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[–] 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Beavers built a dam in Alberta (850 meters) that is twice the length of the Hoover Dam. It isn't the technical marvel as the Hoover Dam, but one would have to be lying to say it's not impressive.

Extra info: we know it has existed since at least 1975, as it's visible in arial photographs. (Many from space).

So 50+ years for rodents maintaining a project seems pretty neat.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Also over in Europe sometime in the last several years, some beavers completed a dam that had been stalled in the planning and funding phase. The beavers just rolled up and in 24 hours with $0 in funding and built a dam in almost the exact spot that the planners were going to build them anyway.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah after we slaughtered them to near extinction, it sounds like they are making a good comeback. (Fur hats and anal gland perfume have different yearning these days)

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago
    [–] 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Obviously you’ve never played Timberborn

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Came here just to say this. OP need to play timberborn rn

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Mainstream archeologists would like you to believe that.
    But the truth will come out - it was aliens.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Some mf once tried to convince me some vacuum cleaner made this smh my head for real

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    Nor did any Hoovers.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Allways scary to see how much the water level has dropped

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Well yeah, it wasn't one beaver, it was hundreds of beavers

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    What's with the weirdly large rolled up flag on top of the building? Or is it something that's been painted?

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    What about infinite beavers?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    No but OP's moms beaver really helped

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Am I tripping or is that the real life version of the damn in GTA V?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    This is the Hoover Dam, the GTA V dam is based on Pacoima Dam and Morris Dam

    Source: https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Land_Act_Dam

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    This has "big government" written all over it. You can't convince me otherwise.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    Ok, but what about two beavers?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    What gave it away? A lack of wood, maybe?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Of course, they built it for the goats!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    Is this Hoover Dam ? I only knew it from New Vegas

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    The picture is beautiful and captured how big and grandiose the dam is. New Vegas didn't manage to make the dam awe inspiring. There is a rumour of remaking New Vegas and hopefully that they re-skin and enlarge the scale of the dam.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    New Vegas and Fallout 3 remasters are confirmed, as well as Obsidian working on another Fallout with Bethesda oversight and Fallout 5 in pre production with production ramping up after Elder Scrolls 6 releases.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Pretty sure beavers made humans build it. Who domesticated whom?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Welcome to Utah ...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    You called?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Can we get some dam nachos at the dam gift shop?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Huh-huh, huh. Is this the god dam? Huh-hu, huh, huh-huh.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    No, a vacuum cleaner build this!

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