This Beaver Dam is So Huge, You Can See It from Space | Climate Heroes
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
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In Canada, a beaver family has built a dam extending 850m - that’s more than twice as long as the Hoover Dam. It’s so big it can be seen from outer space. But that’s not the only reason NASA is interested in this architecturally minded species… Increasing diversity and resilience, not to mention creating wetlands, are just some of the impacts beavers can have on their surroundings. What does this mean for the wider environment? And how can we humans learn from it?
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📽️ Chapters
00:00 Intro: Worlds largest beaver dam
00:52 How NASA became a beaver believer
01:27 Why Beavers were dropped off from airplanes (with parachutes) 🪂
02:20 How Beavers reshape the landscape
03:22 How Beavers are building dams
04:28 Size: worlds largest beaver dam
04:42 Why are beavers building dams?
05:15 Inside the beaver lodge
05:26 Cute Baby beavers
06:04 Illustration: Beaver Benefits
07:08 Beavers are climate heroes
07:33 Outro
🔗 Sources:
"Researchers Become “Beaver Believers After Measuring the Impacts of Rewilding", NASA; www.nasa.gov/missions/landsat...
"Fur for the Future", Idaho Fish & Game Department; • Fur for the Future
"The Beaver emerges as a climate solving hero", Scientific American;
www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
"Beaver dams buffer rivers cimate extremes", Stanford University,
news.stanford.edu/2022/11/08/...
"From pest to protector: How beavers are helping fight climate change", CBS News; www.cbsnews.com/news/californ...
Beaver Ecology & Relocation Center: Utah qcnr.usu.edu/beaver-restoration/
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Did you know that the world's largest beaver dam is twice the size of hoover dam? 🦫🏗😲
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This is such a good video!!! Thank you!
And can be seen from space as well. But my car can be seen from space also 😂
@@Joseph843It’s on the show, What on Earth?
Twice as long =/= twice the size.
How do the dams compare in terms of how much water each of the two retains? Basically how many tons of water is pressing up against each of the two dams.
I doubt the beaver dam comes close to beating hoover dam.
Hi @Joseph843! Thank you for watching it! 🦫❤️
Elder beaver: "I know you won't believe that, but our ancestors came from the sky"
😂
😂
yeah its true, i saw it one of south park series :D
@@martelekas thanks for the good memories! I forgot about that one.
Just fix the want to won't typo and your comment is worth millions!!!
Well done!
Those beaver paratroopers must have one crazy story to tell😂
right?! 😂
One of these days, all of Beaverkind is gonna unite to take us down, and it's gonna go just like Endor.
hillarious that you belived it can be seen from space.
screaming bever's :D
"Your grandfather was there when we invaded and took back our land"
When they showed that view from space I was like "dam".
Hi @RoccosVideos! Thanks for that beautiful ✨dad joke ✨, we love it!
@@terramater Thanks, I couldn't help myself. Haha
@@terramater Also I subscribed. Good work.
Golden comment
Hahaaaa!
Where did they get their engineering degree from? They're so clever...
They really are! 🦫
From nature...
An university only for a selected group of furry species 😂
Trunk University of course, but it’s closed now due to demonetisation by the owner.
God
Beavers are more than keystone species, they're architects of entire wetlands. Crazy how biodiversity goes through the roof wherever they settle down.
Them and the wolves in Yellowstone are such a success
They're considered ecosystem engineers.
I have often wondered how much more water soaks in deep enough to improve aquifers.
just like HUMANS! or are you one of those who think we are really a species from an alien world?
Yes, it is! 🦫❤️
I refuse to pretend to not be upset about that one beaver who didn't have a safe landing. RIP king.
Hi @13donstalos! He managed to open his wooden box during flight and then fell out. It's really sad. :/
@@terramater He was too smart for his own good.
The other beavers built a dam in his memory.
moment of silence for that one beaver who didnt make the drop 😔
So sad :(
not gonna lie, i laughed pretty hard when that part came up in the video
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
He ain’t gonna jump no more
R.I.P.
