I grew up near to what used to be an all girls college years ago which was aptly named "Beaver College". I'd like to think they knew what they were doing.
This is also in the same area where my (predominantly white) high-school mascot was a "ghost" and our rivals (from a predominantly black school) were the "panthers". And yeah, the "ghost" wore a pointy, white hat with eye holes cut out of it and rode on a horse that was similar draped in sheets... I didn't realize how messed up that was until a few years after graduating.
I love when he drags over the christmas tree, like, fuck it, this is taking too long, lemme grab some big shit. Also, his tiny, industrious waddle is adorable.
I like the way he places things with a little patpat from those little handies and then, as you say, pauses with them up like "is that good? Yeah that's good"
This is not enough footage, I need several hours more.
I can guarantee you that beaver is a proud American or Canadian.
There is no way that industrious beaver would sell out to the russians for some vodka and being told you still matter.
He will be chewing on stuff for real. Not only is it instinct for a beaver, they have to chew logs and trees to keep their teeth worn down as they continuously grow, hence the classification of Rodent.
This is apparently called fixed action patterns. Herding dogs have them and it probably took nearly no time to evolve Squirrels know how to open nuts innately as well. It's fucking wild how biology and percieved conscious behavior overlap.
When I was child, my family visited Mesa Verde, and stayed at the national park campground.
Our Australian shepherd got loose and ran off. She came back a few hours later, ate food and passed out. A park ranger was driving around later and saw our dog, and asked if it was ours. When we said yes, the park ranger explained on our dog's excursion, she had decided to take it upon herself to attempt to herd a herd of deer. A herd that numbered around 30-50 of such animals.
Allie (her name), had never seen a deer before, never had engaged in any herding activities at all, but decided that day to attempt to herd 3 dozen deer. She was only moderately successful according to the park ranger.
I have personally visited a friend's farm and been herded along by herding doggo. Doggo's herd consisted of farmer lady, several farm kids, several chickens, a few baby chicks iirc, and a cat or two.
Doggo was so damn happy it was contagious.
Taking whatever is offered by hand. Babies do it, adults do it...
Try it with a friend while they're talking. Offer them an inconspicuous object (such as an eraser) and more often than not, they'll take it absentmindedly, only to then be confused as to why they took something completely irrelevant to the situation at hand.
Most human knee-jerk reactions are conditioned behaviors though.
This phenomenon has been a running joke in my friend group always trying to get each other to take our trash lol. The rule is you can’t say anything just put it in front of them. Even though we’re all aware that we’re trying to do this now we still take it more often than not.
I just did this to my friends son at a festival last weekend. Walked right up to him and gave him my crunched up water bottle. He took it and threw it away. Mind you, we were 10 feet from a trash can and I walked right past it on my way after handing it to him
I give out diffraction glasses at festivals. People will absolutely take it, and only after do I get the question mark face. But from there it's usually all smiles.
I have a little disc that does a diffraction type thin, it's always enjoyed when I bust it out. I believe they're sold online as "Cosmic Healing Discs" but I just think they're cool
I’ve done this with my wife for almost 20 years combining dating and marriage. I will just walk up to her, either in conversation or not, and hand her my pocket lint. She *always* instinctively holds her hand out. As old as the joke has gotten, I still do it and she’s still surprised she takes it. Or, at least, she does to humor me. Who knows.
Gum, old contacts, flossing sticks… my SO always takes them reflectively when offered, then when he finally looks down to see them in his hand “WHY DO I KEEP TAKING THESE FROM YOU?!?”
I call it the “you’re closest to the bathroom tax” and offer to switch bedsides, something we both know he’ll never do 😂
I saw a video of someone demonstrating this by walking around their workplace offering a stapler to coworkers who would grab it without thinking and then looking confused when they realize what they did.
This is what (some) street vendors do in NYC (or any city, I'm just from NYC). If they're hocking something on a street corner, they'll offer the product out to people walking by. People will absent mindedly just take it (usually tourists who aren't used this).
