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Submariner

(12,506 posts)
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 11:52 AM Nov 2022

Perfectly Placed Trail Cam Catches Wolves, Bears, and More Crossing Beaver Dam

A trail cam set up at a beaver dam in northern Minnesota captured amazing footage over an entire year. The footage includes bears, wolves, and other wildlife crossing the river by way of the beaver dam. The trail camera was set up at a dam near Voyageurs National Park, capturing deer, foxes, beavers, and various birds going about their daily lives.

The video was shared on YouTube by the Voyageurs Wolf Project. In addition to all the wildlife, a human hiker even uses the beaver dam, albeit in a rather strange way. The hiker, seemingly aware of the camera, trots along the beaver dam, stops, scratches behind his ear similar to an animal, looks around, and then trots away. Most likely a funny find for whoever edited the footage.

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Perfectly Placed Trail Cam Catches Wolves, Bears, and More Crossing Beaver Dam (Original Post) Submariner Nov 2022 OP
If beavers could put a meter on the uses of their dam, they would be RICH. NCjack Nov 2022 #1
+1 GreenWave Nov 2022 #12
LMAO at the hiker guy. What a neat project--so many cool critters. Wingus Dingus Nov 2022 #2
That was wonderful! CrispyQ Nov 2022 #3
Great compilation. 2naSalit Nov 2022 #4
❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 2022 #5
Great video...don't you love wildlife. StClone Nov 2022 #6
The best beaver-human videos are the ones where the ranchers and farmers ffr Nov 2022 #7
LIKE IT republianmushroom Nov 2022 #8
The beaver is like "can you please get off my dam" IronLionZion Nov 2022 #9
Get off my damn dam, dammit! calimary Nov 2022 #13
Magnificent diversity of wildlife. Fla Dem Nov 2022 #10
Just totally remarkable! calimary Nov 2022 #11
Wonderful! Wild blueberry Nov 2022 #14
The bear crossed over the river, the bear crossed over the river, the bear crossed over the RIVERRRR eppur_se_muova Nov 2022 #15

CrispyQ

(36,492 posts)
3. That was wonderful!
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 12:08 PM
Nov 2022

Loved the bears!

There's a beaver dam near a creek we walk by. Never seen any beavers, though. Industrious creatures! So interesting!

StClone

(11,686 posts)
6. Great video...don't you love wildlife.
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 01:02 PM
Nov 2022

Bears, otters, wolves, beavers, and birds! Specifically, two birds are seen in the vid which may get many a birder's heart racing: at the 3:59 mark a Gray Jay, and at 5:15 a juvenile Northern Goshawk. Both would make a birder's day if seen. But alas, no Moose!

ffr

(22,671 posts)
7. The best beaver-human videos are the ones where the ranchers and farmers
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 01:03 PM
Nov 2022

harness what beavers to naturally to their benefit. While other ranchers trap and kill beavers on their property, the ones with the beavers and their multiple ponds, have water storage to last their livestock through even the severe droughts we're experiencing.

calimary

(81,421 posts)
11. Just totally remarkable!
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 02:20 PM
Nov 2022

What you can see with quiet, careful watching.

Gives a whole new meaning to the real estate saying: “location, location, location”!

Wild blueberry

(6,649 posts)
14. Wonderful!
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 02:53 PM
Nov 2022

Really enjoyed the changing seasons and diverse wildlife.
(Also nice break from politics.)
Thank you.

eppur_se_muova

(36,280 posts)
15. The bear crossed over the river, the bear crossed over the river, the bear crossed over the RIVERRRR
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 07:42 PM
Nov 2022

... to see what he could see.
And all that he could see, and all that he could see ...

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