76TH,
75 Survived!
When I was a kid, beavers were almost extinct where I live. Beavers were my favourite animal when I was a kid, so I went from door to door in my town to collect money to donate. Nowadays, we have more and more beaver families living in our country. Of course my donations were just a small effort and probably didn't do much, but I like to think that I also helped to save the beavers :)
That's such a nice story! thanks for sharing with us ❤️🦫
A little goes a long way
*_"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."_*
~~ George Bernard Shaw
Donating 50 dollars alone wont do much. What will do much is 50 people donating 50 dollars. You definitely helped, even if it seems small all the contributions add up over time.
@@androgynousblob4835 Well stated. I did my part for the cause at the repeated insistence of my wife. I stopped cutting timber down by the creek, and gave the log to the beaver.
Man being a beaver actually sounds pretty amazing
Right?! 🦫✨
I know right. Ask your girlfriend how it feels having a big phattt one
That's what I thought, too. Until I found out they rub their but juices all over their fur 😐
@@Interweb_Gremlincats and dogs lick their arseholes clean, so it is what it is
@@Interweb_GremlinSo?
The beaver near me in SW Michigan built their home inside a berm . No lodge . I've been watching them for 10 years. One would even swim to me and watch me and never even slap the water. I named him Justin. Justin Beaver. I could watch him all day.
I would have named him Cleaver. Beaver Cleaver. And any that accompanied him would be Walley.
I have seen these dens built into the bank here in Missouri. Usually, in large bodies of water that don't require them to build a dam.
Best name! 😂😂😂
Hilarious 😂🤣😂😅😂🤣, that is a truly priceless story, now we just need Bieber on Team Beaver 🦫
btw Bieber is just german for Beaver
These little guys deserve the Nobel Prize.
Water : ~~~~~~~~~
Beaver: Absolutely Fkin not sir.
I'm so glad, there are still sufficiently large undeveloped areas, to allow animals like beavers to just do their thing. That kind of thing is just not imaginable here in the middle of Europe.
And beavers on parachutes are just hilarious 😅
I live close to the border between Belgium and the Netherlands with wetlands nearby. I got to see one of these little devils once at Dawn crossing the bike lane. I just stopped for a moment in awe. Even though there might not be giant places for them to do their thing they still flourish in areas.
The whole thing is crazy, but the importance thing is to understand that beavers are helping us out!
This kind of stuff can be easy to imagine in Europe. Maybe not in the cities, but keep in mind that much of Europe is still undeveloped. Thinking outside the box and looking beyond your own little window would help.
We have a beaver that lives in a pond in the middle of downtown. It actually travel arounds in the rain drainage system.
Chernobyl 😂
I'm from Wisconsin and we have quite a few beavers out there. Most people don't know that prairies will burn from time to time. Naturally. Beavers do a great job in creating wetlands to prevent the fires from spreading.
They are the best! ❤️🦫
76th beaver: “AAAAAAHHHH!”
BOBER KURWA🦫🇵🇱
Bober
I was looking for this comment))))
Bober
Hi @solatenebra8654! 🦫🦫🦫
Was looking for this comment
Airborne beavers? What a concept! I never realized beavers also used rocks in their dams.
They populate waterways with fish dumped from water tanker aircraft too.
They're the best! 🦫❤️
Depending on the location they will literally use anything lol. Saw a video where beaver was house adopted and he was taking stuff from all over the house like his toys, small pieces of furniture, pillows etc etc and was bringing it all in one spot to build a dam.
76th Beaver PIR
The Flying Beavers is my favorite LGBTQ+ heavy metal polka band.
A good video ।।। But please give a little discription before starting a video of any animal like their habitats in world their IUCN status, their food and prey and food ...basic details... please
humans: damn beavers and their dams
beavers: trust me bro we need to wall this bad boy up
The way they build their lodges is unbelievable, they make the entrances underwater, basically creat a moat if they have to but leaving the roof loose to get fresh air just seems so amazing to me. They make these 98% water tight dams but then know when to leave the sticks loose for the roofs. Very cool in my opinon.
Hi @stevebennett9839! It’s extremely cool! They do it like a tiny flat, it’s actually pretty cute if you think about it 😍
Yeah the one near me has a very small den made of cut wood. There are no trees near the pond to build a damn, but he found enough for a den.
