Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Beaver Dam Contains Oil Spill

On April 29th, an oil pipeline in Canada started leaking. The oil almost ruined a river completely, however luckily a family of Beavers decided to build a dam holding the water back which in turn saved part of the river. The leak put 28,000 barrels of oil into the environment, however if the Beaver dam was not there this would only be half of the problem. I found this article very interesting because it shows you how such a small coincidence as those Beavers deciding to build a dam where they did caused a cities drinking water to not be polluted and saved countless animals lives.




http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110504/od_afp/canadaenergyoilspillnativeoffbeat_20110504233603
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  1. EllenWMay 4, 2011 at 11:04 PM

    This is awful about the oil spill, but i am so glad that the little beavers built the dam to stop the spil. It is so amazing how just tiny animals can do such wonders and actually help the environment!

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  2. KimTMay 4, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    It seems as if animals know how to help the environment more than anyone. Coincidence? I personally think that they had a feeling that something may happen. Like how it is said that dogs can detect cancer, how animals can predict a storm...Go Beavers!!!

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