• WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Do we really think that a beaver dam is the same level of safety/long term investment as a $1.2 million dam?

    I mean, the dam is self-repairing.

    • MangoCats@feddit.it
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      1 day ago

      The dam is also environmentally friendly - beavers have been building dams in the area for 30 million years, the ecosystems are evolved to live with beaver dams.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      20 hours ago

      So you would be willing to build a home in a flood zone that is protected by nothing but a “dam” built by beavers?

      The structures may share a name, but believe it or not, humans have innovated quite a bit to say the fucking least…