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[–] [email protected] 71 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'm not sure if this means that they are annoyed or if they use it as an indicator that there is something to do.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Should be simple enough: check their cortisol levels in the presence and absence of various water stimuli.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Has anybody thought to just ask them?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

See, sometimes the best scientist needs to ask the simplest questions no one thought to ask.

Here is your Nobel Prize

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Stick to the facts and don't get too deep into the woods. Good ideas will always float to the surface.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

The problem is it's often hard to see the forest for the trees.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Too busy, those beavers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

You say this like drawing blood from wild beavers is a trivial task!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Super fair point, I'm projecting human emotions onto the beavers & don't actually know how they feel about the sound of running water lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

It can be both.