Beavers Building Grasslands

[@matvendouuuu]

Beavers be like: get the frick off my roof homie

[@thegurw1994]

It's a dam, not a lodge. The beaver lodge is likely much further into the artificial lake the dam has created. It's very rare for beavers to have their lodges inside the dam.

[@kymarks5406]

​@@thegurw1994 it was a joke

[@sextwister]

@@kymarks5406 an ignorant joke

[@kymarks5406]

@@sextwister jokes don't have to be scientifically accurate to be funny, almost 300 ppl liked it. Get the stick out ur ass and enjoy life.

[@sextwister]

@@kymarks5406 sure they don't have to be, but they're a lot funnier when the most truth possible is squeezed into it.

[@joshuamontgomery4992]

Upper Michigan a train conductor made a map of beaver dam locations. 100 years later and there are still the same beaver family's in the marked location.

[@NativeHabitatProject]

That’s funny because i had to stand in the rain for 10 minutes because as soon as i got here to make this video and train came by😂 i think train tracks have helped create a lot of wetlands

[@joshuamontgomery4992]

Railroad director and entrepreneur Lewis Henry Morgan goes exploring the upper peninsula of Michigan in the mid 1800’s. While looking for places to lay railroad, he comes across huge “beaver district” composed of 64 glorious beaver dams. Although he admittedly isn’t much of a nature guy, the sheer ingenuity of the beaver’s engineering compelled him to document the beaver district in a hand drawn map. Curious modern scientist stumbles across 1860’s map while serving as a post-doc, compares it to Google Earth style aerial images and discovers that 74% of original dams are still around. Beavers are stubborn and very resilient.

[@MrMaddoks]

@@joshuamontgomery4992 You have made my night so insightful! I read your comment about Morgan and just spent several hours learning about beavers and their lasting impact on the productivity of North America. Cheers!

[@michaelstewart1838]

​@@MrMaddoks Indeed. I'm research this as Well. Amazing little Critters. Cheers. 🍻

[@michaelstewart1838]

​@@joshuamontgomery4992 Thanks for the Info. Cool Story bro Thank You. 👍👍👍

[@johnraffensperger]

I did not know of the beaver’s power to create grasslands. That’s new to me. Thank you so much for posting.

[@nathanaelraynard2641]

Yes they have a role in the ecosystem called the ecosystem engineers, these animals have the ability to transform the area they are living in, examples of this is beavers and elephants

[@forest_green]

Right?! I learn something new from this guy all the time. I love him and his passion for ecosystems.

[@327JohnnySS]

Post 10 does alot of videos about beaver dams.

[@eladmen5226]

Wait untill you read about earthworms

[@tradecenter8167]

Yup turn desert to wetlands

[@jademoon7938]

We used to call beavers "little people" because they were the only other animal than us who shaped the landscape.
They do what he explained in the video and we would do things to cultivate wild foods, so like altering area surrounding a blueberry patch to encourage it to grow bigger or building weirs to catch fish.
Plus they build lodges with a circular opening at the top, and in winter, you can see steam rising from the hole from their breathing, the way smoke rose from our wigwam.
Beaver(s) or amik(wag) represent wisdom. Not only do they optimize the land around them to benefit themselves and other species, they know that they need to use their gift - iron teeth - to work together to support their community or they'll all die.
Their teeth never stop growing. If they don't wear them down, the teeth will grow through their jaws and they will starve to death. That was a metaphor for us, why we need to find our gifts and use them to support our community, to ensure everyone thrives together.
Beavers are actually playing a huge role in combating climate change right now. Westerners are finally seeing the wisdom of the beaver for themselves. Thankfully we still have beavers because they nearly wiped them out.
But they're returning to their old lands and they are changing the landscape in ways that are buoying the populations of other species. Like they create bodies of water that survive year round and create habitats.
We should all try to be more like beavers. That's only one seventh of the teaching though. You need humility, bravery, honesty, love, truth, and respect in balance as well. Those are wolves, bears, sabe/ravens, eagles, turtles and bison respectively. That's the key to a good life in my culture.

[@tuscanyiscol]

Your white tho, who you talking about? The Spanish?

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

It is God's plan of creation

[@jademoon7938]

@@tuscanyiscol I never saw this lmaoooo who are you talking to or about dude

[@jademoon7938]

@@edwardzarnowski5558 We don’t have a god, we look at the universe as the sum of creation and it’s all part of the creator. The universe is god. We’re god. Instead of looking at it like a person is somewhere watching and planning, it’s looking at it like the creator used themselves to create everything, and thus they are not a thing, they’re everything. We’re everything.
It’s like the creator is an ocean and it’s split into pools and droplets and spray. If you put it all back together, it’s the ocean, it’s just temporarily sectioned off. God isn’t watching you. You are a piece of the divine.