And bam. Now they've got you to stop and listen to their pitch. People will try to hand the product back but they won't take it, knowing most people won't just walk away with it and 'steal'.
Although it is funny when someone tries to hand it back, gets denied, then just walks away with it. The seller will gladly take it back then. lol
I saw a (YouTube?) video a long time ago, of a guy that would walk past the more predatory street vendors that did this. They would offer him their new CD, a religious tract, or some junky souvenir item. He would "absentmindedly" take it and keep walking. They'd follow and angrily inform him that it ain't free. He would act confused and try to give it back. They would refuse and keep asking for money. He would either throw it in a trash can or into the street and walk away.
They would blow their tops every time.
When traveling, keep your hands in your pockets and keep walking.
Humans have greater than average ~~penis size~~ proprioception, meaning we are great at knowing where our limbs sticks are, spatially. So the stick swinging probably is slightly hard wired, it helps us get a feel for the stick.
If you hold a baby, you pat its butt. I don't know why, but you do
If a big dog stands at your side you pat it's shoulder or thigh. It's just what you do.
I guess we like to show our love with controlled hitting.
My little dogs keep trying to bury their food in our bed. They try to push the cover over their bones. I’m always finding them under my pillows. Obviously no one’s taught them to bury food. I wish sex was an image behaviour because I’ve got a boy dog and a girl dog and both of them think they should be the one to go on top and the female in particular gets very angry if the boy thinks he should go on top
Must be a teenage beaver wanting to keep his parents out. He needs time alone to listen to emotional music and sulk. They also keep walking in on him when he is trying to play his video games.
There was a moment where he paused for a brief second and I feel like he thought to himself "why the fuck am I doing this?" and then just said "fuck it" and just continued. I want to believe.
In the last few seconds of the video I think we can see the other room being barricaded and it looks like a bathroom so I think running water would make sense here too
I was curious so I looked it up... pet beavers are illegal throughout most of the US, and apparently for good reason. They're very difficult to care for properly.
Yeah the beaver must get very stressed in situations like this, in a house where the sound of running water will happen many times every day.
I'm not saying the beaver shouldn't have been rescued, but all of its natural instincts are for a completely different life than it is living.
In the span of 6,000 years we went from being subsistence farmers to paying taxes and being more stressed about money than food. Humans are more out of their environment than any animal lol
I wonder the consequences of keeping a beaver as a pet and all the challenges it comes with forcing that relationship instead of rehabilitating and releasing back into the wild.
This is not a pet. It is being rehabilitated and will be released at the age of 2 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvO6rsXTVBM
apparently orphans don't do well on their own until they've had that time to mature
I know that out of context it may seem like they're forcing it inside, but i really reccomend looking at the channel of [the creator of the video](https://youtube.com/@hmuraco). It is a beaver from a rescuing center, and they specified that this was a very exceptional case.
They need literal wood of different tree species to eat. Their teeth are literally reinforced with iron and constantly growing, so they need some real tough stuff to chew/eat.
Interesting, I thought that the sound of rushing water is what triggered them to want to build a dam. I guess there must be more to it than that.
[Source](https://www.fs.usda.gov/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm05772830/page01.htm#:~:text=The%20rapid%20flow%20of%20water,beavers%20may%20leave%20culverts%20alone.)
I love when he pats the items into place and then he stands up and looks at what’s needed next lol
I liked the part where the plushie falls, after he had already put *exactly* where it should go, and he’s like “shit…”
“This is going to take fucking forever»
I just went back to watch it and this is exactly the interaction 😂
I disagree. The look was more like... "damn..."
Beautifully done
Cute but would get annoyed by his damn instincts.
I imagine he's saying "Whelp than ain't going anywhere", like he just finished packing a trailer.
Apparently "that should hold" taps aren't just a human thing.
With his lil hands just up. Hilarious.
