[johnnymorgan]

If you think beavers can be destructive, wait until meet a Fisher.

Literal Rodents of unusual size and very ill tempered

[madsbuch]

It always dissonates with me when people talk about animals being destructive. I don't really think it is our's to judge.

I do, however, understand why it makes sense to keep some animals out of ones home.

[b112]

I understand you, but at the same time, an individual beaver has far more environmental impact than an individual human.

For example, it is very hard to build these days, without environmental assessments. The days are long gone, at least where I am, where you can build waterfront property and clear the shoreline of reeds and such.

Which is fine!

But my point is, a beaver colony turns a river into a marsh, kills grassland, endless trees both due to flooding and feeding, prevents water from flowing downstream, stops fish from spawning, utterly changing the landscape.

If left unchallenged, they would do as goats do, destroy.

People get upset if we remove one ecosystem for another, yet that's just what beavers do.

All animals, including humans, are destructive. Some more than others.

Life, other than humans, has shaped the environment more than we ever have. We didn't used to have o2 in the air before, and its addition caused mass extinction at the time!

(note: I like living, and like my fellow humans, so want to stop large scale climate change... but I think we all need a bigger view sometimes)

[maxerickson]

Saying an animal destroyed something is an expression of an aesthetic preference.

Saying you don't like it when people say that an animal destroyed something is also an expression of an aesthetic preference.

[pvaldes]

If we talk about the US native Fisher, this is a cat sized carnivore related with weasels, not a rodent.

Not particularly destructive or constructive, apart of its common environmental services as predator.

[DFHippie]

> Literal Rodents of unusual size

Except they aren't literally rodents. They are mustelids.

[mcv]

I have no idea what fishers do, and Wikipedia doesn't help. Could you tell us more?

[danielskogly]

Looks like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)

Although I'm not sure what OP refers to, other than them being a top predator.