"Old Beaver Tail" ... What do *Bored Beavers* do ??
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Originally posted by QueenScoopalot
... those beavers have a lot of work ahead
rebuilding their dam!
They'll prolly just go to the Bank and Float a Loan!
Beavers - Mother Nature's Construction Engineers http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/wink.gif
Years ago I volunteered at a little Sports Car Road Racing Course -
wound for 2 miles through the woods - beside a creek.
One fall Maw & Paw BEAVER moved in and built a Summer Cottage and
a lil pond...
Well, OK ... welcome to da Hood ...
Next year the KIDS needed a place... another pond and several more "Houses"
appeared... Ooooh-Kaaay...
Next year the GRAND-Kids needed places...
THIRD Level of Lakes appeared -
with MORE "Houses"... Hmmmmm ???
Spring Rains arrived... The Waters ROSE! http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/eek.gif
The Track was FLOODED for a quarter mile!
THIS was NOT Good! http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/frown.gif
The BEAVER WAR was declared!
Work Parties all Spring - Man vrs BEAVER!
We sacked, burned & pillaged on Saturdays & Sundays.
They *watched* http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/mad.gif
By Tuesday Afternoons the damages we wrought were repaired - water
flow was a mere trickle, and the water was again lapping over the
Race Track. They *smiled* http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/smile.gif
WE pouted & Fumed! http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/frown.gif
Races were cancelled...
A Friend agreed to bring in a MONSTER Track-Hoe Excavator...
Three days of Mechanized War reduced their Three-Level Lake system to
a mere *trickle* of free-flowing creek.
The Track-Hoe crawled up on it's low-boy and went home...
The Humans & Racers were Happie http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/smile.gif
A week later the Waters Rose AGAIN...
In two weeks we were FLOODED ... http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/mad.gif
They "smiled" http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/smile.gif and paddled about "Their" Lakes.
The only thing that seemed to work was if we LEFT the Track-Hoe
*parked* near the dams - the Beaver Army usually only did minor
repairs if the Mechanical Monster remained in sight. Load it up
to send it off to a Paying Job for it's owner - and the 4-Pawed Army
sprang into action and had the Race Track
flooded again within a WEEK!
Final Resolution?
A MONTH's worth of MAJOR Excavating!
We "deepened" the creek by about 8 feet - and piled ALL the dirt
between the Track and the creek - we built our OWN Dam!
(A Quarter Mile's worth!)
The Beaver Army then rebuilt THEIR Dams on the "other side" -
deep enough to "Keep em Happie" but overall low enough to
keep "our" Race Track dry! http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/rolleyes.gif