[@TokinWhiteKid]

Beavers have a more farsighted engineering prowess than too many engineers today.

[@positivelynegative9149]

Yeah. Apparently, they build battle stations.

[@deusvult6920]

We see it all the time in Florida, a new development gets built and suddenly people are flooding

[@lrajic8281]

This is one of the marvelous wisdom of our Great God, who created them!

[@stevehamman4465]

@@lrajic8281, you can find how nature took back Yellowstone National Park after the release of wolves! It's taking some time ( depending on your view) but the grazing population was eating everything. Less grazers more grasslands, more bushes. Then the beavers had food and started their thing! They showed pics of before and after! Amazing transformations! Good day!

[@robh467]

Sounds like the beavers have moved into the agricultural age...

[@gamer2021]

This is how beavers build Battlestar Galacticas

[@ke4ydh]

Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.

[@theholymackerel1066]

Bears bury beets in burrows to battle the beavers building Battlestar Galacticas

[@enthusiasticpaunch]

All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.

[@CXonthefly]

Identity theft is a real issue it affects 300 million people year

[@CXonthefly]

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[@lucasfunke6657]

"This is how beavers build battlelands" **president Armstrong's theme intensifies**

[@PL-qy4dv]

Beavers build Battlestar Galactica. It's a subtle reference to the office when Jim impersonated Dwight and said "beats bears Battlestar Galactica"

[@christianbrobst3486]

They also maintain a “garden” surrounding their dams! They are amazing for the landscape, not only for making bodies of water but are important factors in soil erosion control! They will fell trees in a pattern that holds back soil on hillsides or sloped areas! Very cool critters

[@darrenhobson2244]

Beavers are an eco master. Whether they know it or not they help the whole system. Such a shame they still get persecuted!!!

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

Yeah, cuz they destroy people's stuff!

[@scoobydoo5447]

Just remember kids, beavers love young wood!

[@mr.noodles8233]

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[@wizardofthedumb6640]

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[@elizabetheaton3882]

😂😜

[@cyberplays9613]

Same with the guy down the street

[@huntersyoutube7281]

I thought that was cougars😂

[@simonromhart8363]

ive been following u for some time now and i gotta say ur enthusiasm is incredible. You kindled my interest for Native American Plantlife even though im not even from the US. Anyway keep up the good work!

[@simonromhart8363]

@@tas5622 yea i am how could u tell?

[@psilocybicacid7667]

Got water on the mic, I feel your pain bro

[@kirsikka1029]

PBS did an incredible documentary on beavers & using them to do just this by transplanting in new areas.

[@petec3414]

Beavers will improve your land right up until you no longer can use it..
LOL
I been a Trapper 45 years..
A well maintained beaver population is a blessing on your land..
If you turn your back for a second they will flood your land...
A mature Beaver pond with it's huts and dams is my church..
I'll sit on a hut for hours just watching and thanking God for these amazing creatures..
Love these educational videos

[@lukemclaughlin4896]

This is how beavers build Battlstars!!! I knew it lol!!

[@ainnochaim9450]

I LOVE beavers! They are like little farmers and engineers! 😁

[@etherico3041]

Gotta love the ecosystem. Mother Nature is beautiful she knows exactly what she’s doing always keeping herself in tune

[@texasalalmoful]

Glad to see I’m not the only one who messes up intros😂 keep it up though!

[@justangvano]

I think it was intentional

[@sweetdrahthaar7951]

I’ve never known a landowner that was excited about having beavers on their land.

[@ryanmarcum9044]

Okay, but now I want to know how beavers build battle stations.

[@heidis3993]

This has moved me to add a few things I remember from a New Yorker article on beavers which was published years (possibly decades) ago. First, in the drought-prone West, beavers lessen the effects of drought by dredging out deep channels leading to and from their dams. These retain some water when shallower channels have dried up. Second, beavers often run afoul of landowners, but the Canadian forest service has a “technology” to help with some of these conflicts, using PVC pipes with valves. I think that they could just leave them by the dam, and the beavers would insert them. Or maybe the people put them in the dam. In either case, when needed, they could just open a valve for a bit, letting some of the water drain. Better than destroying the dam and killing the beavers, in any case.

