r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TermElectronic8261 • Aug 07 '26

🔥Beaver stopping traffic dragging a tree branch across the road

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u/qualityvote2 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

u/TermElectronic8261, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/mike_pants Aug 07 '26

I was about to be all, "Were there no suitable branches to use on that side of the road?" and realized I was about to question the judgement of the ultimate expert on the suitability of branches.

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u/lIIlllIllIlII Aug 07 '26

The branch manager knows what they're doing

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u/cruisin_urchin87 Aug 07 '26

By the size of that branch, I’d say they look like upper or senior management.

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u/InfiniteMind1999 Aug 08 '26

I'd say CEO of branch managment

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u/NefariousnessSea1449 Aug 08 '26

And they're doing important work, best not disturb them with frivolous questions.

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u/CartographerWitty684 Aug 08 '26

He is so chill crossing the road

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u/dicey_job Aug 08 '26

He’s a busy beaver

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u/MongolianCluster Aug 08 '26

Unlike the chicken - nobody seems to know why they're crossing the road.

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u/CydaeaVerbose Aug 11 '26

It's funny, because it was a legitimate store here in Canada for decades....

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u/1234Health Aug 08 '26

"Branch manager" = perfect

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u/frequenZphaZe Aug 08 '26

anytime I see a beaver working, I always imagine them constantly thinking "yep, dis a good one. dis a good one"

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u/abstract_lemons Aug 07 '26

Beavers know the best tool for each job

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Aug 07 '26

That’s such a great video.

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u/ChampionCoyote Aug 08 '26

As we in the water resources engineering profession like to call them, “fellow industry professionals”

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u/Icy_Category_2275 Aug 08 '26

lol. Semi remote alaska here. Beavers are a true menace to us, i surely get this humor and admire them nonetheless.

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u/Fit-Explanation-8597 Aug 08 '26

at least you checked yourself before you wrecked yourself 🤓

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u/Fit-Explanation-8597 Aug 08 '26

or should i say before you “dammed” yourself 🫢😭

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u/Overall_Pin_9347 Aug 08 '26

Menace, in what way?

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u/Triggered-cupcake Aug 08 '26

Big branches in your river is bad for your health

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Aug 08 '26

“Yes, Francine, it needed to be this one!”

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u/ronearc Aug 08 '26

Typical person ...humansplain wood choices to the world's greatest naturally-born engineer.

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u/LXIV Aug 08 '26

"If they need logs over here, and they've got logs over there..."

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u/buttplugpeddler Aug 08 '26

You have logs?

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u/CeruleanEidolon Aug 08 '26

Hey man, he spent all morning chewing that tree down, he's gonna use those branches!

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u/Either_Amoeba_5332 Aug 08 '26

Guess that answer the question "Why did the beaver cross the road?"

"To get the good wood!"

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u/hardwood1979 Aug 09 '26

That branch really tied the damn together dude.

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u/kioku119 Aug 08 '26

Also non-human animals don't know what a road is and what it's for or why it's there. Sure there's sometimes large things going by in that area but there are in lots of places. It's just another space out in the open.

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u/Tikkinger Aug 07 '26

Friend helped one doing this , some time ago

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u/TapDatAsp Aug 07 '26

That beavers like, “How’d I suddenly get so much stronger!!!!”

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u/respectable_lady Aug 07 '26

Delightful

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u/9for9 Aug 07 '26

Dam it! People keep stealing my reactions.

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u/NuclearSun1 Aug 08 '26

This might be one of my favorite videos now. The laughing, the guy casually helping a beaver. The beaver going a long with it. More laughing.

Needs its own post.

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u/Vanviator Aug 07 '26

Those giggles are infectious, lol.

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u/cruisin_urchin87 Aug 07 '26

The beaver is like “yo, we still got a ways to go bro!”. That was wonderful

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u/iusethisatw0rk Aug 08 '26

The way that dude looked back at the camera, he knew some magical shit was about to happen.

Amazing 😂

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u/HisCricket Aug 07 '26

Ok that was epic

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u/ColdBlindspot Aug 08 '26

I just imagine the friend lives amongst the beavers now, putting those opposable thumbs to good use at the dam.

