beavers

Just because you've never seen beavers with little tiny HP calculators poring over pages of drawings and equations does not mean that beavers are mindlessly purposelessly building the dams.

The difference is we (humans) are better at engineering than beavers (not a put down of beavers as they are amazing).

Is the fact that the beavers haven't sent their own delegation to the moon evidence of their inferiority?

Worth pointing out that busy beavers have the potential to be alot more than just 'interesting'.

However, there don't seem to be any external 'cues' as to when the web is finished (in contrast to the water falling cue we assume beavers use).

Dams don't get built by beavers all over the world by sheer random chance - there's obviously some deliberate intention there.

Even if they are no smarter than beavers, is it really an irrational behavior?

The author has projected knowledge onto individual beavers, which is...asinine, to use your word.

As a result beavers evolved to have a strong preference to remain in or very close to the safety of the water.

I was confused at first by the first paragraph since it didn't say the beavers _must_ stop.

If you want to use higher-level Busy Beavers in the biggest number contest, here’s what I suggest.

The beavers thin out the older trees making new growth vibrant.

The beavers don't look around and think "man, my legs are too short for this location.

Think of C as sort of a plain-spoken grandfather who grew up trapping beavers and served in several wars but can still do 50 pullups." Most certainly.

One of the primary reasons beavers build dams is to surround their lodge with water for protection from predators." [...] "On land, the beaver's short legs and wide body made them slow and vulnerable to their enemies.

Beavers don't comply with local waterway planning?

Beavers have no knowledge of tape players.

Beavers build those dams with the intent that it will protect them from predators; they intend to dam up creeks in order to submerge the eventual entrance to their lodge.