# Dam Beavers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645 "2010-05-07T16:28:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/1 "2010-05-07T16:28:40Z")
The beaver isn’t our national rodent for nothing! Way to go guys! [Linkey](http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/806003--world-s-largest-beaver-dam-40-years-in-the-making). ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/2 "2010-05-07T18:28:07Z")
Well Damn! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/3 "2010-05-07T18:30:06Z")
I had a nightmare about beavers last night. Between seeing that article yesterday, and the one that tried to kill me on the bike path recently, the dang things give me the creeps. Edit: Not seeing this specific page, but an article about the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/4 "2010-05-07T19:39:01Z")
I loves me beavers!!! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/5 "2010-05-07T19:49:29Z")
Interesting. About a year ago I “discovered” an area where the beavers have probably had a series of dams for a longer time period than those discussed in that article. The dams are not “bigger” (but they are big), but there are more of em and have been there awhile. Maybe I need to send some beaver experts an email? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/6 "2010-05-07T20:41:39Z")
Went and Google Earthed my beaver site. Its 0.6 miles southwest of Kinston, Alabama. 31 12.638 north, 86 10.675 west. You can see that the beavers have turned a tiny creek (look north of there and south of there) into a wide lake/marsh between two low hills/ridges. It looks like a river delta in the images, but it is a series of wide shallow lakes. Kind of like a beaver version of stepped rice paddies. To paddle through that area you have to drop down a half dozen or so beaver lake/dam levels. A very neat paddle. Tracing the one dam I can specifically remember, I come up with a length of 400 meters. Not a record setter but certainly world class. There might be a record setting length dam in there…need to go back and look more carefully. Those beavers there have certainly been there awhile and been busy thats for sure. Pretty good for a bunch of redneck Alabama beavers 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/7 "2010-05-07T22:48:44Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Pretty good for a bunch of redneck Alabama beavers 🙂 Yeah, not too shabby. But, the only thing that really matters is that the record stays here in Canada 😉 (and [the beaver on the nickel](http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m388/malissalovescoins/high%20grade%20canadian/efeba938.jpg)). And, for your further edification, [here’s some pics and video](http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo/ne.aspx) of the wonder itself. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/8 "2010-05-07T23:56:44Z")
I want to try to convince some beavers to move to some property I have in Montana. I have a nice creek, but I want a pond. However, I can’t dam the creek without permits from 500 agencies and neighbors. HOWEVER, if a nice beaver family moved in a dammed the creek, I would get my pond, they would get a habitat, and we all win! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/9 "2010-05-08T00:59:59Z")
Is there a ‘dry’ valley where you could build a dam without permits from 500 agencies and neighbors? Either that or go trap you some beavers from Three Forks. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/10 "2010-05-08T04:58:34Z")
I once shot a beaver while bowfishing. What a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/11 "2010-05-08T13:09:08Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Is there a ‘dry’ valley where you could build a dam without permits from 500 agencies and neighbors? Either that or go trap you some beavers from Three Forks. No. And if you do, you’ll get a dam [letter](http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/dammed.asp) from the state telling you to tear it down or face fines. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/12 "2010-05-08T14:17:58Z")
Wow, how…er…Eager. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/13 "2010-05-08T18:03:08Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > No. And if you do, you’ll get a dam [letter](http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/dammed.asp) from the state telling you to tear it down or face fines. And people say Mississippi is backwards. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/14 "2010-05-09T04:12:47Z")
I’m really impressed that you can see it from space! Dam! ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/15 "2010-05-09T06:45:12Z")
European beavers don’t build dams? Huh. I didn’t know that. Learn something new every day, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/16 "2010-05-09T06:53:13Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > European beavers don’t build dams? > > Huh. I didn’t know that. Learn something new every day, I guess. Damn socialist beavers probably get them provided by the state. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dam-beavers/538645/17 "2010-05-09T16:33:03Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Damn socialist beavers probably get them provided by the state. In Soviet Russia, beavers dam you!