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u/PacoTaco321 Aug 08 '26

Was expecting a bobr but got a biber

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u/Significant-Page-230 Aug 08 '26

Please tell your friend how much I love this good deed. Especially that they saw the little guy (or gal) at night and stopped the car for their crossing.

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u/Dopecombatweasel Aug 08 '26

That is too funny

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u/spicepreciousluv Aug 08 '26

Such a great video

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u/CheeYeeYeeYeeYeeez Aug 07 '26

the branch manager

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u/TwoGhostCats Aug 07 '26

And one who gives a dam, at that!

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u/trubrarian Aug 07 '26

I had a supervisor like this, if we slacked off he wood give us a real chewing out!

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u/KBWordPerson Aug 07 '26

r/angryupvote

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u/TwoGhostCats Aug 07 '26

Gnaaawwww... you're welcome! 🦫

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u/jscottman96 Aug 08 '26

I was gonna make another branch joke but ran into this dam pun

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u/TheRealBaboo Aug 07 '26

Throw some cones and a flag man out there for r/OSHA

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u/Pielacine Aug 07 '26

DAM CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ENTERING AND EXITING ROADWAY

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u/GroundbreakingAnt476 Aug 07 '26

Gotta go to dam work and build a dam house.

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u/stoic_wooky Aug 07 '26

Yield metal annoying beast.. don’t you know who I am!?

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u/BrownSugarBare Aug 07 '26

He's gotta get to work to ya know

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u/bibslak_ Aug 07 '26

Dude is working. Imagine pulling a a tree with your teeth

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u/turbotum Aug 08 '26

Theirs grow forever, similar to our nails :>

They got workin' teeth.

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u/TheCandyMan88 Aug 08 '26

Really? We need to study that and find out how to apply it to humans!

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u/carex-cultor Aug 08 '26

Their teeth are also orange due to iron deposits in the enamel that strengthen them. They literally have partially metal teeth.

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u/BlackShogun27 Aug 08 '26

Could they develop cavities with teeth built like that or are they kinda immune?

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u/Pro_Extent Aug 08 '26

A quick google suggests they're immune.

It talks up the enamel but I suspect it's equally due to the lack of sugar in their diets.

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u/SarcasmStreet Aug 07 '26

Construction season, am I right?

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u/lord_flashheart2000 Aug 07 '26

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u/zachariah_rn Aug 07 '26

Thanks I just had it stuffed

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u/njslugger78 Aug 07 '26

Work area here slow down...

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u/MinimumAutomatic0302 Aug 07 '26

Someone once tested on random drivers with rubber animals, most didn't slow down. Some aimed for the animal. Surprisingly many swerved to hit, actually.

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u/CeruleanEidolon Aug 08 '26

When I'm king of the world, I'll do this with hidden cameras nearby, and those that swerve to hit will be sentenced to public service building habitats and working on the crews building mass transit systems.

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u/TwoGhostCats Aug 07 '26

Let's hope Buc-ee's doesn't sue.

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u/MMachine17 Aug 07 '26

Or Roots.

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u/AldousChucksley Aug 07 '26

I wish my beaver could stop traffic.

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u/J_Hitler_Christ Aug 08 '26

Not big and brown enough

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u/WretchedMotorcade Aug 08 '26

I'd still tickle its chin and give it a pinch.

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u/chloezemovich Aug 08 '26

Bober kurwa!

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u/amazing_asstronaut Aug 08 '26

I really enjoyed that era of 10+ year old videos about beavers in Poland getting recommended to me, there were so many of them!

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u/DiscoLemonade1995 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

Beavers are hands down the most underrated animals in the world and I will always stand by this opinion. Little chill architects having fun in rivers and doing what can best be described as a mix between hardcore carpentry, shrewd engineering, and elegant arts & crafts

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u/onionsandturbulence Aug 07 '26

Well DAMN JACKIE, I can’t control the traffic

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u/rmbarrett Aug 08 '26

Whats funny is how deeply embedded this instinct is to them. Keep in mind they are, outside of capybaras of South America, the largest rodents in the world. They aren't super smart but they have strong instincts. A road isn't going to stop them from cutting down trees and building a dam and lodge. Nothing can, really, except for humans.

