Beavers and the Ponds Their Dams Create | Nature for Sleep

Beavers and the Ponds Their Dams CreateSettle in for a quiet exploration of Beavers and the Ponds Their Dams Create. This episode follows Beavers and the Freshwater Places Their Dams Change; A Body Equipped for Swimming and Working; Teeth, Bark and the Digestion of Plants; Cutting Trees and Moving Branches; How a Permeable Dam Holds Back Water; Inside a Lodge and a Bank Den; Family Life, Young Beavers and Communication; An Underwater Pantry for Winter; Water Moving Through the Valley Floor; Sunlight, Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen; Sediment, Fallen Leaves and Microbial Work; A Changing Border of Trees and Wetland Plants; The Small Animals Among Stems and Detritus; Fish, Amphibians, Birds and Other Pond Visitors; When a Pond Becomes a Meadow.Nature Documentary For Sleep offers warm narration and gentle atmosphere for bedtime listening. Listen closely or let the details drift past. You are welcome to leave a bedtime hello or suggest a subject for another night.