Comments on: Beaver shots http://www.fivecrows.net/2010/02/21/beaver-power/ listening to both\ committed to neither Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:09:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: fivecrows http://www.fivecrows.net/2010/02/21/beaver-power/comment-page-1/#comment-61 fivecrows Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:43:47 +0000 http://www.fivecrows.net/?p=854#comment-61 I do agree. Do you think what bothers humans is that a)we have so much in common with something non-human OR b) that ANY other creature has the gall to do what we do? Being misanthropic to the core, I think it's statement B which bugs us so. How dare those beavers move stuff around? We are the only ones allowed to do that. And what's worse, they aren't even building a store afterwards from which to sell things!! What's the point in re-appropriating nature if not in the name of naked capitalism? And yes, that WAS an ad for some magical pills...I get spammed every night and now have to approve every comment before it appears. Bummer. I do agree. Do you think what bothers humans is that a)we have so much in common with something non-human OR b) that ANY other creature has the gall to do what we do?

Being misanthropic to the core, I think it’s statement B which bugs us so. How dare those beavers move stuff around? We are the only ones allowed to do that. And what’s worse, they aren’t even building a store afterwards from which to sell things!! What’s the point in re-appropriating nature if not in the name of naked capitalism?

And yes, that WAS an ad for some magical pills…I get spammed every night and now have to approve every comment before it appears. Bummer.

]]> By: Naomi http://www.fivecrows.net/2010/02/21/beaver-power/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Naomi Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:59:41 +0000 http://www.fivecrows.net/?p=854#comment-45 I have always maintained that people were so threatened by beavers because they are the only other creatures that alter their landscape significantly to make it more inhabitable for them -- and we are somehow threatened by this similarity. It appears you agree. (Is that one comment an advert for pills? Or do I not get it?) I have always maintained that people were so threatened by beavers because they are the only other creatures that alter their landscape significantly to make it more inhabitable for them — and we are somehow threatened by this similarity. It appears you agree.

(Is that one comment an advert for pills? Or do I not get it?)

]]> By: Heidi Perryman http://www.fivecrows.net/2010/02/21/beaver-power/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Heidi Perryman Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:08:39 +0000 http://www.fivecrows.net/?p=854#comment-29 Hey there, nice writing and thoughts about your beavers. If you really want to help them avoid a crushing fate, think about getting the family together and wire wrapping some of those trees. You can use galvinized steel wire, or paint the trunks with a matching paint mixed with mason sand. The beavers don't like the gritty texture and will eat other foods. Its a hungry time out your way right now, and they'll back off the trees anyway when the weather turns. Just so you know, we have been very close to our very public beavers in the middle of town for three years. No one has ever been harmed, although the beavers were nearly harmed by the powers that be many, many times. Heidi Perryman President & Founder Worth A Dam www.martinezbeavers.org Hey there, nice writing and thoughts about your beavers. If you really want to help them avoid a crushing fate, think about getting the family together and wire wrapping some of those trees. You can use galvinized steel wire, or paint the trunks with a matching paint mixed with mason sand. The beavers don’t like the gritty texture and will eat other foods. Its a hungry time out your way right now, and they’ll back off the trees anyway when the weather turns.

Just so you know, we have been very close to our very public beavers in the middle of town for three years. No one has ever been harmed, although the beavers were nearly harmed by the powers that be many, many times.

Heidi Perryman
President & Founder
Worth A Dam
http://www.martinezbeavers.org

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