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Nothing is more Canadian than this beaver herding 150 cattle

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Our northern neighbors tend to do things a little differently. They are more polite, their milk comes in bags, and on the farm dogs are overrated — especially when you have a herding beaver.

There’s this weird hierarchy of respect in cow culture. They don’t give an eff about humans and in bull-form will gore the heck out of someone standing in their way. But put a dog, or in this case a beaver in their path and suddenly they’re completely frozen.

When the beaver finally decides to move, they all follow. Entranced by their new god.

The key advantage of a herding beaver over a pup is clear: They can guide the cows and THEN build you an entire enclosure if you leave them enough sticks. Only one thing left to say about this video: Damn.

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