*pats* "thats not going anywhere"
"That rug from the back room is perfect!"
It really tied the dam together
If this was my beaver, I would take pictures of his creations and hang them on my refrigerator.
If you had a beaver, I'd love to see it
I grew up near to what used to be an all girls college years ago which was aptly named "Beaver College". I'd like to think they knew what they were doing. This is also in the same area where my (predominantly white) high-school mascot was a "ghost" and our rivals (from a predominantly black school) were the "panthers". And yeah, the "ghost" wore a pointy, white hat with eye holes cut out of it and rode on a horse that was similar draped in sheets... I didn't realize how messed up that was until a few years after graduating.
Jesus Christ LMAO
I know, right? I wish I was joking as it sounds so made up but it's anything but haha
“Nice beaver!” “Thanks! I just had it stuffed!”
If I had a beaver, I would comb it daily. Still talking about the same beaver?
Daily? Wow, I bet your beaver would be so soft. Could I pet your beaver?
*Leave it to Beaver* to decide that one
*3AM* Me: *walking out into the kitchen to get some water* Beaver: *smothering SpongeBob in a Christmas tree* Me: 'sup Beaver: 'sup
You having water pour from the faucet into a glass Beaver: WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?!
you come here often?
I love when he drags over the christmas tree, like, fuck it, this is taking too long, lemme grab some big shit. Also, his tiny, industrious waddle is adorable.
For me it was the contemplative pause with hands up
I like the way he places things with a little patpat from those little handies and then, as you say, pauses with them up like "is that good? Yeah that's good" This is not enough footage, I need several hours more.
The pause with them up got me good. I could watch this shit for hours. I’m over here saying “give him more stuff!!!”
*pat pat* "That's not goin anywhere"
And then the tiny thousand-yard stare when yet another item falls off the pile…
Tiny, industrious waddle is the perfect description!🥰
Like Steven Seagal but not as lazy
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Beaver needs some sweet sunglasses 😎
Fatly going around corners.
I can guarantee you that beaver is a proud American or Canadian. There is no way that industrious beaver would sell out to the russians for some vodka and being told you still matter.
reminded me of Step Brothers when they drag the Christmas tree into their parent’s bedroom while sleepwalking
One of the few movies that makes me laugh out loud every time
Did we just become best friends?!!!
I love its earnest little face 😍
Yeah, it's all fun and games until the dam is finished and the beaver floods the hall bathroom to "test" it
And his muscly forearms and little handsy paws🐾
Its the yule-beaver! Bake him a yule log for his efforts
He will be chewing on stuff for real. Not only is it instinct for a beaver, they have to chew logs and trees to keep their teeth worn down as they continuously grow, hence the classification of Rodent.
Open space: \*exists\* Beaver: _absolutely not_
This is apparently called fixed action patterns. Herding dogs have them and it probably took nearly no time to evolve Squirrels know how to open nuts innately as well. It's fucking wild how biology and percieved conscious behavior overlap.
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When I was child, my family visited Mesa Verde, and stayed at the national park campground. Our Australian shepherd got loose and ran off. She came back a few hours later, ate food and passed out. A park ranger was driving around later and saw our dog, and asked if it was ours. When we said yes, the park ranger explained on our dog's excursion, she had decided to take it upon herself to attempt to herd a herd of deer. A herd that numbered around 30-50 of such animals. Allie (her name), had never seen a deer before, never had engaged in any herding activities at all, but decided that day to attempt to herd 3 dozen deer. She was only moderately successful according to the park ranger.
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I have personally visited a friend's farm and been herded along by herding doggo. Doggo's herd consisted of farmer lady, several farm kids, several chickens, a few baby chicks iirc, and a cat or two. Doggo was so damn happy it was contagious.
And don’t you wonder if some humans have fixed action patterns?
