Beavers and Browsers in a Tropical Forest

The natural logic of the forest has been out thunk by one creature and there are all sorts of consequences for other creatures. It's reminiscent to me of the way a strangler fig reverses the tables on the other trees in a tropical forest. And then you can watch the deer come in because suddenly you have a very sweet food source sitting there. That's mind blowing actually. No, it makes perfect sense. Why why defend against the browsers if you're tall and they can't reach you but the beaver has this other, you know, it's a little bit chisels. Yeah. But anyway, this strikes me as that same sort of thing where the natural logic of

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