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Sort of! Beavers build dams as an instinctive response to the sound of running water. If you have pet beavers in your house, and down put a phone playing the s

Sort of! Beavers build dams as an instinctive response to the sound of running water. If you have pet beavers in your house, and down put a phone playing the sound of running water, they'll start dragging stuff over to where the phone is.

teruakohatu 2y ago
How common are beavers as indoor pets ?
- thatguy0900 2y ago
  In the US at least I don't think it's legal anywhere without a permit. I've seen videos like op has posted, it's usually rescue animals being looked after not actual housepets
- frugalmail 2y ago
  Never going to be common if their fate is to be like Peanut the Squirrel or Fred the Raccoon out of NY.
basementcat 2y ago
Relevant video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80
- HappMacDonald 2y ago
  Adorable critter with strong opinions on the arrangement of blankets and stuffies in a hallway. Side-recommended videos also lead me to Ze Frank's "True facts about Beavers" which is always a hoot. :)
  - basementcat 2y ago
    Somewhat unrelated but maybe not. https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com
Ancalagon 2y ago
Dam building as an instinctive response is kind of insane the more I think about it. What evolutionary pathway led to that behavior?
- rorylawless 2y ago
  The ones that didn’t do that tended to die before they could pass on their genes.
- stubish 2y ago
  Attempted rationalization: Some proto-beavers with sensitive hearing disliked the sound of running water, and discovered they could shut it up by dropping stuff into the stream to plug it up. As an unexpected side effect (evolution cannot expect anything), the deeper water created gave them an increased chance of survival and the behavior spread as they out competed other proto-beavers.
thih9 2y ago
Tongue in cheek, the instinctive response of government institution employees used to be also to produce a lot of cellulose (here: paper) and pile it together.

teruakohatu 2y ago

How common are beavers as indoor pets ?

thatguy0900 2y ago
In the US at least I don't think it's legal anywhere without a permit. I've seen videos like op has posted, it's usually rescue animals being looked after not actual housepets
frugalmail 2y ago
Never going to be common if their fate is to be like Peanut the Squirrel or Fred the Raccoon out of NY.

basementcat 2y ago

Relevant video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80

HappMacDonald 2y ago
Adorable critter with strong opinions on the arrangement of blankets and stuffies in a hallway. Side-recommended videos also lead me to Ze Frank's "True facts about Beavers" which is always a hoot. :)
- basementcat 2y ago
  Somewhat unrelated but maybe not. https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com

Ancalagon 2y ago

Dam building as an instinctive response is kind of insane the more I think about it. What evolutionary pathway led to that behavior?

rorylawless 2y ago
The ones that didn’t do that tended to die before they could pass on their genes.
stubish 2y ago
Attempted rationalization: Some proto-beavers with sensitive hearing disliked the sound of running water, and discovered they could shut it up by dropping stuff into the stream to plug it up. As an unexpected side effect (evolution cannot expect anything), the deeper water created gave them an increased chance of survival and the behavior spread as they out competed other proto-beavers.

thih9 2y ago

Tongue in cheek, the instinctive response of government institution employees used to be also to produce a lot of cellulose (here: paper) and pile it together.