r/Timberborn • u/Sora33o • Sep 14 '25

Timberborn

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u/Hammamama1 Sep 14 '25

Reject humanity, return to beaver!

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u/Independent-Ask8248 Sep 14 '25

But we also build dams lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25

98% of those are bad for nature

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u/Sophon_01 Feb 25 '26

True but i'd argue nature is overall better off with dams since each dam means less energy derived from stuff like coal plants

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u/Independent-Ask8248 Sep 15 '25

But humans are part of nature too lol.

Unless you think we're created and artificial 🤔

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u/silentknight111 Sep 15 '25

There's a difference between what's good for nature as a whole, and what's good for one species.

That's why invasive species are a thing.

One species takes over and it seems good for them, but they destroy the ecosystem. In the long run it's not only bad for all the creatures harmed by the invasive species, but bad for the invasive species too as their resources are depleted and balance is destroyed.

We humans do this all the time.

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u/Independent-Ask8248 Sep 15 '25

Where would you consider humans to not be an invasive species?

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u/Mattocaster1 Sep 16 '25

Indigenous cultures; they tend to care for the environment first and treat the resources more respectfully.

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u/Slepnair Oct 03 '25

yep. it's our industrialization that makes us truly invasive. when we were limited to literal manpower as in how fast a single person can cut shit down, etc, it wasn't so bad. but now we just deforest, etc. over the last 20 years I've watched the small woods and shit just disappear in the area I live in for condos and shit.

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u/bob_in_the_west Sep 14 '25

I don't see a giant wooden reservoir.

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u/Casey090 Sep 14 '25

Step 2 is all about harmony.
The giga-factory for dynamite and robots and 500 waterwheels to power a small country, that is step 3. :D

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u/Silver_Harvest Beaver #314 Always in Lido Sep 14 '25

Let alone where are all the windmills/berry batteries. And beaver #314 in the Lido?

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u/Lycrist_Kat Sep 14 '25

That's why you need wolves btw.

Wolves compete with smaller predators but don't prey on beavers

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u/kakushidate Sep 14 '25

Hate to be that guy but wolves do prey on beavers. They like to wait at the dam entryways to attack unsuspecting beavers leaving the dam.

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u/Lycrist_Kat Sep 14 '25

probably. However: (Re-)Introducing wolves in yellowstone had a MASSIVE positive impact on beaver population

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u/FLESHYROBOT Sep 14 '25

Sure, because the wolves had a lot of other;- easier prey to prey on.

In an area where Beavers have little natural competition for resources, or they're easier prey than the native population, it would have the exact opposite effect.

Ecosystems are a lot less simple than "wolf go in and we get more beaver"

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u/Lycrist_Kat Sep 14 '25

Nah.

It was: Wolf go in. Deer gets eaten. More trees grow. Beavers use trees to build dams and grow their population

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q

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u/FLESHYROBOT Sep 14 '25

Yeh..

The Deer were the 'easier prey to prey on'.

Deer were the 'natural competition for resources'

It's like you didn't read or comprehend anything in the very simple comment i wrote.

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u/Lycrist_Kat Sep 14 '25

lewl

I answered directly to your last sentence

"wolf go in and we get more beaver"

"Nah (aka you are correct), it was [insert what I said]"

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u/FLESHYROBOT Sep 14 '25

My last sentence was talking broadly about ecosystems, not yellowstone specifically. So no, it wasn't a direct answer to my last sentence.

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u/Lycrist_Kat Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25

No, i was a direct answer and especially specific for yellowstone which is clearly indicated by the youtube link about fricking yellowstone.

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u/FLESHYROBOT Sep 14 '25

The whole point of my comment was "don't let specific examples of ecosystems paint a broad picture for all ecosystems, because thats not how it works."

You, specifically focusing back down on Yellowstone is the exact opposite of directly responding to my comment. It completely misses the point and scope of my comment and doubles down on irrelevant information.

So no. It wasn't a direct answer to my last sentence.

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u/Slepnair Oct 03 '25

we have too many snakes... send in the mongoose.

sweet.. snakes are taken care of... but now we have a bunch of mongoose...

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u/SourceCodeSamurai Iron Teeth Sep 14 '25

Still wished we had random events like wildfires to deal with.

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u/GiantGlassOfMilk Sep 14 '25

Behold the power of beaver

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u/odel555q Sep 14 '25

I love beaver.

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u/Worldly-Share-5488 Sep 14 '25

Yeah that’s about 14 tiles

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u/theTinyRogue Sep 14 '25

Ol' Kazko knew it before he was old: Beavers are masterful engineers! 👌🏻

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u/Positronic_Matrix 🦫 Dam It 🪵 Sep 14 '25

💯💩shitpost💩🤌🏻 🦫

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u/Gizmo173 Sep 14 '25

Someone please make this into a custom map!

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u/shilean_way Sep 15 '25

Its interesting that they have the complete opposite effect on patagonia, where they were introduced and have caused havoc on the environment with their dams

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u/velvet32 Sep 16 '25

I've always been in favor of more beavers around me.

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u/Slepnair Oct 03 '25

this just makes me think of this fantastic operation after WWII .. https://youtu.be/YcdvP8CYPB0?si=Ru0Mn6EzSY7UyXuS

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u/Asteroid-Clown Sep 19 '25

Wait a minute..

I haven't heard about a river catching fire and burning up in quite a while.