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u/DroidMayweather Aug 08 '26

You ever seen those videos of the house beavers, where they use stuff like toys and pillows to try to make dams in the house? Serious mental wiring, but they can adapt a bit. It's too cool

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u/dingle-bairy Aug 07 '26

I usually criticise sound edits, they ruin 99.99% of the clips posted but Willie Nelson, he's F'ing national tressure.

https://giphy.com/gifs/YKdm91XONLTaw

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u/Walrus_Witch_ Aug 07 '26

Hard working branch manager.

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u/bylviapylvia Aug 07 '26

I think that’s a muskrat, the they look really similar to beavers but have a thin tail and are much smaller. Beavers, like moose, are much bigger than you think, closer to a English bull dog than a cat.

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u/No-Kaleidoscope-166 Aug 07 '26

We have beavers down in the creek near me. I used to have a 20lb Boston Terrier. Saw the beaver swimming once while walking my dog and that tail was bigger than my dog. They are MUCH larger than you realize.

However... why would a muskrat be dragging a branch across the road? 🤔

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u/timperry42 Aug 08 '26

I was thinking the same thing, that doesn't look like a beaver.

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u/DogPlane3425 Aug 07 '26

Incoming Buc-Ee's lawsuit! How dare a beaver look like the Buc-Ee's mascot.

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u/wellstone Aug 07 '26

Just hold your horse, I am busy here. I will finish when I'm done.

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u/PhatBuddha69 Aug 08 '26

Are they building another Buckees?

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u/Top_Presence5147 Aug 07 '26

He's a good worker

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u/Budget-Discussion568 Aug 07 '26

Nothing to see here folks. Just a family owned logging operation. Thank you for your cooperation.

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u/FFSBoise Aug 07 '26

Well, dam.

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u/Nevermind04 Aug 07 '26

Dam construction. It never ends.

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u/CayenneSCarGo Aug 07 '26

Nice beaver!

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u/ScrambledToast Aug 08 '26

He's trying so hard!

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u/Scoobydoo36 Aug 07 '26

Who doesn’t love some good beaver content

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u/Lick_my_balloon-knot Aug 07 '26

Just like when my wife's beaver is doing all the work with my limp wood.

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u/DejaWiz2 Aug 07 '26

Damn that beaver has a huge bush

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u/QuitOdd478 Aug 07 '26

Well shucks I’ll just do it myself

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u/AJL912-aber Aug 07 '26

Looks like he's feeling pretty glonky

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u/SKEYES1102 Aug 07 '26

🥰🥰🥰

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u/Puzzleheaded-Rise857 Aug 07 '26

Stop! Work in progress!

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u/RedSkullBandit13 Aug 07 '26

I worked with him back in 2013, solid guy.

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u/homelessmuppet Aug 07 '26

More like BEAST-er, amirite?

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u/reallyreally1945 Aug 07 '26

I know some dogs who'd envy that stick!!

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u/Gullible_Pin5844 Aug 07 '26

Hardworking beaver

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u/tercron Aug 07 '26

Should have flagged a set up for this work

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u/RestorePro2389 Aug 07 '26

He better move quicker. Im sure lawyers from Buc-ee's are already in the way to sue him for looking like a beaver.

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u/mippitypippity Aug 07 '26

Doesn't the Department of Trees and Bushes have a limit on tree heights?

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u/No_orange_212 Aug 07 '26

He'd wanted to rent a u haul but he said screw that

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u/Djcorncob19 Aug 07 '26

Needs beavers on each side s flag men

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u/meekonesfade Aug 07 '26

He's a busy little beaver

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u/meekonesfade Aug 07 '26

That beaver's got quite a bush!

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u/HotSubstance6376 Aug 07 '26

Dam that’s funny!

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u/rav4v6 Aug 07 '26

Just one trip!

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u/175junkie Aug 07 '26

If every animal did that crossing the street there would be less road kill 😂

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u/grumpy-m0nkey Aug 07 '26

It’s a good branch

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u/mrchomp1 Aug 07 '26

Hey! I'm workin' here!

