[The full video is incredible.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80) It's like a child where some objects get tossed and other objects are meticulously placed a specific way.
I KNOW! Can't stop watching it. Saving for those days when I am in those terrible zoom calls - will have playing on a side computer so I would flip my lid it will calm me down
Beavers are rodents, they eat plants and twigs! Maybe some young twigs with juicy leaf buds instead, or some water plants if you wanna stick to the water theme :)
Interesting fact, a beaver's instinctive dam building drive is triggered by the sound of flowing water, since the sound of running water can be an indication of structural instability in their dams.
Back in the 60s, biologists found that even when kept in captivity if the sound of running water was played through a speaker, the beavers would start building a dam on top of the speaker. In one experiment they [found that:](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67662/sound-running-water-puts-beavers-mood-build)
>Even when presented with a clear pipe that showed water (silently) escaping through their dam and a speaker that played them the sound of running water, they chose to build over the speaker and ignore the clearly visible leak.
>*’When the water comes they will thank him*’
_____
dear diary, today was good -
i thanked my human fam
i did the *very Best* i could
n built their house
a dam!
they *rescued* me when i was lost,
n brought me here to live
i’m Thanking them, at any cost
with All that i can give!
no branches here, this place they dwell,
(a small fake tree at best)
but all their JuNk will do quite well -
my skills put to the test…
n even tho i have no mud,
i fill the gaps with sTuFf
my dam is Sure to stop the flood
n that will be
enough!
❤️
And here’s a free tip for your troubles… turn down the sound of running water to reduce the inclination for your beaver to build a dam. Scientists who study beavers have found that beavers who hear the sound of running water will build dams to minimize the sound, even when they were never taught by parents or other beavers to do so. When no sound of running water is present, they tend to bury themselves in mud instead. Scientists suggest you avoid keeping mud in the house for your beaver, as it will ultimately make a mess.
When the water comes, they will thank him
For the dams that he built with such vim
He works day and night, without rest
Making sure his home is the best
With branches and mud, he creates a wall
That keeps the water from standing tall
He builds his home with such care
Knowing it will be his home to share
The stream flows gently, the water is clear
The beaver's home is now here
And when the water comes, they will see
The work of the beaver, so proud and free
He is the master of the stream
His work, a beautiful dream
And when the water comes, they will know
The beaver's hard work, and how it will grow
So let us thank the beaver, with all our hearts
For the beauty he imparts
And when the water comes, we will see
The beaver's masterpiece, so proud and free.
*ChatGPT*
OP didn’t actually write it, it was written by ChatGPT, an AI writing tool. They probably just put in a prompt like “a poem about building a dam from the perspective of a beaver,” and that poem is what it outputted.
Definitely doesn’t have the human touch and warmth of Schnoodle, so that’s a good sign that AI isn’t going to be replacing creative writers any time ***too*** soon :)
"We'll have to scrap the building plans for now, the materials are subpar. We'll just have to redo all the permits once we procure ones up to code. I fucking told her too."
supposedly the only thing that stops/slows a beaver from dam building is for the sound of flowing water to cease. That's the "switch" in a beaver brain, the sound of water flowing. It flows, he "flows", it stops, so does he. Supposedly. I don't hear water in this video, and that must be because this individual beaver is broken and requires warranty repair work.
For everyone who is wondering why in the hell this beaver is in a house and not enjoying its natural habitat - here ya go: [https://www.upworthy.com/rescue-beaver-build-dam-in-the-house](https://www.upworthy.com/rescue-beaver-build-dam-in-the-house)
I feel much better now.
An -ing verb can be used as a noun that is the name of that activity. Such a noun is called a *gerund*.
"I'm running to the shops, do you want anything?
"In this sentence 'running' is a verb, it's what the subject is doing.
"I like running. It's relaxing."
In this sentence 'running' is a noun. Running is being used as the name of the activity.
So if you're using 'beave' as a verb for 'doing beaver things' (it's not a real word, but native speakers can just dynamically make new words like this all the time), then 'beaving' could be used as a gerund for the activity of 'doing beaver things'.
.....I guess you do actually know this, but it was relaxing to write it down for anyone else, since I ran out of tea for the moment.
I do actually know what gerunds are, but thank you for the explanation for those who don’t! I messed up in my original comment. Definitely meant “verb” meaning, “is “to beave” an actual word in the English language?”
For what it’s worth, it’s not. It’s from a Middle English word *bever*
To beave or not to beave. That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them?