@@Steve-ev6vx Its their instinct, saw a video where a beaver was house adopted and same thing happened, he was taking stuff from all over the house like his toys, small pieces of furniture, pillows etc etc and was bringing it all in one spot to build a dam. Its just part of their bio-code, kinda how humans have greed and wanting more and more, same thing is for them, they cant help themselves but to build.
@@Omgiamsotriggered Yeah I saw that one. Also saw one were they play a recording of running water and the beaver immediately started building a damn with anything it could find. The one in the pond near my house kept pulling the intake hose off the pump housing to shut off the sprinkler/waterfall. They had to replace it with a solid PVC pipe to keep the beaver from turning the water off. 😂
@@Steve-ev6vx Bro that last part is crazy 😂 Nature is incredible, we as the apex and most intelligent species on earth often forget that there are others who share the intellect.
Measuring water into hockey rinks is the most Canadian thing ive heard ina long time
I've never heard any Canadians ever use hockey rinks as a measurement, like American's do with football fields.
@@my3dviewsfootball fields are a uniform size. Hockey rinks, not so much.
@buckodonnghaile4309 Canadian football fields are bigger. 😄
Actually all new NHL rinks are the same size. They now must be built to the same standard.
It's now just baseball that has inconsistent playing surface sizes.
@@buckodonnghaile4309 Must be a very large football player to require a football field size uniform. Amazing.
Yep I raised an eyebrow when I heard that!
When you protect nature,nature will protect you
so true
if reincarnation is real i wanna be a beaver
Cost effective wetlands and wildlife preservation? Let the Beavers do their thing! ❤
Team beaver! 🦫❤️
Yes, that‘s the spirit! 🦫💫
As a born Dutchman, building dams is in my genes, and the role of beavers is in my spirit animal I so identify with and love.
That's so cool! 🦫❤️
''As a born Dutchman, building dams is in my genes...'' - You forgot clogs, hookers and pot smoking is also part of the Dutch 'genes'... 😉
@@jimihendrix991 Seems to me you must be referring to that _"Flying Dutchman"_ that was lost at sea, that we've heard so much about. Methinks you might want to lay off that _"Spanish Castle Magic",_ if you know what I mean.
Respect to the hard work
Absolutely!
more wisdom than man can ever achieve, thank you beavers!
Hi @slumy8195!
Indeed!
Aww. I remember when this crazy damn was discovered. The fact that this place was so remote that you could't go there in any reasonable way was so nice, no one would disturb them, ever. This video also made me remember the absurd "beaver drop" in 1948 Idaho, the program to relocate beavers from northwestern Idaho to central Idaho (so this was a nice update for me). We got beavers around our summer cottage, but they don't build dams (most beavers in Finland don't). Beavers are soooo nice. And they apparently taste ok, too, one hunter told me.
unhinged last statement 🤣🤣😅
Thanks for watching our video! 🦫❤️
u had me the first half ngl 🤣
Perfect amount of votes on the comment too 😂
They have a fulfilling life.
That's for sure!
Nature itself is beautiful and amazing
Hi @Lokesh-db5qw! It really is!
6:20 the proffessor looks so happy, probably because he's an expert in both bush and beaver.
I love beavers
Who doesn’t?! They are so cool 🦫❤️
@@terramater farmers probably 😭
@@someguyontheinternet9683 Many farmers now understand the benefit that beavers can bring their land, so why don't some people think that beavers have the right to beav?
Yeah. You damn right. They so delicious.
@noahrafter-lanigan2409 many farmers may but it it's your land that you have a big loan you have to pay out and now you can not Farm it (make money on your investment) would lead you to think beavers shouldn't be the Beaver on your land
Or if you live down steam from it and the damn let go would be good. As the video says, it's twice the size of the Hoover Dam and hoover Dam holds 28.9 million acre-feet of water
Always so wonderful to see creatures acknowledged for their vital roles in our own survival and well-being. We're in it together.
It is! 🦫❤️
I came into this video liking beavers, now I love them!
Hi @Meow110!
