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Officials in the Brdy region of the Czech Republic were at an impasse.

Despite securing more than one million dollars’ worth of funding for a new dam to address water issues, the project had stalled after seven years of planning because the necessary building permits for such a structure couldn’t be acquired.

But then, everyone woke up one morning in January to find that the job had been completed—by eight beavers. For free.

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[-] tocopherol@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Archived link to avoid the wall. I love beavers, for the longest time I thought it was sort of an exaggeration that they 'build dams', like maybe they put some sticks in a stream, but they really actually do some wild engineering. The page also links to a fun history about beavers being airdropped into the wilderness like Solid Snake.

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