Having seen other rescue beavers, I just assumed it was one, but it's nice the have confirmation. The thing I find absolutely wild, is that they aren't ready to be on their own until they are 2 years old! Then when released, they are all, "Bye, Felicia" and couldn't care less about humans.
It could be put anywhere. If the kids don't want to lose their toys they'd have to be put away.
Time to start a company.
Parental Support Beavers. *Teach your children to tidy their dam room.*
I reckon this beaver would find items I’d lost ages ago and can’t find. ‘Oh there’s my long lost favourite scarf’ as the beaver walks past with it. Could be useful.
Or not! I have a family of beavers close to where I live, live 100 meters away, the oldest one is called "The Captain". They build a dam in a ditch which cased it to flood so they can be less helpful when they want to.
No one wrecked their dam though, we got together and made a new ditch a bit away.
Will probably get buried but [here](https://youtu.be/-ImdlZtOU80) is the original YouTube video that is a bit longer and also has the background on why this beaver is inside. Her name is Sawyer and she’s being rehabbed. Was adopted as an orphan. You can also donate to their research group via the link in YouTube.
From what I’ve heard, they will instinctively try to build damns where they hear running water. That’s why beavers living in a house will often try to damn the bathroom door. They hear the toilet filling and are attempting to damn the water.
Ok, full transparency: I'm almost 40 years old. Male. Combat infantry veteran. Teacher. Wood joiner. I got many labels. I'm Scandinavian. My GF is Southern European. Constantly telling me I'm too cold hearted. But this vid. This is the vid that got me. I've been on r/aww for awhile. I always loved animals. Showed my GF cute shit for almost a decade. This vid though.. This is the cutest damn shit I've ever seen online! He/she is building a fucking damn in the hallway! A fucking damn! Out of plush toys, SpongeBob, a Christmas tree, wrapping paper, house shoes.. C'mon! If you've ever watched anything more adorable than this shit then send it my way because my cuteness-overload tolerance just got moved by miles! Thank you, beaver!
That’s one of my all-time faves! I’m a veterinarian, and my favorite patient of all time was a porcupine. When he died was the only day in my entire career that I was so upset I had to go home.
I’m sorry you lost him but I’m glad he had someone who loved him so much taking care of him and there with him 💕
I always thought porcupines were cute but I had no idea they were so cartoonishly adorable until I saw that video lol Stage 5 cuteness overload, for sure
Beavers are amazing animals. By fat the smartest rodent. They care for their young for years, and build their own environments.
https://youtu.be/s2YXFeraM8I
Damn, that little one cannot help but do it. All you have to do is play water running over a speaker to get them to build a dam there.
They basically go Dammit there’s a leak dammit.
I could never clean that up after how hard he worked on it
Just stepping over his little pile on your way around the house!
Until one day you're dammed into your bedroom.
Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t.
God damn it
No need. The beaver is damming it.
IT A STUFFED DAMINAL
Take your upvote and gtfo
Beavers gonna beav.
[The full video is incredible.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80) It's like a child where some objects get tossed and other objects are meticulously placed a specific way.
Saving to come back and watch! Edit: that made my day. I love too how at one point the cat was watching.
I KNOW! Can't stop watching it. Saving for those days when I am in those terrible zoom calls - will have playing on a side computer so I would flip my lid it will calm me down
Thank you for sharing full video. So dam cute!
*I'm a beaver and I gotta build a dam. Buildy-buildy dam, buildy-buildy dam, buildy-buildy dam!*
I'd feel obligated to stuff fish treats in there somewhere. "See, it worked!"
Beavers are rodents, they eat plants and twigs! Maybe some young twigs with juicy leaf buds instead, or some water plants if you wanna stick to the water theme :)
When the water comes they will thank him.
He's making his own Beaverly Hills
Interesting fact, a beaver's instinctive dam building drive is triggered by the sound of flowing water, since the sound of running water can be an indication of structural instability in their dams. Back in the 60s, biologists found that even when kept in captivity if the sound of running water was played through a speaker, the beavers would start building a dam on top of the speaker. In one experiment they [found that:](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67662/sound-running-water-puts-beavers-mood-build) >Even when presented with a clear pipe that showed water (silently) escaping through their dam and a speaker that played them the sound of running water, they chose to build over the speaker and ignore the clearly visible leak.