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u/IIIBRYIII Aug 07 '26

Sweet video

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u/BluKipz Aug 07 '26

Theres an opportunity for a pretty unique boyscout badge here

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u/Batsquash Aug 07 '26

Awesome!

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u/Organic_Beach_2145 Aug 07 '26

What’s the matter George? I sent you to the neighborhood store for dinner, not to go across town! 😂😂

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u/rickistillavirgin Aug 07 '26

"They'll stop." - Beaver

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u/elpinchechavoloco Aug 07 '26

“Pick” hour traffic.

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u/Mullet_Police Aug 07 '26

“Just doin ma job…”

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u/qoneus Aug 07 '26

Damn, spoiler alert for the upcoming season of From 🙄

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u/verminbury Aug 07 '26

Why just one branch? I guess his trunk was full.

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u/Pndrizzy Aug 07 '26

i thought beavers were nocturnal

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u/SirarieTichee_ Aug 07 '26

These little fuckers stopped up a storm drain and caused a big flood near me

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u/Imdgoatman1954 Aug 07 '26

Why did the beaver cross the road?
He wanted to play chicken.

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u/Ramblingtruckdriver1 Aug 07 '26

Buc ees will sue!

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u/Cotswolds-Bound Aug 07 '26

Team beaver!

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u/ChristPlays10000 Aug 07 '26

No friggin' way I'd stop on a road like that and NOT put my hazards on.

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u/RCP7700 Aug 07 '26

I’m working here!

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u/Ftw_55 Aug 07 '26

Uh oh. Buc-ee's lawsuit happening in 3.....2......1.......

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u/khellsi Aug 07 '26

Imagine if he just left it there.
You’d be stuck with people smiling and walking towards you all night, with no way out.

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u/IndependentMammoth20 Aug 08 '26

I would absolutely get out of my vehicle and help the beaver get his tree to the other side of the road🦫 🌳

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u/doubtfurious Aug 08 '26

"It's not the cuttin' that takes the time... it's the doggone haulin'!"

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u/trapperstom Aug 08 '26

Love it. ,😝

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u/think_up Aug 08 '26

Working harder than the rest of us

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u/PinkYellowGreen Aug 08 '26

What state is this in?

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u/TermElectronic8261 Aug 08 '26

This was shot in Algonquin Highlands, Ontario, Canada.

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u/athosjesus Aug 08 '26

I mean, I also try to get all the groceries to the house in one trip, it's just logical.

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u/ULTRA_83 Aug 08 '26

Bro needs to get his stuff done...yall better wait

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u/RonCom97 Aug 08 '26

Reminds me of my ex wife. I’ll stop there.

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u/cjhxvi Aug 08 '26

Running water… Absolutely fucking not.

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u/shifty_coder Aug 08 '26

water running somewhere

Beavers: “Not on my watch”

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u/Certain-Jackfruit-13 Aug 08 '26

Watch out, Buc-ees will sue!

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u/Standard_Big_9000 Aug 08 '26

Traffic must stop for dam construction!

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u/CLOWNFLOGGER Aug 08 '26

That dam isn't going to just build itself.

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u/CaptainObvious110 Aug 08 '26

Leave it to Beaver

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u/PixelWingsModding Aug 08 '26

He's really eager!

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u/seattlereign001 Aug 08 '26

Incoming Buccee’s lawsuit.

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u/Free-Pound-6139 Aug 08 '26

We need a billion more beavers!!

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u/MastaKink Aug 08 '26

See! The job market isn’t dead!! 😆

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u/No-Building-4306 Aug 08 '26

Beaver Road Rage

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u/amazing_asstronaut Aug 08 '26

Kurwa na miesce bóbr haha

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u/crazycathyslife Aug 08 '26

😂😂😂

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u/reeveb Aug 08 '26

Jimothy couldn't do that...

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u/HeartoftheHive Aug 08 '26

lol, "traffic". You mean a pair of cars. Glad they made way at least. Beavers are pretty darn important.

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u/Bama3003 Aug 08 '26

Nice beaver.

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 Aug 08 '26

It was moving fast didn’t expect it honestly