Wednesday, November 10, 2004
(5:07 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Beavers
Why do beavers build dams? What good does it do them to have a dam? Serious answers only, please![This question stems from one of the readings from my French book, where the author argued that you can tell humans have a faculty that animals lack by the fact that, for example, beavers have never improved on their dam-building techniques. I was unconvinced, and I will continue to be unconvinced until someone produces a historical survey of beavers' dam-building techniques.]
