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Read more: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67662/sound-running-water-puts-beavers-mood-build
TIL beavers build their dams as an instinct to stop the sounds of water leaks. If a speaker is playing just the sound of running water, a beaver will build a dam over it. This is even if it’s over concrete with no visible water, or if an actual nearby leaky water source is quieter than the speaker.
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[This comment](https://i.imgur.com/v7y88Zx.jpg) is what spawned my research, by the way. Made me laugh but it turns out to actually be the case.
They just want to take naps in peace and quiet
Dam that’s interesting
It would make you think, what are humans preprogrammed to do?
I want to abuse this. Release a family of beavers wherever there needs to be a damn built, and let them build the foundation of it.