It's been shaped by constraints over vast stretches of time, all of which comes down to the fact that the best foraging strategy for beavers isn't the one that yields the most food or wood.

它是由长时间的约束形成的，都指向一个事实，就是对海狸来说最好的觅食策略不是产出最多食物或木材。

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Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.

从前有一块木头。

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Rubbing his hands together happily, he mumbled half to himself, "This piece of wood has come in the nick of time."

他高兴地搓着双手，轻声地自言自语地说：“这块木头来得正是时候。”

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Thus his tables rarely show cracks and loosened miter joints resulting from wood shrinkage over time.

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Although the county coroner's office ruled at the time that Wood's death was an accident, others said then that that made no sense.

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At the time, I cooked on an old wood cook stove, a throwback to a time when sourdough was common in home kitchens.

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