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Beaver kills Man Trying to Pose for Photo
Toronto Star ^
| Wed May 29 2013
| Yuras Karmanau
Posted on 05/29/2013 4:33:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It was the most serious in a string of beaver attacks on humans in Belarus, as the rodents have turned increasingly aggressive when confronted by humans after wandering near homes, shops and schools.
The fisherman wanted his photo shot with a beaver. The beaver had other ideas: It attacked the 60-year-old man with razor-sharp teeth, slicing an artery and causing him to bleed to death.
It was the most serious in a string of beaver attacks on humans in Belarus, as the rodents have turned increasingly aggressive when confronted by humans after wandering near homes, shops and schools.
“The character of the wound was totally shocking for us medical professionals,” recalled village doctor Leonty Sulim. “We had never run into anything like this before.”
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
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To: nickcarraway
When I say no I mean NO!
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posted on
05/29/2013 5:18:30 PM PDT
by
mardi59
(IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
To: cripplecreek
one of my favorite incense,, musk .. hold the rat.. i hear they’re not good eating,, too stingy.. pelts used to be worth something.. I always look both ways these days when I go wading or diving in the old creek.. just makes sense, ya never know what lurks around the bend.
To: nickcarraway
Yikes!
NO, THIS IS NOT "NARNIA" BUMP!!!
43
posted on
05/29/2013 5:24:31 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Paladin2
Beavers enhance swamps.
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Yup, they’re regularlittle W.E.T.s - Wetland Enhancement Tools
They made for some good hunting spots in my old stomping ground.. Minniesoda.
To: nickcarraway
no i copied and pasted from another site
45
posted on
05/29/2013 5:25:34 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: nickcarraway
Beaver kills Man Trying to Pose for PhotoI thought he died in Viet Nam.
To: nickcarraway
Some days you are the beaver and some days you are the tree. :-)
47
posted on
05/29/2013 5:29:54 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Georgia Girl 2
His bite was worse than the bark.
To: Williams
I TOTALLY believe you. A few years ago, I was in Rocky Mt. National Park photographing elk. I was in the middle of a large herd. I kept backing up, but they kept coming closer to ME as they grazed. It's not like I just walked right into the middle of a large herd of elk. Anyway, I was very calm (as I always am around critters, having majored in zoology with a specialty in animal behavior--I can "read" an animal from 100 feet away and tell you what's on its mind) and they were very calm. I was only about 15-20 feet away from the huge herd bull. He was totally unperturbed by me taking his picture and I kept slowly backing away as I did so, fully realizing how dangerous a critter he could be. I had been so close that I could hear the mewing sounds the elk calves made which I never knew they did. I was so close I witnessed an elk cow nearly stomp a coyote into pieces when it tried for her baby. Waaaay cool! I finally achieved a safer distance and the elk didn't approach me any more, when I spied some DUMB DUMB Darwin-award contenders walking right up to these animals like they were in a petting zoo. I told them in no uncertain terms, "Get away from those elk. They are wild animals. That bull over there with that armchair-sized rack of antlers could run you through with close to a thousand pounds of himself driving it through you. The rest of the herd could panic and stampede and grind us all to pulp. Idiots!" A minute later, I heard a voice behind me and turned around. It was a park ranger. He thanked me for probably saving some lives and then ordered the yahoos to back far away from where they were.
So yeah, I completely could believe idiot tourists would put a kid on a buffalo's back.
49
posted on
05/29/2013 5:39:22 PM PDT
by
EinNYC
To: OrangeHoof
Wouldn’t be surprised to find out Eddie Haskel was somehow involved.
50
posted on
05/29/2013 5:44:46 PM PDT
by
bramps
(Sarah Palin got more votes in 2008 than Mitt Romney got in 2012)
To: Vendome
Got Pelted by a Beaver Now that's funny.
51
posted on
05/29/2013 6:06:42 PM PDT
by
SilverMine
(So barak who fathered those two girls?)
To: GQuagmire
52
posted on
05/29/2013 6:07:28 PM PDT
by
Trteamer
( (Eat Meat, Wear Fur, Own Guns, FReep Leftists, Drive an SUV, Drill A.N.W.R., Drill the Gulf, Vote)
To: nickcarraway
I smell varmint poontang.
To: nickcarraway
...the rodents have turned increasingly aggressive when confronted by humans after wandering near homes, shops and schools.Need to stop wandering near Beaver homes, shops and schools!
54
posted on
05/29/2013 6:12:34 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: nickcarraway
Well, did they get the photo?
55
posted on
05/29/2013 6:17:55 PM PDT
by
FortWorthPatriot
("If this be treason, make the most of it." - Patrick Henry, 30 May 1765)
To: GQuagmire
56
posted on
05/29/2013 6:27:29 PM PDT
by
Northern Yankee
(Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
To: KC Burke
Hiatus?
Hell I would have promoted such brilliance!
57
posted on
05/29/2013 6:30:12 PM PDT
by
Northern Yankee
(Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
To: nickcarraway; All
Don’t mess with a beaver per Oregon State U.
58
posted on
05/29/2013 6:31:05 PM PDT
by
QT3.14
(In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act -- George Orwell)
To: RC one
To: nickcarraway
The beaver was irritable and unkept. Basic maintenance is to keep the beaver washed and waxed.
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