crisis in the household as a close family member over the age of 40 reveals she believes that beavers *eat* wood

"well if they& #39;re not eating it why are they cutting down trees!"

"to build dams!!!!"

"they have to eat some of the trees. they don& #39;t build that many dams!"

"they eat leaves and twigs etc, grass and mushrooms!! they don& #39;t live on wood!"

"then what do they do with it all!"

a beaver sitting down at a little wooden table inside its cozy dam, putting a huge stack of sliced tree trunks on a plate and adding maple syrup, eating like a stack of pancakes. i am fully losing my mind