bit more impressive!
Leave it to beaver
Native Idaho man here. This is one of my favorite Idaho stories I heard growing up. It’s a huge part of Idaho heritage, we even have a huge picture of the skydiving beavers in the Boise Airport. As soon as I saw the thumbnail I was hoping this is what it was about. Side note: in McCall today, there’s an ice cream store right off the lake called Ice Cream Alley. Amazing ice cream and huge scoops!
The pancake house is gone!
@@RusskiShpion4199 it was a sad day when it closed. staple of the community
Missed opportunity to have a quick cut to the Angry Beavers show @4:45 when you specifically talked about beavers being angry about being in trucks. I did appreciate the later bit though.
Geronimo to the other beavers "REMEMBER YOUR TRAINING, AND YOU WILL MAKE IT OUT ALIVE!"
What happened to John?
He didn’t remember his training.
Other beavers:
"Wait, there was training"
You should do a video on the 34th Infantry Division. They were the first American soldiers to reach the UK had the second most amount of days in combat of any unit in all of WW2 fighting in the North Africa and Italy campaigns. 80% of the original 1st Army Ranger Battalion that was stood up in Northern Ireland in 1942 was recruited from the 34th. The men of the 34th unofficially called themselves “The Hard Luck Division” because they were always in combat but never in the news. Their real nickname was given to them by the Germans who fought against them, they’d call them either the Red Devils or the Red Bulls because of the unit patch they all wore with the latter sticking as their official nick name. They also have a pretty badass motto of “ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK”. The 135th Infantry regiment of the 34th also traces its roots back to the 1st Minnesota Volunteer infantry regiment who were the first volunteers offered to Lincoln during the American civil war. They also deserve their own video. 1000 Minnesotans volunteered at the start of the war and by the second day of Gettysburg only 262 men remained. Those 262 then were ordered to charge down a hill into a confederate battalion consisting of more then 1200 men alone. Without question and without fear all 262 charged down the hill and within 5 minutes 215 of the men were dead or wounded. The charge was crucial (some historians say that charge alone saved the Union) as it bought time for the Union to reorganize its lines and repel the attack on Little Round Top. The surviving 47 men the following day helped repel Pickets charge, capturing a confederate flag in the process which Minnesota still holds today. Because of the origin of the 135th tracing back to the 1st Minnesota, their motto today stands as “To The Last Man” and is by far my favorite motto I’ve ever seen. Minnesotans are straight up warriors and it makes sense why. The land was settled by Scandinavians and Germans, two groups of people well known for their prowess in battle. History doesn’t talk much about the 1st Minnesota or the 34th even though they both carried out monumental tasks on the battlefield. Would love to see FE dissect these stories of badass men.
@r.p.mcmurphy8917
Actually, the 34th didn’t have the 2nd most. They had 500 days of combat, and other units had more.
European Theatre:
3rd ID (536)
45th ID (511)
*34th ID (500)*
Pacific Theatre:
32nd ID (654)
Americal Division (600)
37th ID (592)
1st Cavalry Division (521)
The 34th had the 7th most days of combat of all divisions, with the 3rd most in the ETO. No doubt about it, the 34th was a distinguished unit that succeeded in many of its tasks. It would be a great topic for one of his videos.
Virgina keeps asking MN to return the battle flag we took, and we keep telling them that all they have to do is pay us what we paid to get it. (I'm assuming the video game has 21st Century Minnesotans in it, which would explain why TFE steamrolls over us.)
Why are veterans so good at planning stuff? Like yeah is it gonna be 100% safe, or legal - probably not, but it's gonna work lol. I love our veterans, you guys have the best stories and best adventures. Hope you're doing Nick!
2:53 thats one of my ancestors, his name is colon fraser.
As someone who has had to tear apart a beaver dam, I have an enormous amount of respect for their abilities. It took as a year or so to encourage a local beaver family to move a ways downstream to a place where it was better suited for everyone. They're happy, we're happy, and they've got a really impressive dam and lodge now. When they take down some trees, I tell people that "beavers gotta beav."
