rescue beaver makes christmas dam in house .

[AllaN01Bear]

[NewDayOranges]

1. So kewt! Thx for sharing...

[PlutosHeart]

2. Poor baby.

Trying to just do his job. Wonder why he is considered "rescued". What might be of concern about him. I adore beavers so much and they are totally not getting the respect they deserve.

[cilla4progress]

8. Same!

They are so important in the watersheds in our arid country around here.

[LisaL]

24. She rescues them as babies.

Orphaned baby won't survive.

[cyclonefence]

3. This kind of broke my heart

[Habibi]

14. Same here. nt

[Maraya1969]

4. Now that is one of the best things I've ever seen!!! Thank you for posting.

[Jade Fox]

5. What was this beaver being "rescued" from -- freedom?

If you find a wild animal in distress, call the local authority which exists in most cities. They know what they are doing.

Stop trying to use wild animals to meet your own emotional needs.

[LisaL]

23. She is a wild life rehabber.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. He worked so hard on his masterpiece. He so wanted a stuffed animal atop the tree.

[brush]

7. It's in their DNA. Build dams. Very environmentally important in the wild.

BUT IN A HOUSE?

[Irish_Dem]

9. OMG he drags the Christmas tree, ornaments and all, to the "dam."

And I am not even half way through the video.

[Beartracks]

10. IKR? It's like, "Finally, something familiar!"

[Irish_Dem]

12. Right, he is saying what the hell kind of place only has pillows for damn dam material.

[Bayard]

11. Someone had to do something

The toilet overflowed.

I would also like to know what he's doing there, though.

[calimary]

13. Instincts are POWERFUL.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Just as a FYI for the thread about the video's owner

Dr. Holley Muraco, is Director of Research and Conservation at Mississippi Aquarium and is a Marine Biologist. That video is on her Youtube channel. She had some other videos there of rescued babies (beavers).

Potts Camp native Holley Muraco is a world-renowned dolphin expert


By BLAKE ALSUP Daily Journal Aug 6, 2022


TUPELO • Dr. Holley Muraco, a world-renowned dolphin expert, developed her love of animals decades ago in rural Marshall County. Muraco, 47, grew up on a farm in Potts Camp, a small town in Northeast Mississippi. Even as a kid, she was obsessed with animals. "Everything that crawls or creeps," as she described it.

Muraco said she never came across an animal she didn't want to be near, touch or learn about. "My parents, bless them, let me bring home every little broken critter to try to save it," Muraco said. "And everything that needed to be bottle-fed, they knew they could hand it over."

Having spent her career traveling the world to research dolphins and other marine animals, Muraco has returned to Mississippi where she's served as director of research for the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport since 2019.

(snip)

Mississippi research and inspiring the next generation

When an opportunity presented itself, Muraco and her family moved back to Mississippi. "I have enjoyed an absolutely incredible career, I have been able to do some amazing things, and I am ready to give back in the form of helping my state," Muraco said. The Mississippi Aquarium, where she's served as director of research since 2019, is building a robust conservation and research program that will not only benefit the animals in its care, but will in turn help the state's wildlife.

(snip)

https://www.djournal.com/news/local/potts-camp-native-holley-muraco-is-a-world-renowned-dolphin-expert/article_21c06430-f6e5-549f-93fe-6fdccd3c5921.html

IMHO, I know we associate beavers with "dams" but they use those big piles to build a "lodge" to live in!



He was trying to make a "home" and even found Sponge Bob, an aquatic figure who was giving him some fits to get the place "just right".

[AllaN01Bear]

20. thanks for the back story. theres always one in things like this.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Thank you for the thread!

That was just cool to watch it trying to "build a home in a home" but Sponge Bob's legs weren't cooperating. That's like me and my sisters trying to build a tent or fort in one of our bedrooms when we were kids.

[mrsadm]

16. I LOVE all wildlife, but not beavers in or near the house

Beavers near your house can be very destructive. They are innocent of course, just doing what nature tells them, to build their own house. But they will destroy your trees and pond.

[OverBurn]

17. So cute. Can they be litter box trained and where can I get one?

[forgotmylogin]

18. "No water making it up THESE stairs..."

(adds Christmas tree)

[okaawhatever]

28. 😀😀😀 IKR Hilarious. nt

[liberalla]

19. That is one heck of a hard working and BUSY BEAVER!

what a cutie!

[erronis]

21. I would be very careful s/he doesn't find out how to turn on the tap!

I'm sure there's nothing better than for it to see how well it holds back a flood.

[efhmc]

25. Give that guy some fire wood.

[electric_blue68]

26. Talk about instincts kicking in!...

Then went and read why they often (but not always build dams). 👍

[IcyPeas]

27. rescue beaver.... now interior designer

saw a cat in the background too.

[Wednesdays]

29. I liked the whole dam video.