Bopper kurva
From what i remember, it has to do with the noise of flowing water. Bevers find the sound annoying and will cover it until it stops.
I remember a study where they played river noises from a speaker and the bevers covered the speakers with sticks – even in the absence of any water.
I’m not sure if this means that they are annoyed or if they use it as an indicator that there is something to do.
Should be simple enough: check their cortisol levels in the presence and absence of various water stimuli.
Has anybody thought to just ask them?
See, sometimes the best scientist needs to ask the simplest questions no one thought to ask.
Here is your Nobel Prize
Stick to the facts and don’t get too deep into the woods. Good ideas will always float to the surface.
Super fair point, I’m projecting human emotions onto the beavers & don’t actually know how they feel about the sound of running water lol
It can be both.
Well, dam
“Well dam” - beavers
Yes, that’s likely the inspiration for this copycat.
Do they actually dam everything or just build a nest?
It should be noted that, aside from petty human concerns like flooded roads and properties, beavers are much better at controlling flooding and generally protecting ecologies than humans.
The lodge is generally in the middle of the flooded area after they dam it or on the shore in a burrow with the entrance under water deep enough that ice won’t freeze if shut if there’s not enough water. They don’t tend to live in the dam itself. They use all the water to protect themselves.
Saw a thing once, maybe Mythbusters, that showed how beavers are attracted to the sound of running water and want to stop it. In the show, they got the beaver to dam a speaker by playing river/stream noises through it.
Beavers: the Nestlé of the animal world.
So, how does one cross post to another community/instance? I feel as though this could fit in with the beaver community on lemmy(dot)world, but I have absolutely no clue how to cross post.
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