Yeah, I've torn apart a beaver dam too, and DANG those rodents build better than some American contractors.
@@arzamarsh1146they're not making a Beaver house
It's a Beaver home
Yes, I've torn holes in beaver dams that were waist high, to slide a jon-boat through it. And OVERNIGHT the beavers repair the dam with as far as I could tell, brand new branches and mud.
Fat,
You have to do one on Judy the war dog. She was credited by hundreds of POW’s as being the thing that kept them going. She was so special that the POW that kept her and was her keeper until she died, built her a granite mausoleum by hand.
Max
I'll be looking into this. Thanks fren!
I'd watch that video
Me too
I've spent more money than that to move a beaver from a restaurant to my bedroom.
@Maximus43968
The amount of logistics and money required to secure your own personal beaver is mind numbing!
Priceless.
Angry, was she?
😂😂😂😂
You aren't the only one
With an excess of 12 jumps, the beaver is qualified for Jump Master school.
Geronimo was my sister's spirit animal. When we were younger our parents took us to Bush Gardens. We practically had to drag her on to the roller coaster. As soon as it was over she ran, full speed back to do it again.
Fun fact: Beavers and Otters have garage fridges. (Stored food in cold places outside of main home for later)
Ah the good old beer fridge
Beavers eat their own 💩
🎶 He was just a rookie beaver, and he surely squealed with fright. He chewed off his equipment and made sure his tail was tight. He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar. He ain’t gonna chomp no more!
Glory, glory would ya look at that beaver fly! Glory, glory would ya look at that beaver fly! Glory, glory would ya look at that beaver fly! He ain’t gonna chomp no more! 🎶
Very nice.
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THIS IS BEAUTIFUL
There were teeth stuck in the risers and fur inside his boots....
@@douglaslynch3797 … that beaver made a mess inside his paratrooper suit.
Love your stories. I just finish watching on Disney plus about "Operation Dumbo Drop". Afterwards, I thought of your show and maybe give you more thinkings to talk about. One more animal story would not hurt. Keep up the great work you do. Looking forward on hearing more from the channel.
Nick, please make a T-shirt "Idaho, yeet'n Beavers" with a Beaver in a WW2 helmet parachuting.
Yes I second that
I will buy that "Idaho, yeet'n Beavers since 1947"
I would for sure buy that!
Best shirt idea ever.
Idaho Beaver Yeeters
We need
"THE Beaver will figure it out"
On a shirt.
I'd buy it
Yes
I'd prefer "Everybody likes a wet Beaver" and on the back " Because Nobody likes a dry Beaver"
With full kit on!😅
@@Oldmanwithagoldpan could have "beaver will figure it out" on the front
Then
"The beaver ate the box"
On the back
In fact the Vet in charge of insuring the animals landed safely was Larry Flint II, great grandfather of modern day Larry Flint. Thus starting the decades long American tradition of “Beaver Hunt”. A daunting task, it was rumored it took him only 6to 9 days to complete the count. Due to the large area he said…and I quote “ I really had to HUSTLE.”
Don't ever grow up but this beavers story is awesome! Thanks for sharing and i love your videos sir! No disrespect but much love within all aspects!
Idahoan here, we still do this in certain areas of Idaho and have started sending some down into Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona to help rebuild the natural wetlands they destroyed back in the day hunting them to extinction in those areas. We also have fire fighting planes we use to restock alpine lakes of fish, just fly over and bombs away into the lakes 😂
Every time Nic dunks on Minnesota, an angel gets its wings.
Hey!! That’s crazy talk.
Don’t piss off MN redheads.
