Posted on 05/31/2013 5:42:18 AM PDT by SJackson
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."
Once hunted nearly to extinction in Europe, beavers have made a comeback as hunting was banned or restricted and new populations were introduced. In Belarus, a former Soviet nation 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 wander into populated areas, creating more grounds for conflict.
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Not sure if this is a new incident or re-reporting of an incident some months back.
Velocibeaver
Well, it was discussed to death a few days ago. However, any wild animal worth its salt would bite/maim someone who picked it up for a photo op. That’s just plain stupid.
Guess Sibelius will have to add another code to the ObamaCare regs. Currently, there’s a code for “Turtle Bites” and “Being Hit by a Turtle”, but nothing on “Beaver Bites”...a gross oversight.
lol
Nuclear-Powered Beavers.
http://blogs.voanews.com/russia-watch/2011/04/25/nuclear-zone-turns-into-wildlife-refuge/
T2000 model Beaver’nator
Nothing that an 870 Remington could not take care of. Or to be less sporting, try a model 700 22-250.
Beavers have been oppressed in the old Soviet Union for a long time.
Darks obviously fed her too much coffee.
>> Once hunted nearly to extinction in Europe
That’ll teach you to work ‘til you get ‘er done instead of knocking off at four thirty like them Yurpeans do.
his loved ones should get even by catching the beaver and shaving it.
I’m a Beaver, you’re a Beaver, we are Beavers all.
And when we get together, we do the Beaver call.
E to the U du dx, E to the X dx.
Cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3.14159.
Integral radical mu dv Slipstick, sliderule, MIT.
Go Tech!
If the teeth don’t fit,you must acquit!
Another result of declining morals.
You know, they did it wrong. When engaging in something stupid, it is supposed to be ‘hold my beer’, not ‘grab that beaver.’ Houston, we have Darwin Award candidate.
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