[@tylerroe5175]

So beavers are basically just buck-toothed tree farmers

[@50ai]

Seriously one of my favorite channels on UA-cam. Keep it up!

[@joaovs580]

Love that you are enjoying your beavers allies in the battle against exotic trees and in favour of grasslands!! 😁

[@joaovs580]

Die pine, die!

[@mattheweanfeldman]

Nice beaver

[@silkyb-love]

Thanks, I had it stuffed last week

[@joncerv]

Dude, you’re hilarious. Keep being awesome 👏🏻

[@austindickson1671]

Make this man famous

[@Appleblade]

Beavers don't know wtf they're doing... which makes it all the more beautiful.

[@tar244you8]

they are basically civil engineers whilst also being fluffballs

[@joea1433]

You are an inspiration. I wish I had the money to promote rebuilding native habitats

[@treborgnik4181]

I was kinda expecting "this is how Beavers Build Back Better" 😂

[@g.a.4978]

genuinely the coolest channel to come up in my shorts feed.

[@GrumpyManatee]

think about that...not only are beavers literal architects (look it up its freaking cool what they do) but they are cultivating and farming their lands. I love nature.

[@redriver6541]

👏👏👏👏 I love this channel. It's one of my greatest regrets that I didn't go into forestry as a young man.

[@liampurvis]

I don't humanity realises how intelligent beavers really are.. like we compare ourselves to apes yet beavers over here doing agriculture & engineering..

[@builtontherockhomestead9390]

My grandparents backyard bordered a river. Beavers actually built an island in the river. I remember a tree growing in the middle of the island.

[@willae1]

This man is the steve Irwin of the American grasslands and I’m sure other environments and I’m here for it

[@SarahGraymatter]

Your vids are so brilliant

[@Alex-sr3ez]

His intro reminds me of Jim saying to Dwight “bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica!”

[@basicmobile6270]

Beavers are amazing

[@SarahSmith-rx3xm]

I thought you were going to make an office reference for a second.

[@mrstrongozzieyt1915]

And they say beavers are bad when actually their ecosystem reengineerhiannon's for the better They naturally divert water to other places they don't have much which encourages growth Great stuff bro for showing us this

[@reginaldinoenchillada3513]

Good stuff. They come in first and work, a few years later everybody loves the meadow. Native American wisdom.

[@GoodTimesHomestead]

This is how beavers build battle star galactic ships? Dad gum it. 😂 I LOVE it!

[@Enesidaone]

Love underwater “effect”. Very immersive! 🤭 I’m lucky enough to live next to a connected pond system that’s full of beavers. They started building a new dam in the smallest pond a few years ago and it’s been fun to see how they process the trees. They cut down one of the young birches that was /right/ next to the trail road, but thankfully it fell towards the pond instead. It’s so interesting how they’re smart enough to plan for and control the direction that the trees fall. Such neat little woodworkers. 🤎🦫🇨🇦

[@johnmontrose1198]

I don’t usually trust people that don’t blink, but this guy sounds like he knows his shit.

[@tobiasrietveld3819]

People don't understand that beavers aren't a keystone species, they are THE keystone species. The vast majority of plants and animals on the northern hemisphere evolved to adapt to the landscapes that the beavers have been created for the last 20 million years or so.

[@goddess2902]

I love learning new stuff thanks 💜✨

[@Joshyohmygoshy]

Damn the more you know!!

[@elladoz1966]

Good fact I wasn't aware of TY for sharing 👍

[@Xplane67D]

That one beaver arguing with his wife because he feels like the landlord is fucking around up there on their property lol

[@Evergreen1400]

“This is how beavers build battle stations “ 😂

[@i-love-comountains3850]

This is how beavers build battlestations!

[@royceheflin8207]

Authentic content, mad respect

[@JenniferFarmer-yt9ll]

Love beavers!

[@tas5622]

Mr. Lybarger, you should definitely become a scientist because I was thinking the exact same thing. Your research would be so beneficial to all of us.

[@salsalero1277]

Beaver's love morning wood.

[@talonearehart2908]

Sounds like the most informative drowning ever

[@erickmejia4602]

I swear he was gonna say "This is how beavers build Battlestar Galactica"

[@dieselphiend]

I hope we'll one day understand that beavers are the most beneficial, and necessary animals in the world.

[@elessartelcontar9415]

Beavers love willow trees! In fact, when you set a trap for beavers if you get a 2 foot long finger diameter willow branch and you whittle the bark off of it and shred it as you do then place it and the shavings as your bait in the trap, you will have a beaver in less than 24 hours.

