There’s actually a really cool set of experiments that have been done around this. It seems it’s the sound that compels them to build:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67662/sound-running-water-puts-beavers-mood-build
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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Ooh, feel free to post that in this community, it's very fitting!
Done! Thank you for the encouragement.
Awesome, thank you for contributing some beaver facts!
TIL wet beavers look exactly like those tacky porcelain statuettes.
Hah, I've never seen one of those, but you're so right. In my area, the tacky thing to do is put out "marble" sculptures of like lions by your door or some vases... except it's like a tiny, cheap house and it looks completely out of place.