As do we 😉
Today I learned how important beavers are to our world. Thank you for all your good job beavers! You're now one of my favorite animals.
🦫❤️
I am here to say this: "Not with parachutes" is a statement that ignores COMPLETLY the fact that all the transportation means back then put so much stress onto the beavers, they had high mortality rates. Why? because it took days, if not weeks, and the beavers would die, because they got too hot. The parachute method actually made them all survive, except Kevin, who only died because he thought "fuck that, I don't need a parachute!" and did the R. Kelly and just jumped off the plane, and just believed he could fly. You could say he was a petunia pot that had his first drop.
So, when you say "via horse", then that is what they did back then, which killed the beavers. The only reason we can do it now with "mechnical horse" is the technological advance. If you want to throw shade, throw it with all the knowledge presented.
Thank you very much.
I agree.Who would want to be thrown about in a crate on horseback for hours?
So typical of the mentality of humans- find something that works perfectly then stop doing it for 'reasons'.
@@chippysteve4524right? And let’s not pretend like Beavers knew they were being dropped out of a plane anymore than they know they are on horseback…. They just know that ones way quicker and way less traumatic than the other way 🤦♂️
Damn, this Timberborn update's looking good!
😂
I’d LOVE a Paleolithic equivalent update. Going from normal beaver to intelligent beaver
hope badtides will not come yet
"Is that flowing water I hear? Make it stop."
And they do
Hi @amosbackstrom5366! They really do! :D
What an Engineering Marvel...these Beavers are extremely intelligent ❤
Hi @a.c_Yuddhveer!
Yeah it's amazing right! 😄
*just flow of water
beaver : I'm going to destroy its whole career.
😂😂😂😂 that’s the spirit
The one in the pond near my house kept tearing the pump intake hose off to shut off the water fountains in the middle of the pond. They had to put in a solid pvc pipe. He doesnt try to block the pond over flow though, and its usually lightly flowing, but it does already have a small mechanical damn system. Maybe he sees that as seficiant.
he's had a pis in the bin
Hey that one beaver that didn't make it should have been awarded a purple heart
At what time? Can you stamp the time? 😢
Canada 🇨🇦 knows what they're doing by making beavers 🦫 their national animal. If I were a Canadian, I'd be proud of them too.
Absolutely!!! ❤️
A small riverside stop bank built around 1900 in Takaka NZ had it's original construction as loose water permeable stones to reduce, but not stop the flooding around town after a very large flood event so that the rest of the flood plain did not shoulder the extra burden of water. This was done in conjunction with the building of groan's along the riverbank to stabilize the channel. This also worked to filter out large debris from escaping the channel along with the planting of barberry riverside hedges downstream of this stop bank for the same effect. In the 100 following years silt, and trapped organic matter did build an earth shield on the topside of the bank till the original design effect was mostly lost. Watching this video I can see similarity's in the approach to different hydrology problems. We don't necessarily have to have hard solutions to engineering problems.
Exactly!!! 🦫
I'd be really interested in a video about this, do you know if any info/material exists?
Wow, that beaver family put in a lot of effort and hard work into building this dam!!
The information and description of yours are enchanting but what impressed me more is the perfect editing of the video
Using hockey rinks to explain how much water was a bad choice; it just raises more questions about how much water that is. How deep is the water in the hockey rink? Only as deep as the ice? How deep is the ice? Speaking of ice, it is more voluminous than liquid water. So when you said hockey rinks, did you mean filled with liquid water or with ice?
"Americans will use anything but metric."
Meanwhile, canada:
duh its common knowledge that between 12,000 and 15,000 gallons or 45424.941408 and 56781.17676 litres.. DUHHHH
Well, yeah, everyone knows beavers 🦫 play hockey, so they know.
the video explicitly said 70,000 cubic meters, 1 cubic meter is 1000L of water ... the comparison is just for fun. Would you really have understood better if they said 9,000,000 cups of water or 700,000 toilet flushes ? The point is that's it's a crap ton of water ...
@@Ciganypusztito-fc3ej just use the metric system like normal human beings, will help with doing grade school math lmao
2:04 "All but one of them had a safe landing."