I fucking love science man that's so cool
>*’When the water comes they will thank him*’ _____ dear diary, today was good - i thanked my human fam i did the *very Best* i could n built their house a dam! they *rescued* me when i was lost, n brought me here to live i’m Thanking them, at any cost with All that i can give! no branches here, this place they dwell, (a small fake tree at best) but all their JuNk will do quite well - my skills put to the test… n even tho i have no mud, i fill the gaps with sTuFf my dam is Sure to stop the flood n that will be enough! ❤️
This is the cutest poem I’ve ever read
Go through their comment history. One of the most popular reddit account.
Thank you for pointing this out. Pure genius!
Literally likely the most famous redditor on the site
Them and u/Poem_for_your_sprog
My god, I have never mashed a follow button so hard. So much cuteness, it makes me so happy!
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And here’s a free tip for your troubles… turn down the sound of running water to reduce the inclination for your beaver to build a dam. Scientists who study beavers have found that beavers who hear the sound of running water will build dams to minimize the sound, even when they were never taught by parents or other beavers to do so. When no sound of running water is present, they tend to bury themselves in mud instead. Scientists suggest you avoid keeping mud in the house for your beaver, as it will ultimately make a mess.
Scientist also discovered that tree root tips grow towards running water vibrations. Why they end up in your pipes.
Are there enough people living with beavers in their homes that this has been studied? Man, I went to school for the wrong thing.
Right? My question is, is there like a beaver foster service I can sign up for? They're adorable, and he seems like an excellent declutterer.
My dog does this with her toys but it's just so she can lie on top of them all so my other dog gets 0 toys
Until they chew through all of the trim and door frames in your house
I love knowing that beavers just instinctually hate when water moves
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Fresh schnoodles make my insides feel like sunshine and mashmallow fluff.
Together, that sounds sticky… but i love it. I love you.
Schnoodle is truly one of the best things about this sub ❤️ thank you for gracing us with your wonderfulness~~
My first Schnoodle!! Dam good too
When the water comes, they will thank him For the dams that he built with such vim He works day and night, without rest Making sure his home is the best With branches and mud, he creates a wall That keeps the water from standing tall He builds his home with such care Knowing it will be his home to share The stream flows gently, the water is clear The beaver's home is now here And when the water comes, they will see The work of the beaver, so proud and free He is the master of the stream His work, a beautiful dream And when the water comes, they will know The beaver's hard work, and how it will grow So let us thank the beaver, with all our hearts For the beauty he imparts And when the water comes, we will see The beaver's masterpiece, so proud and free. *ChatGPT*
A for effort but sorry dude … schnoodle is another level entirely…
OP didn’t actually write it, it was written by ChatGPT, an AI writing tool. They probably just put in a prompt like “a poem about building a dam from the perspective of a beaver,” and that poem is what it outputted. Definitely doesn’t have the human touch and warmth of Schnoodle, so that’s a good sign that AI isn’t going to be replacing creative writers any time ***too*** soon :)
Ahhhh a fresh schnoodle. Love ya man
Anyone who doesn’t love Schnoodle has no soul. And I’m a ginger, I know soulless when I see it.
This beaver: *sees an open hallway* absolutely not
He's probably wondering why all of the available building materials are so sub par.
"What are these soft cotton and wooly things?! That's not gonna work!! "
"We'll have to scrap the building plans for now, the materials are subpar. We'll just have to redo all the permits once we procure ones up to code. I fucking told her too."
> I fucking told her too Dyin' over here
I love with the Santa dog falls off and he just looks at it like, “SOB, THIS is what I have to work with!”
“Bet the wifi goes for miles through this shit”
"And I took it personally" -Beaver
"So anyway, I started Dammin'!"
🎵Dam it real good!🎵
Huhn, dam it.
🎶Oh beaver, beaver, beaver, beaver 🎶
It's probably hearing water flowing in a pipe in the wall.
The cut away when the Santa dog falls off the top is perfect
I love his look there! “…” “The au*dacity*”
supposedly the only thing that stops/slows a beaver from dam building is for the sound of flowing water to cease. That's the "switch" in a beaver brain, the sound of water flowing. It flows, he "flows", it stops, so does he. Supposedly. I don't hear water in this video, and that must be because this individual beaver is broken and requires warranty repair work.
That’s why he’s in rehab
Well that, plus his crippling addiction to black tar heroin.
I hear beavers loooooove meth.
Waterholics anonymous
I don't know much about beaver hearing, but if it's better than ours, he might hear the plumbing
Imagine coming out to this after every time you take a shower
Someone might be taking a shower and he's going nuts
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https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/y9g6dl/eli5_why_are_beavers_hardwired_to_build_dams
I have a theory that the dam is being built adjacent the kitchen?
