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[-] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 237 points 10 months ago

Science actually figured this one out. Beavers raised in captivity when exposed to a speaker playing river noises will cover it up with as much stuff as possible to hide the noise. So it's the noise they have an issue with

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 106 points 10 months ago

Then why not live away from the river or maybe in a lake?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 140 points 10 months ago

They require ponds to live safely. They build dams which create ponds. Then they build little mound houses out of sticks and mud in the middle of the pond. The house only has underwater entrances. They can cut trees down and float them into the pond, where it is safer to eat. They're mostly aquatic mammals.

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

So its not just the sound, got it

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 41 points 10 months ago

It's the sound that triggers an instinctual response.

[-] TetraVega@lemmings.world 8 points 10 months ago

Correlation, not necessarily causation.

[-] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 104 points 10 months ago
[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 16 points 10 months ago

I did, they said "SQUEEEEE! Brrbuh... Voovie voovie mip!" Which is offensive, my mother was a saint!

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago
[-] zloubida@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Some religions had sacred prostitutes, thus I'd say it's debatable.

[-] DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 43 points 10 months ago

They have been known to live in lakes, and when they do they dig dens under the shoreline.

The reason they don't like the sound of running water is the same reason we don't like to hear the sound of unexplained running water in our homes, it's a sign of a leak. The only difference is for them it's instinctual, and for us we understand the consequences of a leak in our home.

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 36 points 10 months ago

Well, they do live in a lake, they just have to build it.

I believe the way they build their burrows doesn't work well without the flooding part.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

That's just quitter talk.

[-] groupofcrows@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago

While working as engineers, beavers still can't afford to live in the city considering the high cost for housing.

[-] kwomp@sh.itjust.works 42 points 10 months ago

There is a norwegian study that found that isolated beaver babies start piling up sticks and stuff at some point but do not build dams. They concluded (the scientists) that piling up stuff is genetic and building dams is cultural (has to be learned). I have no link but the study was made in Bø

[-] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago
[-] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

That's so cute. And hilarious - nothing in that house is safe from The Pile.

[-] bmsok@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Dude... What did SpongeBob do to Sandy to get the whole rodent mafia involved like that???

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

I was worried that it would be sad but now my heart is overfull with cuteness and i want a rescue beaver

[-] Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

Oh wow. Could we domesticate beavers and train them to clean up our houses??? 🤣 Obviously they'd need to be bred to be trained to only clean up certain items.

[-] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Baby animal studies focused on play are always so cool. Like bees appearantly will play with objects that have nothing to do with their survival.

We do the same thing I think. Kids will pile up or mess about with any stuff you give them whether they have a cultural understanding of it's use or not.

[-] Jessvj93@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

My favorite is animal documentaries, monkeys especially, just kid animals legitimately playing the same as human kids.

[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

It's like me when someone plays their music out-loud on the bus. They always seem to get angry when I start wrapping their phone up with newspaper.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Here I was hoping you threw it into a river shouting 'dam it' for extra pun-ishment.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Ok so what's the deal with people who rap or sing along with their headphones? I would never have the guts. What is going on with these people? How do they do it?

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

They lack awareness, consideration of others, or shame. Sometimes you even get the trifecta.

[-] Switchblade@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

The joy of singing is outweighing other concerns at those times.

[-] Seraph@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

This is fascinating, but what's the evolutionary advantage of covering up the noise?

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago

Covering the noise is covering the running water. Covering the running water creates a dam. Creating a dam creates a pond. Creating a pond provides them with a nice controlled environment in which to build a lodge with an underwater entrance for protection from predators.

[-] ajmaxwell@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

It's like no one ever watched The Angry Beavers

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I did but i was always high. Was it actually an educational program?

[-] strawberrysocial@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago
[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 15 points 10 months ago

Running water means you can block it off to create a reservoir. Evolution isn't about what makes sense, it's about what works, logic be damned.

[-] brutalist@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago
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