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Beavers reportedly knock out cell phone and internet service in Canadian town
foxnews ^ | 4-27-21 | Michael Hollan

Posted on 04/29/2021 6:24:57 AM PDT by dynachrome

In a statement obtained by the CBC, a spokesperson for Telus said, "Our team located a nearby dam, and it appears the beavers dug underground alongside the creek to reach our cable, which is buried about three feet underground and protected by a 4.5-inch thick conduit. The beavers first chewed through the conduit before chewing through the cable in multiple locations."

When the repair crews went to investigate, they found damage to more sections of the cable, the New York Post reports. Apparently, multiple beavers had dug underground alongside a creek in order to reach the cables.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beavers; canada; internet
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Well, I can't think of anything that would pass the mods.
1 posted on 04/29/2021 6:24:57 AM PDT by dynachrome
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2 posted on 04/29/2021 6:27:05 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The avg 911 response time is 23 mins; the response time of a .357 is 1400 ft/sec)
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Beaver Lives Matter!


3 posted on 04/29/2021 6:27:19 AM PDT by Blogatron (I don’t know how to be less white, but I do know how to buy less Coke.)
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4 posted on 04/29/2021 6:29:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Jokes aside, soy strikes again.

‘Plant-based’ has consequences, yet someone somewhere will frame this as an animal problem.


5 posted on 04/29/2021 6:29:54 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: dynachrome

Saw the title and could not resist dropping in to see the comments.


6 posted on 04/29/2021 6:30:50 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: dynachrome
Maybe Leslie Nielsen?


7 posted on 04/29/2021 6:37:07 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“If we were in a real pandemic, there’d be no need to declare it.”)
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To: dynachrome

If you want to see how Big Beaver is an integral part of Canadian culture, you must see the first few seconds of this video. If something comes out of Big Beaver, one might want to think twice about messing with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUb0C0iI_GE&t=70s


8 posted on 04/29/2021 6:37:27 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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9 posted on 04/29/2021 6:37:46 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: mware

See 8 for a new take on Canadian Beaver.

I appreciate the Oregon State Cheerleader—Dad did a year there


10 posted on 04/29/2021 6:38:41 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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"...and then there's the ALWAYS enjoyable Giant Inflatable Beaver."


11 posted on 04/29/2021 6:38:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I think now Oregon State just uses “Beavs”.


12 posted on 04/29/2021 6:39:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I think now Oregon State just uses “Beavs”.

Well, in that case, their mascot should be this:

u-http-aspenspin-squarespace-com-storage-rb3

13 posted on 04/29/2021 6:42:40 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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"...it appears the beavers dug underground alongside the creek to reach our cable, which is buried about three feet underground and protected by a 4.5-inch thick conduit."

That's one heck of a conduit wall thickness. Those were determined beavers.

It appears that the Canadian public school system is doing as good a job as the American public school system. The "spokesperson for Telus" doesn't know the difference between diameter and thickness.

14 posted on 04/29/2021 6:43:18 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“If we were in a real pandemic, there’d be no need to declare it.”)
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That is exactly what I was thinking....


15 posted on 04/29/2021 6:44:07 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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who could ever forget, Ward you were a little rough on the beaver last night...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfs8LD-GS8


16 posted on 04/29/2021 6:46:55 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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Could be. The relatives that I remain closest to in the state that are most sports oriented unfortunately pull for the Fighting Ducks (though now maybe that has switched to the Pacifist Ducks?).

I do know that they have trashed the term Civil War as somehow being oppressive to non-Whites.

Fortunately, they have yet to figure out that they need to rename Lane County (home of the University of Oregon) which was named after Joseph Lane, the Vice President on the SOuthern Democratic ticket in 1860


17 posted on 04/29/2021 6:49:26 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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18 posted on 04/29/2021 7:00:24 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Beavers work harder than most humans anymore.


19 posted on 04/29/2021 7:03:32 AM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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To: PJ-Comix
"Li'l Beaver, where were you on the night of. . . ?"


20 posted on 04/29/2021 7:04:17 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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