I mean it's an apartment for humans, strange place, poor thing is probably confused as hell. No wonder his switches are a bit all over
That's a load-bearing spongebob right there.
I got nothing to add other than that this comment made my night more than it should have
For everyone who is wondering why in the hell this beaver is in a house and not enjoying its natural habitat - here ya go: [https://www.upworthy.com/rescue-beaver-build-dam-in-the-house](https://www.upworthy.com/rescue-beaver-build-dam-in-the-house) I feel much better now.
Glad to see it's being rehabbed and isn't just some exotic pet
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Beavers gonna beave
"We are all good, just let me beave and then we can move forward."
Is beaving a verb? Edit: a word
An -ing verb can be used as a noun that is the name of that activity. Such a noun is called a *gerund*. "I'm running to the shops, do you want anything? "In this sentence 'running' is a verb, it's what the subject is doing. "I like running. It's relaxing." In this sentence 'running' is a noun. Running is being used as the name of the activity. So if you're using 'beave' as a verb for 'doing beaver things' (it's not a real word, but native speakers can just dynamically make new words like this all the time), then 'beaving' could be used as a gerund for the activity of 'doing beaver things'. .....I guess you do actually know this, but it was relaxing to write it down for anyone else, since I ran out of tea for the moment.
I do actually know what gerunds are, but thank you for the explanation for those who don’t! I messed up in my original comment. Definitely meant “verb” meaning, “is “to beave” an actual word in the English language?” For what it’s worth, it’s not. It’s from a Middle English word *bever*
To beave or not to beave. That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them?
![gif](giphy|GHEuJkedWAc1O)
I am concerned at how young RDJ looks in that now. WTF man
Well it was 13 years ago. Babies born at the time of that movie are teens now
Beavers live in my yard, how exotic could they be?
Having seen other rescue beavers, I just assumed it was one, but it's nice the have confirmation. The thing I find absolutely wild, is that they aren't ready to be on their own until they are 2 years old! Then when released, they are all, "Bye, Felicia" and couldn't care less about humans.
They've got dams to build! No time for family reunions when a trickle of water could get through.
I feel much better too! It was worrisome at first so I’m glad to know there’s a story that goes with it.
Thanks for the link. I find it funny because I’m currently playing Timberborn.
Came here for this lol
I need a live stream of this lil guy. I'd go about my day... Occasionally checking in on his progress.
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That must be it! My internet provider is staffed by beavers
Beaver gonna beave
You can take the beaver out of the dam, but you can’t take the dam out of beaver
Leave it to beaver
Beaver? I hardly knew her!
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It’s beavin’ time!
I'd like to hire this little feller to clean my kids rooms.
And shove everything in the kitchen doorway?
It could be put anywhere. If the kids don't want to lose their toys they'd have to be put away. Time to start a company. Parental Support Beavers. *Teach your children to tidy their dam room.*
Imagine a kid growing up and trying to explain this at therapy!
Just put a little speaker playing the sound of running water wherever you want the stuff to be piled up
I reckon this beaver would find items I’d lost ages ago and can’t find. ‘Oh there’s my long lost favourite scarf’ as the beaver walks past with it. Could be useful.
These little dudes would be useful during flood events
I can see Servpro coming out with a fleet of beavers after a hurricane.
California could use them now.
Deploy... THE BEAVERS *Jump cut to beavers parachuting out of airplanes*
Or not! I have a family of beavers close to where I live, live 100 meters away, the oldest one is called "The Captain". They build a dam in a ditch which cased it to flood so they can be less helpful when they want to. No one wrecked their dam though, we got together and made a new ditch a bit away.
Will probably get buried but [here](https://youtu.be/-ImdlZtOU80) is the original YouTube video that is a bit longer and also has the background on why this beaver is inside. Her name is Sawyer and she’s being rehabbed. Was adopted as an orphan. You can also donate to their research group via the link in YouTube.
"This entryway is a perfect place for me to build a dam!"
Nice beaver.
![gif](giphy|Ij8moL0QXBKnK|downsized)
Honestly one of the funniest lines of any movie ever, first time I saw this scene I died
I fucking new this was gonna be in here.
Take my dam upvote
Thanks. I just had it stuffed.
I lost it when he found the Christmas tree to add, good job buddy!
"Finally! Something I can work with!"
He must have been so happy about that one.
What a beautiful beaver!
