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  • Well their job in nature is to break down dead plants and help add nitrogen to the soil so it is ripe for replanting when a random seed or what not lands and works into said soil. The fact that they are in homes in theory means we either have rotting wood or some kind of organic matter that they are finding nice to break down. Otherwise I figure they would just move on because they have no food source.

    Spiders I let build webs over the first 1/4 of my door frame on the way down, because I remember to duck and they don’t cause me any harm, while keeping some other bugs who try to fly in when I open the door out. It is a symbiosis that ends in a face full of cobwebs when you arent paying attention lol







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    26 days ago

    Beavers built a dam in Alberta (850 meters) that is twice the length of the Hoover Dam. It isn’t the technical marvel as the Hoover Dam, but one would have to be lying to say it’s not impressive.

    Extra info: we know it has existed since at least 1975, as it’s visible in arial photographs. (Many from space).

    So 50+ years for rodents maintaining a project seems pretty neat.