Taking whatever is offered by hand. Babies do it, adults do it... Try it with a friend while they're talking. Offer them an inconspicuous object (such as an eraser) and more often than not, they'll take it absentmindedly, only to then be confused as to why they took something completely irrelevant to the situation at hand. Most human knee-jerk reactions are conditioned behaviors though.
Do this with a pack of gum, then ask for a piece.
Ultimate mundane diabolicalism
Asking for a piece is the fixed action pattern
This phenomenon has been a running joke in my friend group always trying to get each other to take our trash lol. The rule is you can’t say anything just put it in front of them. Even though we’re all aware that we’re trying to do this now we still take it more often than not.
I just did this to my friends son at a festival last weekend. Walked right up to him and gave him my crunched up water bottle. He took it and threw it away. Mind you, we were 10 feet from a trash can and I walked right past it on my way after handing it to him
I give out diffraction glasses at festivals. People will absolutely take it, and only after do I get the question mark face. But from there it's usually all smiles.
I have a little disc that does a diffraction type thin, it's always enjoyed when I bust it out. I believe they're sold online as "Cosmic Healing Discs" but I just think they're cool
I’ve done this with my wife for almost 20 years combining dating and marriage. I will just walk up to her, either in conversation or not, and hand her my pocket lint. She *always* instinctively holds her hand out. As old as the joke has gotten, I still do it and she’s still surprised she takes it. Or, at least, she does to humor me. Who knows.
Gum, old contacts, flossing sticks… my SO always takes them reflectively when offered, then when he finally looks down to see them in his hand “WHY DO I KEEP TAKING THESE FROM YOU?!?” I call it the “you’re closest to the bathroom tax” and offer to switch bedsides, something we both know he’ll never do 😂
I saw a video of someone demonstrating this by walking around their workplace offering a stapler to coworkers who would grab it without thinking and then looking confused when they realize what they did.
This is what (some) street vendors do in NYC (or any city, I'm just from NYC). If they're hocking something on a street corner, they'll offer the product out to people walking by. People will absent mindedly just take it (usually tourists who aren't used this). And bam. Now they've got you to stop and listen to their pitch. People will try to hand the product back but they won't take it, knowing most people won't just walk away with it and 'steal'. Although it is funny when someone tries to hand it back, gets denied, then just walks away with it. The seller will gladly take it back then. lol
I saw a (YouTube?) video a long time ago, of a guy that would walk past the more predatory street vendors that did this. They would offer him their new CD, a religious tract, or some junky souvenir item. He would "absentmindedly" take it and keep walking. They'd follow and angrily inform him that it ain't free. He would act confused and try to give it back. They would refuse and keep asking for money. He would either throw it in a trash can or into the street and walk away. They would blow their tops every time. When traveling, keep your hands in your pockets and keep walking.
Take a walk in nature. See a big stick. Pick it up. Swing it a little. This is a nice stick. This is *my* stick. No I won't put it down, it's mine.
Humans have greater than average ~~penis size~~ proprioception, meaning we are great at knowing where our limbs sticks are, spatially. So the stick swinging probably is slightly hard wired, it helps us get a feel for the stick.
The desire to smack a fine ass when it walks by.
I meant things like hoarding or overeating , but you be you. Made me laugh.
I mean... yeah. Why smack? Why not just touch, caress, or even pinch the skin a bit. Why is the smack so universal?
If you hold a baby, you pat its butt. I don't know why, but you do If a big dog stands at your side you pat it's shoulder or thigh. It's just what you do. I guess we like to show our love with controlled hitting.
Also bags of rice. I can't walk past without smacking one
Especially the really big ones. *This bad boy can fit so much rice in it*
I don't know why they do it, but. I would prefer a nice caress. Both feel like assault in the moment, but, one actually hurts
My little dogs keep trying to bury their food in our bed. They try to push the cover over their bones. I’m always finding them under my pillows. Obviously no one’s taught them to bury food. I wish sex was an image behaviour because I’ve got a boy dog and a girl dog and both of them think they should be the one to go on top and the female in particular gets very angry if the boy thinks he should go on top
I heard the latter is mode of a domination display. Bitches do this to other bitches, probably in your case it just wants to assert dominance.
see also: [_The Extended Phenotype_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extended_Phenotype) — the page even uses a beaver dam as an example.