I love that Shit, "Am I out of touch? No its the environment who is wrong." -A Beaver Principle (probably)
I didn't realize this wasn't well known because my 2nd grade teacher taught us about this. We actually saw the film, it's been many years but I remember it was about 20 or 30 min. long, and she showed it to us as what protecting the environment meant concerning wild animals. And I mean the actual film, streaming and dvds didn't exist, and I don't think my school wanted to purchase vcrs yet because they already had several actual movie projectors, the kind that used actual film reels, that the teachers would check out from storage as needed. I know my school had access to some film library so the school didn't need to maintain the films shown to us kids and the teachers would check out materials, keep it for a week or two, and then return them. So I remember watching this documentary about the gov. officials making the boxes, testing them, putting the beavers in, and dropping them out into the wilderness. I also remember seeing a beaver falling from a great height, (yes that was caught too) and my teacher saying that the beaver was surely fine, because the whole idea of flying in beavers and parachuting them into new homes was successful. She probably didn't was 2nd grade kids getting worried about the animals.
"Nice beaver!" "Thanks, I just had it stuffed"
“Naked Gun” Quotes, gotta love them!
Surely you can’t be serious.
@@c1ph3rpunk I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.
Incoming gratuitous beaver scene. - Loaded Weapon 1
TFE *said* he didn't make any, umm, beaver jokes, but what is that at 7:17 ?
Cuts down trees with its fucking face. My Uber passenger died laughing
Nice ad read, now I'm picturing a nuclear sub with a trolling motor, scooting around a lake looking for crappie 🤣
Most of Wisconsin/Minnesota's lakes wouldn't even fit a sub XD
@@stargate525 That's quitter talk.
@@stargate525 those are called ponds.
@@Blasted2Oblivion I'm reminded of that shot of the pond at the end of Secondhand Lions, except instead of a yacht it's just a submarine
You are my new favorite story teller. I love your videos! They are inspiring, and told in a hilariously funny manner. I am spreading the word about you, Dude. Keep up the good work!😘
Fellow idahoan here. I can attest these farm boys from Idaho are like this. My uncle was an idaho fish and game warden. Idaho fish and game guys are a whole nother level! He would overnight wild animals, in cages obviously, he was called to catch around the community at his house so they could be relocated the next day and it was just another day at his house!
having a line like "because i need to pay bills" is the best reason to ever watch a sponsorship. Respected.
As a proud resident of idaho , we told the beavers mess around and find out they messed around and they all became airborne rangers
I'm so lucky and Honored to have found your website..THE BEST MILITARY STORIES EVER.. My Brother is an Iraqi veteran Twice Deployed.. I recently turned him on to your website..He feels very Humble after hearing about ALL of our heroic soldiers
Nic describing beavers traveling by truck, reminds me of when Eli flew Nic to Texas by Sun Country.
So what I'm hearing is Geronimo was not only had jump wings for his 5 jumps, but he did 12 exits from a high-performance aircraft and could have become a Jumpmaster. Missed opportunities here.
I grew up in Nampa, Idaho, which is just outside of Boise. Boise is about 2 hours south of McCall. So, needless to say, I know McCall very well. There's still a ton of beavers around McCall to this day. Cool story. I never knew we had the only airborne qualified beavers in history. God, I love my home state.
Your god didn't exist here til after Columbus came over...
@@davidscott1340 First off, God exists everywhere. Second, Leif Erikson was actually a layman missionary on the side, which caused some family drama with his dad Erik the Red.
@@suburbanbanshee Which God?
@davidscott1340 it was an expression not a dick don't take it so hard
Finally a story I actually knew about already... Yet you still manage to narrate it like a total boss. You are my new favorite historian!
See Idaho is more than just potatoes, we also drop beavers out of the sky too.
I'm truly surprised there isn't an annual festival featuring a live beaver-drop.
WKRP could have come up from Cincinnati and hosted it. 😆
The car tags should read
Land of Flying Beavers.
As a West Virginian who has been to almost every state I must say I was expecting to see only pototoes when I was in your fine state but instead found it to be one of the most beatiful (mine being #1) 😉
@@crct2004in Idaho we take pride of the natural beauty of the land and on our potatoes. You should have some Idaho nachos if you haven't had them yet
A local radio show here a few months ago had a whole hour dedicated to this event. We love our beavers here in Idaho.
"Look at this absolute "Chad" just manhandling that beaver into that crate with no safety equipment. No gloves. No iPro. Nothing."
My God. That madman. He didn't even have a PT Belt on.
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*wheezes*