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Poor Americans, even beavers have free satellite TV in Canada, free veterinary treatment too... Eagles never had it so good as our national rodent!
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Have you spotted a satellite dish on a beaver lodge? Here's why it's happening
Beaver lodges equipped with satellite dishes dot the Canadian landscape
CBC News · Posted: Aug 10, 2020 8:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 7 hours ago
This beaver lodge on Onion Lake Road in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been equipped with a satellite dish since May. (Heather Kitching/CBC)
Brian Edwards was driving to work along Onion Lake Road in Thunder Bay, Ont., one morning in May when he saw something that made him question if he'd had enough coffee before leaving the house.
"It's a beaver pond," he explained, "so kind of a swampy area, [a] beaver house, so mud, sticks — and a grey satellite dish sitting on top."
After a moment's thought, Edwards decided it made perfect sense: The NHL was planning its comeback after a lengthy pause brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clearly this beaver was a hockey fan. It needed a solid sports TV package to see all the games, Edwards said.
"I'm just expecting to see that beaver adjusting the dish one morning to see if he can get better reception or something," he added, laughing.
The well-appointed beaver lodge that Edwards saw is on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, but the internet is awash in photos of similar installations in southern Saskatchewan, coastal Newfoundland, Montreal, Snow Lake, Man., Timmins, Bancroft and Kaladar, Ont., among other places.
In northwestern Ontario, satellite dishes have been spotted atop beaver lodges near Red Lake and Rainy River First Nation.
The question is: how, and why?
"I could not locate this beaver lodge in our customer database — but sometimes satellite TV customers will move their service between their homes and vacation properties," a Bell Canada spokesperson told CBC in an email.
The beavers, the spokesperson added, might wish to contact the company about an upgrade, as their dish is more than 12 years old. Coincidentally, the company said, it was around 12 years ago that Bell's beaver mascots, Frank and Gordon, retired.
Beavers are technically capable of installing their own satellite dishes, said Glynnis Hood, a professor of environmental science at the University of Alberta who has been studying beavers for more than 20 years. They will build a lodge with just about anything, she said.
But while they have the construction skills, the animals are lacking in the technical department.
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Have you spotted a satellite dish on a beaver lodge? Here's why it's happening
Beaver lodges equipped with satellite dishes dot the Canadian landscape
CBC News · Posted: Aug 10, 2020 8:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 7 hours ago
This beaver lodge on Onion Lake Road in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been equipped with a satellite dish since May. (Heather Kitching/CBC)
Brian Edwards was driving to work along Onion Lake Road in Thunder Bay, Ont., one morning in May when he saw something that made him question if he'd had enough coffee before leaving the house.
"It's a beaver pond," he explained, "so kind of a swampy area, [a] beaver house, so mud, sticks — and a grey satellite dish sitting on top."
After a moment's thought, Edwards decided it made perfect sense: The NHL was planning its comeback after a lengthy pause brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clearly this beaver was a hockey fan. It needed a solid sports TV package to see all the games, Edwards said.
"I'm just expecting to see that beaver adjusting the dish one morning to see if he can get better reception or something," he added, laughing.
The well-appointed beaver lodge that Edwards saw is on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, but the internet is awash in photos of similar installations in southern Saskatchewan, coastal Newfoundland, Montreal, Snow Lake, Man., Timmins, Bancroft and Kaladar, Ont., among other places.
In northwestern Ontario, satellite dishes have been spotted atop beaver lodges near Red Lake and Rainy River First Nation.
The question is: how, and why?
"I could not locate this beaver lodge in our customer database — but sometimes satellite TV customers will move their service between their homes and vacation properties," a Bell Canada spokesperson told CBC in an email.
The beavers, the spokesperson added, might wish to contact the company about an upgrade, as their dish is more than 12 years old. Coincidentally, the company said, it was around 12 years ago that Bell's beaver mascots, Frank and Gordon, retired.
Beavers are technically capable of installing their own satellite dishes, said Glynnis Hood, a professor of environmental science at the University of Alberta who has been studying beavers for more than 20 years. They will build a lodge with just about anything, she said.
But while they have the construction skills, the animals are lacking in the technical department.
more...
Besides once them rednecks get a look at how civilized folk live, it's sure to cause trouble back in the hills.