I can only imagine the last moments of that beaver...AAAAAAAAAaaaaaah SPLAT!
Totally panic mode! I wonder if he/she was afraid of heights 🥲
@@terramater If they were, they are not anymore!😂
How many test drops though till they got the crate design and release mechanism sorted 🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫 🪂🪂🪂🪂🪂🪂
Or maybe "...Oh no, this again..." like H2G2's flower pot.
Gory, gory, gory, what a helluva way to die!
The reason beaver teeth are so strong is because where most mammals have teeth that are fortified with enamel made of calcium, beaver teeth has enamel fortified with iron.
hence the orange hue
... as part of a well balanced breakfast.
Nope.
Beaver tooth enamel has calcium phosphate too - a crystal structure called hydroxylapatite.
It is the material that surrounds the hydroxylapatite that contains minerals such as magnesium or iron.
Beaver tooth enamel just has significantly more iron in this surrounding material that makes it more durable and resists acidic erosion better.
Like an x-men
Nope, its kryptonite
Amazing & beautiful creatures!
Excellent work. Beavers the👍
Hi @mrlondon963! Thanks, glad to hear you like it! 🦫❤️
I'm glad they said "Canadian" within the first 0:01 seconds of the video about Beavers.
I know I'm watching trusted sources for my Beaver content as a Canadian no matter where I am. Thank You.
I love beaver dams! The habitat they create brings new wildlife to an area. They are beautiful creations!
Team beavers! 🦫❤️
Beautiful nature 😍 ❤️ 💖 ♥️ 💕 👌
❤️🦫
The person doing the audio did a great job :D the sounds may not be so obvious irl, but i think they had a great fun messing about with water and stuff.
I'm a big fan of all kinds of beavers
I got a thing for beavers, i see their name in a video and i'm instantly hooked. They're just such awesome creatures.
Absolutely! 🦫❤️
Interesting research and documentation! 💗
Hi @mlltbmrsll! Thanks so much! It's so nice to hear that you like it! ❤️
Beavers have awesome architectural skills.
Beautiful animals 👍💪✌
Totally! 🦫
i think that "you can see it from space" no longer has any meaning since google maps/earth allows me to see my car from space in my driveway...
u just said it…
So does your car use the wrong fuel since its oil, which is a lubricant?
Another useless internet comment.
Not really, street view, is from those Google cars going around, not from space
@@stefthorman8548 not talking about street view..
They’re so amazing. 🔥
animals that build structures amaze me so much
"Humans have learned how to relocate them in an appropriate way, not with parachutes, but with horses."
-Some beavers: "Ahhhhhh man!!! Our one chance to get to fly in an airplane and we get stuck on horses. Lame!"
😉😄
"it would be such a great adventure" 😂😂
Theres always one that ruins the fun for the rest lol
That unlucky beaver: 🤦♂️
i have always loved beavers. sooo cute, constructive and peaceful
They are the best ❤️🦫
I just happened to be in big need of cementing paste, thanks!
Wow, this is amazing to stumble upon. I live in Hailey, Idaho which is very close to Baugh creek and have even ridden my ATV past that creek multiple times hunting or scouting for Elk and deer. I've seen the beaver dams out there and let me tell you, they build so well they flood the ATV paths around the area during the seasonal melts. The ATV trails open back up at the end of this month (they close them during herd migration for deer/elk) and I look forward to checking in on the descendants of the "Airborne Beaver Brigade!"
We're glad to hear that you liked our video and can even witness these beavers in action around your home! 🤩 It's indeed fascinating how much effort beavers put into constructing their dams, even to the extent of causing seasonal flooding. This only speaks to the immense impact they have on their surroundings.
Beaver are almost the most important species of any eco system. I just love those cuties ❤️
They are the best!
i want to be a Beaver in my next life after seeing this. and they are so adorable 😍
❤️🦫
Beavers are so awesome
they are!
This was such a great video, learnt so much, fully expect this video to blow up
We’re so happy about it! Thanks for watching 🦫❤️
It strikes me more and more how everything lives mostly in harmony except HUMANS.
