This program features two beaver families in Wyoming as they race to build up their dams before the winter freeze cuts off their food supply. Beavers work as cohesive family units and radically restructure their environments in the process. Carefully placed time-lapse footage and graphics combine to show the beavers' dramatic effect on the landscape. See the monumental and unexpected changes that the planet's busiest animal engineers impose on their world.
This program features two beaver families in Wyoming as they race to build up their dams before the winter freeze cuts off their food supply. Beavers work as cohesive family units and radically restructure their environments in the process. Carefully placed time-lapse footage and graphics combine to show the beavers' dramatic effect on the landscape. See the monumental and unexpected changes that the planet's busiest animal engineers impose on their world.
General Note
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 01, 2013.
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Content Note
Nature's Environmental Engineers (1:15) -- Keystone Species (2:23) -- Beaver Attributes (1:47) -- Habitat for Diverse Wildlife (1:27) -- Avoiding being Eaten (1:53) -- Dam Breaks (1:48) -- Repairs (2:04) -- Journey to Beaver Adulthood (1:27) -- Beaver Pond Nursery (1:58) -- New Life on the Beaver Pond (1:43) -- Test of Survival (1:48) -- Danger in the Wild (2:39) -- Finding a Mate (1:48) -- Building a Dam from Scratch (1:49) -- Creating a Secure Wetland (2:01) -- Beaver food (2:13) -- Quick Sustenance in the Wild (2:30) -- Animal Hydro Engineering (1:48) -- Race against Time (2:16) -- Felling Trees (1:37) -- Engineering a Lodge (1:02) -- Autumn Mating Rituals (1:27) -- Stockpiling Food (1:56) -- Preparing for Wyoming Winter (1:24) -- Surviving Winter (3:51) -- Spring Arrives (1:37) -- Credits: Eco Engineers: Beavers (0:16).
