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[-] dyslexicdainbroner@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Sounds like ‘BI’ rather than ‘AI’

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Why are they suggesting that lack of documentation is a good thing?

They should hire someone to study the beavers and their work. It could be useful to other countries.

According to AOPK spokeswoman Karolína Šůlová, beavers have contributed positively to water retention in other areas in the past. However, it occasionally happens that what suits them is not in the interests of humans. For example, in the vicinity of Lanškroun in the Orlickoústec region, beavers inadvertently flooded fields and waterlogged a nearby railway line.

Yeah, that's why you need this shit studied and documented

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 13 hours ago

Beaver dams aren't exactly news to anyone, I'm pretty sure they've been studied by plenty of people

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago

One January morning, officials woke up to discover that the dam had been completed by eight beavers. Not only had these beavers built the dam in almost the same spots that humans had originally planned construction, but they effectively saved Czech leadership 30 million korunas (about $1.2 million).

“[Beavers] built the dams without any project documentation and for free,” says Bohumil Fišer, Brdy’s Protected Land Administration (PLA) chief.

No environmental impact study. No permit. Non union workforce. Check the materials - did they use properly rated materials? Cutting corners until it cost nothing. Beavers aren't even trained engineers!

But seriously this is excellent news. Love nature aligning with human interests. Makes big money want to save animals.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 day ago

Beavers aren't even trained engineers

[-] Deebster@infosec.pub 19 points 1 day ago

The Brdy dam was intended to restore the area to its natural state, decades after the Czech military built a bypass gully that drained its surroundings.

The beaver version is sure to be more natural than anything a human would manage, with less disruption. Another bonus is that the officials are now incentivised to protect the beavers as they're maintaining infrastructure.

[-] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

Self repairing, balance of nature, positive impact upon biodiversity dam. For more or less zero cost to the ape creatures who stupidly think the earth is theirs alone.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 5 points 23 hours ago

Now we've just got to train them to put hydroelectric turbines in!

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2026
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