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Why a beaver wants its doorway underwater

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Why keep a doorway underwater? A dam can help keep the entrance submerged.
At Leonardslee, beavers dammed a pool to keep a bank-burrow entrance submerged through summer drought. Simplified AI artwork and schematics; not a survey of the site.
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  1. Why keep a doorway underwater?

    A dam can help keep the entrance submerged.

  2. A door below. A chamber above.

    A bank burrow can open underwater. Its nest chamber is above the waterline.

  3. The dam protects the water level

    At Leonardslee, the dammed pool kept the burrow mouth submerged in summer.

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