[@lhender]

Why would you set a trap for beavers?

[@stephaniejacobs3809]

Beavers are awesome! I live in south florida, the gators are our beavers 😊

[@freya002YT]

Cool

[@meganmacomber521]

How did you learn so much about your local ecosystems?

[@denisemarie741]

The beavers are really smart!! ❤❤❤

[@jeffekkel5870]

Intresting. You can learn something new everyday.

[@Mordfustang847]

Random body of flowing water: exists
Beavers: "someone has to put a stop to this NOW"

[@fishbikehike]

They hate the sound of running water.

[@Deathray-sm3yn]

Ok u out here posting LIVE Almost! I’m in Marshall county and it has rained all day! N I just saw u on 2 rainy videos! Teach me bout ALL the trees! I love learning about north al from u

[@codywarren5867]

My buddy and I were on our grow in Michigans UP, and we had beavers starting to dam nearby and it was going to flood the property. Long story short, I saw a full grown one take 6 shots from a .357 to go down.

[@timmartin9673]

Beavers can create entire ecosystems for even more wildlife if you let them. Those trees will all be killed if you let the beavers do their thing. Over time that overgrown wetland/forested area will turn to a grassland. Nature has cycles and we will stop at nothing to interrupt it, it seems.

[@modquad18]

Beaver’s love young wood.
Yep, checks out.

[@FengXiong-px6ze]

I reckon they also flood the area because that makes a virtual mini pond for them to live in. They pretty much create a vast area from a stream in which they can roam and hide from predators

[@strawbeebop]

Beavers out here meal prepping

[@kjb0311]

Beavers seem to have more settled plan for life than me..

[@norsevikingsir4932]

That's also how they build swamps and lakes.

[@justangvano]

Excellent The Office reference. Subtle but good.

[@Ooogabogy]

Beavers be like when they see running water: “THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE I MUST STOP THIS NOW.”

[@stick9758]

So do beavers plan ahead better than anything? Seems like they’re doing the work that their grandchildren will enjoy

[@tehfuqizg0inon588]

First take: this is how beavers build battle....??? Stations? Starships? Beaver battle subs? I'd like to know

[@tonymartin5441]

Imagine bringing beavers back to pre-industrial numbers.

[@gomertube]

I think you mean pre-colonial because beavers were nearly wiped out by pre-industrial settlers.

[@Shotty262]

Beavers are actually genius lmao

[@heatherrussell7190]

You're definitely in North Alabama. It's been a rainy couple of days here.
Have you ever done work in Lauderdale County? Specifically Shoals Creek at Happy Hollow? Ducks and beavesr and forests and hills... I love my home state.

[@mothman1856]

I need to learn more about beavers they seek WAY smarter than I think they are.

[@jeffbo7515]

I love this immersive show. i could hear this man as if i was standing next to him in the rain in a raincoat myself o.O😆

[@bbbart77]

You are doing great work, keep it up .

[@UTUBESUXS2024]

People need to learn how to manage the beavers. They are not going away. Build some beaver baffles into the dam to help maintain the water level. Once established, the beavers will learn to live with it. The land owner won't have to deal with excessive flooding. Its win-win for both.

[@robhunter75]

Bevers are rebuilding wetlands in the Utah desert. They're awesome creatures

[@katet3562]

'3 against the wilderness'
Very old book that is a story of homesteading and the value of the beaver

[@badlyknockedup]

This is how beavers build Battle dams, they are gonna kill the pines, and build a battle grassland

[@hellomuthalovers78]

So cute!

[@joeamerican3947]

I love beaver!

[@sasukatisasa]

Am new subscriber because this man is very cute and the video is natural I am from southeast asia🥰❤

[@marleegould542]

Niche Construction at its finest :)

[@MyUnquenchableThirst]

beavers are keystone species! essential for building battlestars

[@charleshowell7855]

Dynamite and beaver bounties… old school beaver drama

[@montgomery9140]

Your very smart, you know a lot bout a lot.

[@adenperkins9719]

This is how beavers build battle stations for the upcoming Beaver Vs. Salmon War.
I’m on side Beaver, are you?

[@nathanhaskell1743]

This content is so cool!

[@leslivingstone4797]

amazing everything falls into place...

[@williamsduran3232]

“Beavers love young trees”
Chris Hasen walks in the Room

[@carljansen3118]

Almost let slip that the beavers are building Battle Ships for their lakes 😂