There’s a really cool set of experiments that have been done around this. It seems it’s the sound that compels them to build.

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    1 year ago

    I wonder if they established a common tipping point of water flow speed that triggered the instinct.

    Like…hey, I’m buried in the mud…cool cool…but suddenly I MUST build!

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      That would be interesting to know. And then mess with them by turning it just below and just above. Just kidding, I’d never be mean to nice beavers.