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[–] 58 points 3 weeks ago

BECOME UNGOVERNABLE

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  • [–] 46 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Definitely shouldn't have made it out of wood.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    That was a crude sign, regardless. The sign said "Warning! Damage caused by beavers".

    This is the end of the article:

    Beavers were once almost hunted to extinction in Poland. By 1928, it was estimated that only 235 remained in the country. However, thanks to postwar efforts to reintroduce the animals into the Polish wilderness, the beaver population has grown and is currently estimated at around 150,000.

    Ecologists note that beavers play an important role in tackling drought by retaining water through the dams they build. Those dams also create “oases of biodiversity”, notes the state water agency PGW WP.

    However, the rodents can cause damage to roads, houses and farmland, which has led some to call for culls to keep beaver numbers down.

    From this description, it seems like beavers were building there first, and their constructions were more important to the ecology of the land, so isn't it more correct to say that it's the thing that humans did afterwards that is the damage, and that the beavers' constructions are the ones that are supposed to be there?

    Also, even if you think that the beavers are causing damage, it's sort of rude to say that on the sign. If somebody called Daniel Tilles was to drive his car badly and cause damage to a guard rail along a road, are we going to put up a sign saying, "Warning! Damage caused by Daniel Tilles." I think that would just be rude.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago

    Stickin it to the man!

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago

    Funniest thing by a dam site.

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    Was it in Beaverton?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    bobr kurwa!

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago
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    Become lawless 🦫

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    Beavers destroyed my anti-beavers sign

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Beavers love to cut down a woody. I’ll see myself out.

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    [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    They don't want you to know! They're coming for us all, mark my words!

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    The person tying that sign to a wooden post just had a brain fart.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Is a forestry district something different in Poland than in the US? Where I grew up (a rural area), national forests are either undeveloped and essentially wild, or used for industry such as logging. I don't understand who the warning was supposed to be for.

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