Who says? We kind of do the same things. Like what's going on in Southern California. The animals follow a corridor of human development down from the Sierras into the Salton Sea and Mexico. Just because, we can damage the environment doesn't mean it's all we do. To think destruction is all we do then don't get mad when another human wrongs you because, they share your unhealthy ideology of "Human bad".
@@coreym162 sorry didn't mean to trigger you lol
Have you not heard of predators? There are many types of animals that chase other animals down, kill them and eat them. That's not living in harmony.
@@MarkDeSade100It is, it keeps the energy pyramid balanced. But for humans, humans have been modifying it to look more like our demographic pyramids in the West or East Asia.
If we went back to hunting, gathering, and small scale farming then we would return to harmony with nature.
But, most people, especially those who cry the loudest over the environment, don't actually want that.
Broo... Those engineering are damn Good
I really love them such cute engineers of nature university ❤❤❤. Id love to make a trip and meet such nature heros 🥰🥰🥀
they're the best!
I love beavers 🦫🇨🇦❤️
we love them too! 🦫❤️
I love beavers.
They're the best! 🦫❤️
NASA and beavers. Is a combination I never would have imagined.
Thanks. Very well produced video. Excellent text.
HELL YEAH BOBER KURWA!
Save the beaver. Save the planet 🌎 fact
Go beavers! 🦫❤️
So cool to learn about such an amazing mammal! Beavers are my favourite now! I wish we had them in my country
They are so cool, right?! But we're pretty sure you also have some fascinating animals there!
Best video I’ve seen all year! Thanks Terra Mater! You earned my support!
We're so happy about that!! Thanks for watching it!! ❤️🦫
Why did you measure the amount of water in the beaver pond in Hockey rinks? Isn't it more traditional to measure in Olympic swimming pools?
Olympic hockey rink 60×30 meters, Olympic swimming pool 50×25 meters.
Maybe there's a Canadian influence, eh?
@@originaldcjensenthe dam is in Alberta. Wood Buffalo National Park.
Therefore the comment about Canadian influencing the choice of measurements.
Therefore the comment about Canadian influencing the choice of measurements.
"Beavers are capable of impressive architectural work when humans aren't holding them back"
I wish someone held us humans back every once in a while.
Dam, that's amazing.
Wow that was a wonderful video. Never would I thought I would be so fascinated with beavers 🦫 bravo 👏
Thanks for watching it!
Woah! Beavers are cool.
And the Flying Beavers is my go to rock and jazz band guys. Big fan here.
Hi @IsoldeCutie! They are indeed very cool! 😎
They doing the LORD''S work
You lord AINT doing shit
@@sbersbra3939 crab
Wait for it, here it comes at 6:15….”STAVE OFF CLIMATE CHANGE!!!”.
Yeah, I could see it coming a mile away.
I was lazy and did not look at the name of the site (Climate Heros) before making a snide remark. I wondered into their meeting not the other way around.
What remarkable creatures. Such incredible engineering good sense
Hi @TheGrenadier97! They are really great engineers!
Beavers don't build because they don't like people going thirsty, they do it to not only spite the lord, but also their everlasting hatred towards running water
Humans don't build because they care about anything but themselves, they do it not only to spite the Lord, but also their everlasting hatred towards everything.
They build because deeper water makes it easier to evade their predators, mostly wolves and coyotes.
Nature is best engineering teacher..
This video makes me like beavers! I love them they're so smart
Hi @snow640! Great to hear that! 😍🦫
And yes they are!
Hey.... Have an up vote. This was well done
Thanks so much for your support! ❤
Thank you and thanks for watching it 🎥
Misleading clickbait for morons
BÓBR KURWA
I’m incredibly happy to hear that they have come so far as an endangered species! It’s inspiring to see how resilient and intuitive these smart animals are. Hope to see them on my travels through the US
Right?! we're happy to inspire you with these cute little creatures ❤️🦫
Wow! Amazing creatures Thanks for coverage 🙌
Hi, @WildwatchNature!
We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
Send the beavers to Mars and they will terra form it. Specialized space suits will be needed for their tails.
😂😂😂😂😂🚀🦫
Imagine that!
O kurwa...
Those beaver houses look so cozy
right?! ❤️🦫