A beaver friend mentioned an upcoming poker game recently and I had to go hunting for this picture, posted by Oceancity 11 and titled “Beavers playing poker at the National Zoo.” I’m actually pretty sure beavers would be horrible poker players. Aside from their unreliable counting skills, they are almost entirely sincere. A beaver dealt two queens would definitely brag to everyone at the table. Although their small eyes might make them somewhat hard to read at close quarters, its hard to imagine them bluffing at all.
(Leave the deceit to the humans, I guess).
I just really like this photo. These beavers have clearly chosen their audience and it isn’t bipedal: trapped in concrete with a sea of looking eyes, they look of course at each other instead. Their disinterest in humans is one of the things I appreciate most about them.
Still, its possible they’re not playing poker. It could also be a post World War II photo of generals dividing up Europe. Party leaders working on a new Southern Strategy? Or maybe evil master minds plotting for world domination…”Lets start with that refinery city named after a cocktail. Then we can fan out and take over from there.”
