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[-] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 235 points 9 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 107 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 141 points 9 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.

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 9 months ago

Suddenly the angry beavers makes more sense

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

So its not just the sound, got it

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 40 points 9 months ago

It's the sound that triggers an instinctual response.

[-] TetraVega@lemmings.world 7 points 9 months ago

Correlation, not necessarily causation.

[-] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 101 points 9 months ago
[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 15 points 9 months ago

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

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago
[-] zloubida@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

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

[-] DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 42 points 9 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 9 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 22 points 9 months ago

That's just quitter talk.

[-] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago
[-] DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"Hey Bob, I see you hired a plumber, what's going on?"

"I heard the sound of a leak in our bathroom wall. Hired a plumber to find it and fix it."

"You're such a dumbass, Bob."

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

More like: I heard dripping water in this movie I was watching, so I hired a plumber

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

It's weird how people whose entire life has been lived with imax can't fathom the millions of years the earth evolved without tiktok.

[-] groupofcrows@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago

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

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