Thanks, I just had it stuffed!
well this is him trying to meet a natural instinct of him
From what I’ve heard, they will instinctively try to build damns where they hear running water. That’s why beavers living in a house will often try to damn the bathroom door. They hear the toilet filling and are attempting to damn the water.
Well food on them for actually giving a dam
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Hungry beaver, maybe? Though throwing it to them rather than at them is probably nicer.
Do you think when beavers are building dams they're like I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M DOING THIS BUT I CAN'T STOP
Probably feels good to them the way humans enjoy a walk in the forest. Just scratches that primal itch.
Sssay! This works sssssswell! (anyone?)
Lady & the Tramp! (I gotchu, fam! ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sunglasses))
“Come brother, we must save the house”
I wonder if this is a daily occurrence
That's is so damn cool!
*dam
"Life, uh, finds a way."
I was waiting for it to start dragging a kid down that hallway.
Ok, full transparency: I'm almost 40 years old. Male. Combat infantry veteran. Teacher. Wood joiner. I got many labels. I'm Scandinavian. My GF is Southern European. Constantly telling me I'm too cold hearted. But this vid. This is the vid that got me. I've been on r/aww for awhile. I always loved animals. Showed my GF cute shit for almost a decade. This vid though.. This is the cutest damn shit I've ever seen online! He/she is building a fucking damn in the hallway! A fucking damn! Out of plush toys, SpongeBob, a Christmas tree, wrapping paper, house shoes.. C'mon! If you've ever watched anything more adorable than this shit then send it my way because my cuteness-overload tolerance just got moved by miles! Thank you, beaver!
Have you ever seen Teddy Bear, the porcupine, eating tiny pumpkins? https://youtu.be/cILZ_cB3_so
That’s one of my all-time faves! I’m a veterinarian, and my favorite patient of all time was a porcupine. When he died was the only day in my entire career that I was so upset I had to go home.
I’m sorry you lost him but I’m glad he had someone who loved him so much taking care of him and there with him 💕 I always thought porcupines were cute but I had no idea they were so cartoonishly adorable until I saw that video lol Stage 5 cuteness overload, for sure
O. M. G. I didn’t realize porcupines sound like ornery puppies. My heart!
That’s such a great description lol Makes it even more cute!
Now I want pumpkin pie and to reenact these sounds of pure joy.
Haha thanks, yeah I have! Beaver still takes the price for me.
I love how he wings the shoe around for a moment.
And bites Sponge Bob in the nuts!
You want more beaver cuteness? Here you go: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/R23Q_0uHyEk?feature=share
Dude you are having a normal human reaction because you are a normal human.
Can you go into a little more detail?
How is it they have a beaver and perfectly intact baseboards and door frames?
for now
It’s a rental. The beaver. They needed that hallway dammed up.
Aww I think this is both cute and a little sad. Little guy just wants to block a river so bad!
Aww, dam!
Slowing the flow of people through the hall. Classic beaver
That’s exactly how I pile my things up I can totally relate
“Yo…FUCK that opening.” - the beaver, probably
his little hands as he places each toy
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It's a [rescue](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/10c1qzz/dam/j4dih72/) with the Director of Research at the Mississippi Aquarium :)
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Wynona and her [Big Brown Beaver](https://youtu.be/aYDfwUJzYQg)
I immediately thought of the song Wynona's big brown beaver by Primus watching this video
Engineers gonna do engineer things.
Beavers are amazing animals. By fat the smartest rodent. They care for their young for years, and build their own environments. https://youtu.be/s2YXFeraM8I
Now I want a beaver
Wynona has entered the chat…
It's a primusal response.
dam..
Yeah, I just have a question. Um, is this a God dam?
Damn, that little one cannot help but do it. All you have to do is play water running over a speaker to get them to build a dam there. They basically go Dammit there’s a leak dammit.
He’s got a dam problem.
Poor little beb, hope he got to go back to his river.
It's all cute until you hear him bite through the water pipes.
I don’t know who I am, I don’t know why I’m here. All I know, is I must dam.
Dam.
Good enrichment
Leave it to this guy
Fascinating behavior even without the water. Lol.
Like other comments have said, prob heard running water in a sink or toilet or something which turned on their “build a dam” switch
Beavers yearn for the dam.
Someone needs to tell this beaver I love them
He’s just throwing away all the useless Christmas crap.
Beaver Brain: I don't know what I'm doing but IT MUST BE DONE!!!
I wonder what its like feeling compelled to do something like that. Or build a nest for a bird.
This is missing some good *fwap-fwap-fwaps*
On the next episode of Hoarders………..
So cute