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2013-04-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

A fisherman has been bitten to death by a beaver after trying to take its photograph.
Bad things can happen when trying to take a picture of a beaver.
The man was on a fishing trip at Lake Shestakov in Belarus with two friends when they spotted the animal on the side of the road.
"It's a Trap! A Beaver Trap"!
He stopped so that he could take a picture but as he approached the beaver it pounced on him, biting him in the thigh.
I didn't know the furry things could be so vicious.
His friends attempted to stem the flow of blood from the wound but the animal's bite had severed a main artery and the man, who came from Brest, bled to death.
Bad way to go. Taking pictures of beavers.
Beaver attacks are rare and according to experts those animals that do go for humans are usually rabid.
I have gone beaver hunting but have seldom been succesfull.
However, they are not unheard off.
I've never heard of one. Until now.
Earlier this week a video was posted on YouTube showing a man in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow, running away from a beaver who charged at him as he was filming in the area.
You must be in bad shape to barely outrun a beaver.
Last year in the US two girls were mauled by a beaver in a lake in Virginia as they swam. They suffered serious bite and scratch injuries. A man was also attacked in New York and an elderly woman in Washington.
Nature strikes back!
In 2003 in Belarus a farm manager and farmhand were bitten by a rabid beaver as they tried to chase it from a barn. They survived the attack.

Beavers are the second largest rodents in the world.
I have personally seen some very large beavers. They have become very rare nowdays.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2013-04-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

Posted by gorb 2013-04-12 00:45|| 2013-04-12 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Beaver is not at uncommon in the high country of the West. Specifically Idaho.

Posted by tipover 2013-04-12 00:53|| 2013-04-12 00:53|| Front Page Top

#3 A lesson in territoriality.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-04-12 01:55|| 2013-04-12 01:55|| Front Page Top

#4 I had a large lodge on my property years ago. Beaver are NOT smart. You should see beaver and porcupine squaring off for the same turf. Hilarious. Lots of beaver here in Vermont.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2013-04-12 04:18|| 2013-04-12 04:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Innuedo-Meter has just red-lined.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-04-12 08:04|| 2013-04-12 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 My sister was bitten by a moose.

Posted by SteveS 2013-04-12 09:09|| 2013-04-12 09:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Beware of beavers with teeth.

Posted by Flomons Glaviter9159 2013-04-12 09:18|| 2013-04-12 09:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Did the victim ask somebody to hold his beer?

Posted by Caesar Gray1629 2013-04-12 10:20|| 2013-04-12 10:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Brest or thigh ?

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-12 10:25|| 2013-04-12 10:25|| Front Page Top

#10 IMHO, beaver is just like pizza. There's no such thing as bad pizza - some are just better than others...

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2013-04-12 10:37|| 2013-04-12 10:37|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm afraid to ask this crown, but...
Beavers are the second largest rodents in the world.

Whats bigger than a Beaver?

Posted by Skidmark 2013-04-12 12:35|| 2013-04-12 12:35|| Front Page Top

#12 Huh.
'N' isn't even close to 'D'.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-04-12 12:36|| 2013-04-12 12:36|| Front Page Top

#13 "Brest Man Killed Playing with Strange Beaver"

It makes me wonder if a jealous husband was involved.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2013-04-12 12:47|| 2013-04-12 12:47|| Front Page Top

#14 Skidmark the Capybara saw them in Mexico once

Posted by Beavis 2013-04-12 13:01|| 2013-04-12 13:01|| Front Page Top

#15 Ripley, believe or not we have very active beaver here in western kansas. They are struggling a bit this year, what with no water anywhere, but they continue to dam up the dry creekbeds.

Posted by bman 2013-04-12 15:21|| 2013-04-12 15:21|| Front Page Top

#16 One of the few animals you won't see in a zoo. Apparently it's very hard, nigh impossible, to contruct and enclosure which prevents their escape.

Essentially, they're teeth, with large muscles attached.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2013-04-12 15:24|| 2013-04-12 15:24|| Front Page Top

#17 Whats bigger than a Beaver?

Bill Clinton, though not morally.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-04-12 16:18|| 2013-04-12 16:18|| Front Page Top

#18 Never approach an angry beaver without flowers, bikini wax, and lots of chocolate.

If that doesn't work, running is the only option. I've tried groveling and sniveling but all that does is make them angry.

When one charges, usually a credit card and the keys to your card help.

They like to take and keep houses also.

I think you guys are using the wrong approach.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2013-04-12 16:50|| 2013-04-12 16:50|| Front Page Top

#19 You have that right Halliburton!

(You aren't talking about the large rodent are you?)

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-04-12 17:17|| 2013-04-12 17:17|| Front Page Top

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