From WAY OF LIFE MAG, David Cloud.
BEAVERS, THE MASTER BUILDERS.
(Friday Church
News Notes, March 6, 2026, www.wayoflife.org
fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following
is from CreationMoments.com, December 24, 2025:
“Beavers are widely known for their huge
constructions. However, beavers build more than
just dams. The beaver is quite an engineer. When
building a dam, a beaver first rams poles into the
bed of his waterway. The poles are placed on an
angle to increase holding power and are then
rammed into the waterway bed, thick end first. This
basic skeleton is then reinforced with twigs, leaves,
mud and stone. It’s not unusual for the beaver to use
forked branches to further anchor his construction
to trees and boulders. One beaver dam was over
1,800 feet long, 9 feet high, and 18 feet wide. It was
strong enough for a horse and rider to use as a
natural bridge. Large trees brought down for use in
construction are not dragged by the beavers to their
project. Instead, beavers dig overland channels and
float the trees to the main body of water where they
are working. These channels can be 1,000 feet long.
Our wise Creator gave so much intelligence and
wisdom to the animal kingdom that often we can learn
some things from the animals. Rather than supporting
the idea of evolution, with its claim that there is
progressively greater intelligence in higher creatures,
the beaver supports the idea that the Creator is the
source of all intelligence.