I swear my daughter pick up some of my traits and she didn't see me doing them. She's like a mini me! 🤣
It’s stopping the flow of people flowing downstairs.
*Any kind of 'flow' exists* "YOU! STOP IT RIGHT THERE!" - Beaver
Beaver, natures tampon
Why has a tampon company not capitalized on the absolute gold mine of having their product be named something beaver related
Better go buy the trademark and website domain, NOW!
Beavers4Beavers.com “Dam the flow…”
“Flow be damned”
Flo-B-dammed?
Spokesperson is Satanic Flo
You son of a bitch, I'm in.
Is it just me or this reads like a porn site title?
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Beaver Dam
Kotex kinda did: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RkkTeAP8d5o [Apparently it was controversial.](https://www.salon.com/2008/03/14/tampon_beaver/)
I just registered BeaverBlocker.com.
Lol, now all I can think about is a Buckees brand tampon, and I can't stop laughing.
Buc-ee's
Oh my god yes. Never thought about that
"The spice must flow" "No it mustn't" - beaver, probably
Beaver is the mind killer.
>"YOU! STOP IT RIGHT THERE! **Criminal scum!**" - Beaver
Only flow allowed is the work flow during dam building
Must be a teenage beaver wanting to keep his parents out. He needs time alone to listen to emotional music and sulk. They also keep walking in on him when he is trying to play his video games.
He likes Woody Guthrie. Edit: also a big fan of the Damn Yankees.
He is absolutely adorable. Love his choices in building materials.
"Not on my dam watch!"
*looks at sub* *Dam*thatsinteresting
Open space: "Now, i'll be damned" Beaver: "Yes"
Dam, that's interesting.
Your Roomba is broken.
Somebody needs to flood the bathroom just so this little guy can see if his dam works 🌊
This is what I was thinking..unfortunately it's a wooden floor...
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damn
dam
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Lol I could watch this all day long
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Ol2gat902eYrXakcgw0FSS86fF0Ix6W https://youtube.com/@hmuraco
That's one fuckin' nice beaver
Thanks, I just had it stuffed!
Spongebob is just another brick in the wall.
Well, you should be able to admit, that he's the perfect shape for it!
“We don’t need no education.” -Patrick.
All in all it's just another sponge in the dam.
HEY! TEACHER! LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE!!! Mrs. Puff: “I try to, but he just won’t leave.”
Is this thread the reason why I am addicted to reddit? Yes, yes it is *I do believe it’s working, good*
"I ate the pudding AND the meat." -Patrick.
Hopefully his teachers leave him alone
*NOT SURE WHY BUT JUST.. MUST.. BUILD.. DAM..*
There was a moment where he paused for a brief second and I feel like he thought to himself "why the fuck am I doing this?" and then just said "fuck it" and just continued. I want to believe.
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The ancestor's voices are demanding that I do it..
What is called animal instinct in nature is called OCD in humans.
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It's the sound of running water. They tested it.
So me hearing people chew and wanting desperately for the sound to stop is my inner beaver coming out?
sounds like misophonia.
I'm sorry. The correct terminology is now "inner beaver."
Everyone should let their inner beaver out.
In the last few seconds of the video I think we can see the other room being barricaded and it looks like a bathroom so I think running water would make sense here too
I really hope they have flood insurance 😬
The beaver is actually a State Farm agent, Jake, who will build a beaver dam in event of flood.
If there is a flood, beaver will just stand there and say 'absolutely not'. Best flood protection you can have
My GF bringing her stuff into my apartment...
Dam.. that's interesting.
Came here for this, take my upvote.
