Beaver kills man in Belarus

http://www.guardian.co.uk ^ | 05/29/2013 | Associated Press in Ostromechevo

[redreno]

A beaver has attacked a 60-year-old fisherman in Belarus, slicing an artery and causing him to bleed to death. It was the latest in a series of beaver attacks on humans in the country, as the rodents, who have razor-sharp teeth, have turned increasingly aggressive after wandering near homes, shops and schools. "The character of the wound was totally shocking," said the village doctor Leonty Sulim. "We had never run into anything like this before." Once hunted nearly to extinction in Europe, beavers have made a comeback as hunting has been banned or restricted and new populations were introduced. In Belarus, a former Soviet republic between Russia and Poland, the beaver population has tripled in the past decade to an estimated 80,000, according to wildlife experts. That has caused beavers increasingly to encroach on populated areas.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Intercourse, PA is further east, near Lancaster.
They quit putting up Welcome signs at the town limit
because “Welcome to Intercourse” became the #1 most stolen
road sign in America.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It is a wonder he made it to 60.

[slapshot]

holdski my vodka comrade bubbaov

[meatloaf]

I wonder why?

[baddog 219]

Beavers like to attack you while you’re watching Late Night with Leno...

[DanielRedfoot]

In related news...

His fishing buddy was severely injured by a Big Red Snapper

[Carriage Hill]

LOLMAO; took me 10-15 secs to read that tiny type, but I managed to.

[Sender]

"Largely nocturnal, beavers can also become disoriented during the daytime and attack out of fear, according to Viktor Kozlovsky, a wildlife expert."

So if you're wanting to grab a beaver, do it in the dark.

[slapshot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y09YOkVmGg0

[Vendome]

He got pelted???

[Vendome]

Gave him a Beaver shot eh?

[Vendome]

Stuhned Beaver?

[Vendome]

Yeah, right after I passed Gap, PA I’d usually go through Intercourse....

[Revolting cat!]

IBTJ (In Before The Jokers!)

(On second thought, never mind!)

[RedMDer]

LOL!

[M Kehoe]

Was the perpetrator hairless? She will need to be properly identified to be apprehended.

I'm sorry.

5.56mm

[Peter ODonnell]

Beware of the Minks in Minsk, I guess.

[Hoffer Rand]

He got what he deserved; stupidity kills.

Reminds me of the Russian dude a few years ago who, in a fit of drunken passion, tried to screw a beaver (the four legged kind). At least, IIRC, I think it was a beaver. He was shredded, didn't make it.

[Average Al]

Ward take it easy on the Beaver!

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

“Hey, Evgeny! Hold my vodka and watch this!”