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Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
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Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 7, 2010 at 10:46 am
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...proud.html

I was watching Rachel Maddow and she pointed it out. It was found on Google earth and in an area pretty much untouched by humans. A brief google search brought up a news story with astounding pictures.
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RE: Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 7, 2010 at 10:48 am
Epic beaver win.
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RE: Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 7, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Awesome Big Grin
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RE: Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 8, 2010 at 10:30 am
Great find Eilonnwy!!

Cleaver little rodents aren't they??
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RE: Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 8, 2010 at 11:00 am
Damn, that must've taken ages to put together.

Thank you for sharing! The animal kingdom is full of surprises that never cease to amaze. I wonder when we're gone millions of years from now will evolved beavers and prairie dogs look upon our ruined dams and constructs and wonder who or what built them. Big Grin

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RE: Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 8, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Any moment expect some fundie shitwit to announce that 'god' guided them.
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RE: Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 8, 2010 at 1:15 pm (This post was last modified: May 8, 2010 at 1:18 pm by Watson.)
"And Lo, BeaverGod said to these humble primates, 'Go now and construct a great dam of stone, so that the waters may be stopped up and your continued thirst shall be quenched...'"

Someting to that effect, I imagine...

And the atheist beavers will be like "Lawl Stone dams?! What bullshit."
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RE: Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 9, 2010 at 5:02 am
(May 8, 2010 at 1:15 pm)Watson Wrote: "And Lo, BeaverGod said to these humble primates, 'Go now and construct a great dam of stone, so that the waters may be stopped up and your continued thirst shall be quenched...'"

Someting to that effect, I imagine...

And the atheist beavers will be like "Lawl Stone dams?! What bullshit."

Ummmm they are Rodents...ermmm
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RE: Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 9, 2010 at 5:06 am
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This beaver was not one of them.

Talk about evolution in action!
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RE: Beavers build dam larger than the Hoover Dam
May 9, 2010 at 6:18 pm
I really hate the comparison to the Hoover dam, making it look like these furry buck tooth rodents look so much more impressive than it actually is.

Show me some natural construct that holds the same pressures and then I'll accept the comparison.

Fucking rats.

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