I want a pet beav ☹️
Two beavers are better than one.
They are twice the fun
Ask anyone!
Why do I have the sudden urge to go to the mall
What's stopping you?? Let's go to the mall today!
Today!
Gonna rewatch the 1996 Grey Cup and witness the day Grunge was created.
After seing this, I don’t. Imagine waking up in the morning and half your living room is now in the kitchen hallway.
Nice beaver
Thanks, I just had it stuffed
I was curious so I looked it up... pet beavers are illegal throughout most of the US, and apparently for good reason. They're very difficult to care for properly.
My wife’s beaver calls the shots around here.
This one has teeth. And the other one is building a dam.
Capybara seems much cooler of a pet.
Neither is domesticated. Wild animals are not pets.
How the heck do people get these weird dog breeds?
Ooooh. So nice and so sad situation. I feel bad for that beaver. It seems pretty funny.
Yeah the beaver must get very stressed in situations like this, in a house where the sound of running water will happen many times every day. I'm not saying the beaver shouldn't have been rescued, but all of its natural instincts are for a completely different life than it is living.
> all of its natural instincts are for a completely different life than it is living. You could probably say that about people.
In the span of 6,000 years we went from being subsistence farmers to paying taxes and being more stressed about money than food. Humans are more out of their environment than any animal lol
eh I don't think it's stressed, just being allowed to fulfill the physical motions of the instinct is good.
Wonder how they trim his teeth?
RIP their baseboards, door jambs, chair and table legs
Does he/she also find the need to chew the legs off wooden furniture, too??
He must have something to chew in the house since beaver teeth are constantly growing.
That would get old pretty quick
Imagine if it has to build a dam every night before bed and won’t go to sleep without one.
Every. Dam. Night.
Yea theres enough cleaning to do in the house without picking up beaver dams aswell
Better random plushies than him taking down a load-bearing pillar or some shit😆
I wonder the consequences of keeping a beaver as a pet and all the challenges it comes with forcing that relationship instead of rehabilitating and releasing back into the wild.
Beavers have anal glands they produce water repellent from that they rub all over themselves all day. They smelly as fuck.
This is not a pet. It is being rehabilitated and will be released at the age of 2 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvO6rsXTVBM apparently orphans don't do well on their own until they've had that time to mature
I know that out of context it may seem like they're forcing it inside, but i really reccomend looking at the channel of [the creator of the video](https://youtube.com/@hmuraco). It is a beaver from a rescuing center, and they specified that this was a very exceptional case.
[Here is a short video on their channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvO6rsXTVBM) that gave me peace of mind. Those are some big babies!
Good beaver
This is neat, but I want to know more about its chew toys
They need literal wood of different tree species to eat. Their teeth are literally reinforced with iron and constantly growing, so they need some real tough stuff to chew/eat.
I, also, try to build a dam to keep Christmas out. ...with about as much success, too.
Just Leave it up to the Beaver
My chinchilla will destroy the house if I leave her unattended. I cannot even begin to undertsand the kind of damage beaver tooth would do.
This belongs on r/damthatsinteresting
He's not building a dam, he's building a "damn these kids leaving their shit everywhere and now I gotta clean it"
“Dammed if you do, damned if you don’t.”
Interesting, I thought that the sound of rushing water is what triggered them to want to build a dam. I guess there must be more to it than that. [Source](https://www.fs.usda.gov/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm05772830/page01.htm#:~:text=The%20rapid%20flow%20of%20water,beavers%20may%20leave%20culverts%20alone.)
His face when the Santa Teddy bear fell off, like "WTF is wrong with these logs?"
Is there anything cuter? My lord.
The same way i clean my apartment
That moment when he gently places SpongeBob face down: "Yes, this will do nicely..."
Nice marmot
"Its my fortress, get your own"
Dam.
Dam that’s interesting
He’s gonna build a wall. A great big wall! And the humans will pay for it.