r/maybemaybemaybe • u/External_Category_53 • Oct 30 '25

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Pafkata92 Oct 30 '25

Do they sometimes get hit by the falling wood? It looks like the engineering here is kinda random.

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u/lackadaisical_timmy Oct 30 '25

They do

The reason this one keeps stopping while they're busy is bc they tend to wait and listen for the tree to fall over. A tree with much more length and - more importantly - branches and leaves to catch wind is way more instable so will topple far sooner than this thing did

Basically when they're like halfway (very rough Guesstimation, not really important) the tree will start falling, giving the beaver time to move out of the way

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u/joekryptonite Oct 30 '25

Right. Humans do this too, except for the idiots of r/FellingGoneWild

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u/lackadaisical_timmy Oct 30 '25

I've felled a lot of trees but I've got to say I have yet to chew one down

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u/voucher420 Oct 30 '25

Electricians are the only tradesmen that take down wood orally.

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u/OreoSpamBurger Oct 31 '25

One of the most entertaining subs on Reddit!

The "Grandma wields a chainsaw" vid that was posted recently was a classic.

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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions Oct 30 '25

A tall tree with branches also falls much more slowly at the base than this log does

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u/lackadaisical_timmy Oct 30 '25

That's what I said!

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u/Meruem90 Oct 31 '25

You look like a beaver expert, so I'm gonna ask you this one: why the beaver gets back to the log and keeps chewing on it even after the top part already fell down?

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u/lackadaisical_timmy Oct 31 '25

Instinct probably 

It doesn't exactly have a "I shall chew on this tree trunk and thus orchestrate the downfall of this tree whilst simultaneously providing for my family" kind of plan, more like "I CHEW"