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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social

Beavers pause while chewing trees to listen for movements so that the tree doesn't fall on them.

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aug 30, 2025, 1:46 pm • 2,292 483

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Cheshire Owl @luckyowl2025.bsky.social

Nature's engineers

aug 30, 2025, 1:57 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dappy Hayes - #UncivilDisobedience @dappyhayes.bsky.social

"Did I leave the gas on?"

aug 30, 2025, 4:09 pm • 0 0 • view
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Syn @prettywitch90.bsky.social

those adorable intelligent chonks! ILoveEm!

aug 30, 2025, 2:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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Elise B. @rantingfloof.bsky.social

Their faces have the look of a very conscientious construction foreman.

aug 30, 2025, 1:48 pm • 38 0 • view
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thobgubnol.bsky.social @thobgubnol.bsky.social

Mother Natures little Forester

aug 31, 2025, 4:03 am • 0 0 • view
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Cynthia Guido ❌👑 @cynthiaguido.bsky.social

So smart!!

aug 30, 2025, 1:46 pm • 3 0 • view
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peckhamdog.bsky.social @peckhamdog.bsky.social

Wow. Smart

aug 30, 2025, 3:57 pm • 1 0 • view
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grateful-1.bsky.social @grateful-1.bsky.social

BEAVERS have more Intellect than 77 Million Americans‼️

aug 30, 2025, 3:13 pm • 14 1 • view
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Jovianquietus @jovianquietus.bsky.social

Does that level of intellect make beavers woke?

aug 30, 2025, 10:06 pm • 3 0 • view
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TheEpsteinFiles🔎🧩 @thetimeline.bsky.social

Wow.

aug 31, 2025, 3:28 am • 0 0 • view
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Gem&Molly ⓥ @gemandmoll.bsky.social

They're very clever.

aug 30, 2025, 2:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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Miss Bondage @msbondage.bsky.social

Instinctively smart 💙

aug 30, 2025, 3:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social

Skillz 🦫

aug 30, 2025, 1:56 pm • 6 0 • view
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YesBiscuit @yesbiscuit.bsky.social

That last one has a pretty casual pace!

aug 30, 2025, 11:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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Pissed Off Pensioner @columbiariverwitch.bsky.social

This is a piece of Beaver art I found on the Columbia. They worked very hard on this piece. Also, wasp emerging from an end post in my grape arbor.

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aug 30, 2025, 3:58 pm • 6 2 • view
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Wishing You Well 🇺🇦 🌻 @klaaskid8.bsky.social

Nice!

aug 31, 2025, 2:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Sailor Thadian @thadian65.bsky.social

OMG. That face and body are just too much.

aug 30, 2025, 2:11 pm • 2 0 • view
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Inkpenarts (www.inkpenarts.com) @inkone.bsky.social

Good idea 👍💡💡💡💡

aug 30, 2025, 5:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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Just some guy @justaskew.bsky.social

Some tough gnashers right there!

aug 30, 2025, 1:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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2thess.bsky.social @2thess.bsky.social

😳😳

aug 30, 2025, 4:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Wanda Nudnik #FBPE #RejoinEU🌻🌊 🇺🇦 @wandanudnik.bsky.social

They way smarter than the felon. Mind you I think Pedo Prez can only outsmart goldfish. I hear rumours - is the POS unwell? Getting some party feet.

aug 30, 2025, 3:33 pm • 1 0 • view
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ZoZo @trylon.bsky.social

They’ve got more sense than you-know-who.

aug 30, 2025, 11:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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How You Like Me Now?... @1bigbullshitbill.bsky.social

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aug 30, 2025, 2:14 pm • 8 0 • view
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suzanneelaine @suzanneelaine.bsky.social

Diligent engineers. They are that smart.

aug 30, 2025, 1:51 pm • 15 0 • view
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noiseysprite.bsky.social @noiseysprite.bsky.social

Beavers are so beneficial to the ecosystem!

aug 30, 2025, 3:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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heavyweightlifting.bsky.social @heavyweightlifting.bsky.social

These creatures are so amazing. If we could just live and work with them. 🩷

aug 31, 2025, 4:01 am • 0 0 • view
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Random @corwin007.bsky.social

i don the same thing with popsicles

aug 30, 2025, 3:15 pm • 6 0 • view
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virgoan.bsky.social @virgoan.bsky.social

Beavers are A LOT smarter than any trump supporter! They'd let the tree knock out the tiny brains that they have! 🤣

aug 30, 2025, 5:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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Craig Faanes @craigfaanes.bsky.social

How do you know they aren't stopping to look for potential predators?

aug 30, 2025, 3:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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fractalozelot @fractalozelot.bsky.social

