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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by mikrotikker on Monday August 31, 2026 @12:56AM (#49505765)
Yea but I bet if you still had beavers in Europe you'd still have water.
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by IshKebab on Monday August 31, 2026 @02:52AM (#49506437)
Uhm, no.
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by olmo23 on Monday August 31, 2026 @06:47AM (#49508134)
We do still have beavers.
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by nedt on Monday August 31, 2026 @08:45AM (#49509041)
Funny. We have beavers in the Lobau in Vienna. But it's still dry. And yet we want to build a highway tunnel through it. Guess we just need more beavers. It's famous for it's naturism anyway.
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by static_motion on Monday August 31, 2026 @07:06PM (#49515913)
The conservation status of the Eurasian Beaver is "least concern" and the population is increasing. Their distribution doesn't cover all of Europe, but there's certainly no shortage of them.
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