Swimming Beavers are thirsty.

[Akushi]

Beavers literally swimming in water won't dip their heads down to take a drink of water to save their lives. They're literally swimming in the same water I'm pumping up, why are they thirsty? Game is good btw, just kind of mind-boggled by this.

[CaitKat6400]

the pump probably filters it or something, river water isn't clean

[City Builder]

the person above is correct, supposedly the pumps filter the water making it suitable for the Beavs to drink.

[Pickled Purple Pizza Pig]

Beavers natualy are water tight when submerged. Also they might not like the taste of cholera too much.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Akushi:

Beavers literally swimming in water won't dip their heads down to take a drink of water to save their lives. They're literally swimming in the same water I'm pumping up, why are they thirsty? Game is good btw, just kind of mind-boggled by this.

The pumps have filters. That is why they don't suck up badwater, and why you need a separate pump for that. We aren't talking about wild animals. These are civilized beavers. They don't drink from puddles.

[oyssoyss]

and they need a stair under water to reach certain height under water.

which means actually they can't swim at all except in the swimming pools you build.

[Akushi]

My issue is more that when I have them swimming for extended periods of time for distant construction projects they won't drink water even to prevent themselves from dying. Not asking for them to drink from the river all the time, just to stop themselves from dying when their pathfinding takes them far away from a filtered water source.

Heck I wouldn't even mind it if it got them sick or something. There's already precedent for that in the game. Just feels a bit weird that they wouldn't try to drink from the river to prevent certain death. I understand it's a game and all, but this part genuinely bugs me for some reason.