A big tree breaking your back is a more eminent threat? I think they can keep an ear out for both, though?

aug 30, 2025, 4:08 pm • 2 0 • view
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fractalozelot @fractalozelot.bsky.social

*Imminent. I have trouble with spelling and can't correct it.

aug 30, 2025, 4:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bestie @bestieuk.bsky.social

A beaver and wood. That’s not what I was expecting to see.

aug 30, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Raspberryseeds @raspberryseeds.bsky.social

Bro said “My job is done here”

aug 30, 2025, 1:53 pm • 0 0 • view
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Edwin Roman @edwinromanart.bsky.social

That single beaver 🦫 did all of that!?!?

aug 30, 2025, 4:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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MACoop🇨🇦 @macoop.bsky.social

Yes. Then they chew off the branches and build dams and lodges. They're hard workers. Those dams and lodges are not small... impressive to see, engineering works of art!

aug 30, 2025, 5:59 pm • 2 0 • view
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Edwin Roman @edwinromanart.bsky.social

Like birds and nest 🪹 building.

aug 30, 2025, 10:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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MACoop🇨🇦 @macoop.bsky.social

More. By building dams, they create a whole eco system around them, benefiting pond life, fauna, and flora. They are incredible that way, in turning land to a healthy natural habitat.

aug 30, 2025, 11:48 pm • 1 0 • view
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Edwin Roman @edwinromanart.bsky.social

That is amazing. I must explore this further.

aug 31, 2025, 12:07 am • 0 0 • view
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RedBeez @redbeez.bsky.social

Smarter than your average human…

aug 30, 2025, 9:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Pork Belly Don @atxdj.bsky.social

They learn that from the start at osha seminars

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🫘joanygm.@sky.social @joannygm.bsky.social

📌

aug 30, 2025, 4:04 pm • 2 0 • view
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Steve Gallagher💙💚 @steveg26.bsky.social

This is what Canadians are doing right now.

aug 30, 2025, 3:08 pm • 8 0 • view
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Hune 🌶️ 🇩🇪 Human @hunesocial.bsky.social

👍😂

aug 30, 2025, 3:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social

😂 Maybe he listens for another beaver calling "timber!" 😁

aug 30, 2025, 8:56 pm • 3 0 • view
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Rockhound @rockhound7171.bsky.social

I love this site .. Thank you 😀

aug 30, 2025, 2:16 pm • 2 0 • view
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iamunknownuser.bsky.social @iamunknownuser.bsky.social

🫡Lieutenant Corporal Admiral Beaver McSnickersnackers reporting for duty... 'Don't Fall On Me' is his credo🫡

aug 30, 2025, 2:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Silkabelli (German leftie) @silkabelli.bsky.social

They look like someone thinking “did my phone ring?”

aug 31, 2025, 12:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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susanvcbrown @susanvcbrown.bsky.social

That’s a lot of hard work!

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Sara @skrassin.bsky.social

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MsGayle @msgayle510.bsky.social

Wow

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kenbreakingnews.bsky.social @kenbreakingnews.bsky.social

If only Robert Kennedy was a deaf beaver.

aug 31, 2025, 12:59 am • 0 0 • view
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kenbreakingnews.bsky.social @kenbreakingnews.bsky.social

Smart.

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JoJo @jojones2000.bsky.social

Listening -- key to survival

aug 30, 2025, 2:35 pm • 20 1 • view
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Sizikins @sizikins.bsky.social

Yep, ever since “Never Listens” McBeaver got nailed by a falling tree.

aug 30, 2025, 4:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nick L 🦋💙🦋💙😎 @nick-lav.bsky.social

👏🦫💪🫶😎

aug 31, 2025, 9:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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constantdaydream.bsky.social @constantdaydream.bsky.social

aug 30, 2025, 2:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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Eddie Cooper @diamondforyes.bsky.social

Nice beavers

aug 30, 2025, 1:49 pm • 3 0 • view
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Trip @trippertoes.bsky.social

Cool little guys!

aug 30, 2025, 7:03 pm • 0 0 • view
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Angry Passerell @angrypasserell.bsky.social

@barrufetdeltemps.bsky.social , coneixes aquest compte? Penja vídeos boníssims 😃

aug 30, 2025, 8:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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Barrufet del temps @barrufetdeltemps.bsky.social

Aquest mateix i altres els he posat jo i no em feu ni la meitat de cas 🤣. Gràcies.

aug 31, 2025, 7:17 am • 0 0 • view
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Angry Passerell @angrypasserell.bsky.social

Doncs no te l'havia vist, vostè perdoni 😬

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Jack @handle.invalid

Well, they can't very well yell "timber", can they? 🤨

aug 30, 2025, 1:48 pm • 2 0 • view
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California Tech Guy @sausalitocheese.bsky.social

I want to have a pet beaver named "timber". That's perfect.

