... beaver to build a dam in England. (http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Beaver_dam_built_in_England_after_l_06252008.html) Most certainly with German precision and efficiency. Hah! Good riddance you passionate hunters, you :p

The link only loads a blank page for me. Although I'm at work, so it could be our firewall (or something else).

Nope, blank for me as well on a home network.

Blank for me today, but it worked yesterday.

Blank for me too, but I heard about this story on the news yesterday! Hurray for beavers! They're a Canadian symbol, you know -- there's a beaver on the back of our five-cent coin.

I'm not a big green fan, but I like programs like this that re-introduce animals to their former habitats. This story also illustrates the fact that humans hunting animals to extinction is not a phenomenon limited to the post industrial world. IIRC, they said that the English beaver was hunted out of existence in the 1200s or so. That's not a good thing, of course, but it stops the sanctimonious crap from activists about how hundreds of years ago mankind "lived in perfect harmony with nature and all was Edenic."

This story also illustrates the fact that humans hunting animals to extinction is not a phenomenon limited to the post industrial world. IIRC, they said that the English beaver was hunted out of existence in the 1200s or so.

A lot of the large land animals were also driven to extinction in Australia and North America. It's certainly not limited to the Industrial nor the A.D. age.

Yep, great they're back. One "Hurrah!" for the beavers.

Better link (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/25/beaver-dam-built-in-england-after-long-absence/).

Beavers are nice. ;)

Yes. I like beavers, and I don't mind if it's german or from wherever...

First beaver dam there in centuries... nice feeling. :)

One "Hurrah!" for the beavers.


I second that....

... it isn't a baseball team of your area, by any chance :skeptic: :p

One more voice in support of the beavers!

Oh the unintentional comedy. A bunch of mostly men talking about how they like "beavers" :rolleyes:

Yes. I do like it when a beaver drags a log.

Aldeth, I don't think most of the humor is "unintentional." ;)

I'm just glad that a species is being re-introduced to a former habitat.