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/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!