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Jack @handle.invalid

Just don't have any c hairs with wooden legs.

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California Tech Guy @sausalitocheese.bsky.social

3 legged stools would be a problem too.

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reenierobme.bsky.social @reenierobme.bsky.social

Beavers are so smart!!.............Unlike 🙄

aug 31, 2025, 10:49 am • 2 0 • view
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That Ryan Guy @thatryanguy.bsky.social

That face could be a meme

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Jake The Lake @duluthapologist.bsky.social

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Anton Valenciaga 🇨🇦 @vmg-ylw.bsky.social

No safety helmet?

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theyareallcowards.bsky.social @theyareallcowards.bsky.social

Wish maga people were as smart!

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SECarter @secarter.bsky.social

They also work in teams and dig for minerals. Caught on my security camera.

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angelaisms.bsky.social @angelaisms.bsky.social

This seems perfectly reasonable.

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lissa @unraveledlissa.bsky.social

Beavers are very clever lumberjacks and engineers.

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Slygrin @slygrin.bsky.social

The more I consider beavers, the weirder they are to me...

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taverino.bsky.social @taverino.bsky.social

Fascinating!

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Linda D. @oldfolkswhisper.bsky.social

Who's got the toothpicks?

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Gaza’s Silent Scream @standwithgaza.bsky.social

Please stand for Gaza. Anas’ family lost everything. Every donation or share helps. Visit my page, donation link is in the last post.

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🇨🇦Skeeters - my home on native land 🏳️‍🌈 @skeeters2025.bsky.social

Now that's amazing. Live and learn. Love your posts. 👍

aug 30, 2025, 1:49 pm • 16 0 • view
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yellowspiral.bsky.social @yellowspiral.bsky.social

Is this beaver available to be president, it’s already surpassed anyone in the current administration 💙

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Geohead @geohead.bsky.social

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Geohead @geohead.bsky.social

"Run!!! I mean "timber"!! Now run!!!"

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dylanbriscall @dylanbriscall.bsky.social

I pause while chewing so i don’t choke as much anymore.

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culturedropout.bsky.social @culturedropout.bsky.social

That's pretty cool. Also, if you've ever tried to cut down a tree by hand, you'll appreciate how tough those teeth and jaw muscles are! Wow.

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emily68.bsky.social @emily68.bsky.social

My husband is a retired arborist. He’s felled trees with a hand saw but never his teeth. I bet beavers would use saws, too, if they had opposable thumbs (and a file to keep the teeth in control).

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joeschmo999.bsky.social @joeschmo999.bsky.social

So that is where people learned the right way to cut down trees. A big notch on one side first.

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Canadian Loyalist 🇨🇦 @shakespearesgal.bsky.social

Smarter than your average human

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bessieglass11.bsky.social @bessieglass11.bsky.social

I guess so....I thought the tree would fall the other way

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Jay-Ray @jay-ray.bsky.social

Pure speculation. Nobody knows why they stop. They might just be skipping to the next song on their ear pods.

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toMake @tomake.bsky.social

listening. this is good.

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a7b13-c5v9@bsky.social @a7b13-c5v9.bsky.social

Smart animals.

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Vic Lake @viclake77.bsky.social

I pause while Im chewing on beavers so a leg doesnt collapse on me

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Lori @lrlowe.bsky.social

Love this💜

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🌻🇺🇦💃😺Dances With Cats 🪶🪷🇺🇦🌻 @danceswithcatslady.bsky.social

I love animals!! 🦫❤️💃😸

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Marilyn @stealthbirder.bsky.social

Amazing.

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yuriivkoval.bsky.social @yuriivkoval.bsky.social

Неспішно відійшов. :)

aug 30, 2025, 6:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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bonniekas.bsky.social @bonniekas.bsky.social

👏👏❤️❤️

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Diane Marie Ford @listentothyself.bsky.social

Ambitious AND smart.

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peggydale973.bsky.social @peggydale973.bsky.social

This is Damm 😳

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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social

📌

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Willowchomp @willowchomp.bsky.social

As someone with a beaver pond for 8 years, these are priceless! Thanks. 🦫❤️

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Mamaliama @mamaliama.bsky.social

That is amazing..

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Mary Ellen Davis @rubymcrae @rubymcrae.bsky.social

We don't give out fellow creatures enough credit.

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elfteacher.bsky.social @elfteacher.bsky.social

thank you

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swins.bsky.social @swins.bsky.social

Cute and smart. Love them.

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Meidas Boobare Kitty @meidasboobarekitty.bsky.social

That's amazing.

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