It occurs to me that most of being a beaver advocate is very similar to chewing down a tree, S-L-O-W monotonous repetition, doing the same hard thing over and over and over with very little movement and then POW sudden movement and getting the hell out of the way.
Mike Digout caught this last night just in case you aren’t sure what I mean.
You can clearly see that this is why humans aren’t assigned the job of chopping down trees with their teeth. I mean besides the dental reasons. And the muscular reasons. It is mindnumbingly dull most of the time. You start to zone out from all the repetition. And then ALL OF A SUDDEN you better be on your toes and get the hell out of way or you’re flattened.
I can’t even take notes at a board meeting before slipping into a partial coma. How do beavers manage it?
Back when the beaver fiasco happened in Brenwood and that great article by Judith Prieve ran in the East Bay Times I was contacted by Larry Laverty who is one of those moderately famous actors you’ve probably seen in lots of things but now is a big time author, wildlife photographer and advocate. His says his life was shaped and reshaped by his passion for Wildlife and now he’s dedicated to making a difference for them. He lives in Oakland and read about the beaver and felt a I guess a kind of kinship for beaver girl because he introduced me to a friend who runs the COEXIST podcast in San Diego and now we are scheduled to do a beaver interview in October 23 with Coe Lewis of co founder of Nsefu on IQ podcasts.
It will be beavers big hollywood debut. So wish me luck. Timber!
