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Beaver Bites Man To Death In Belarus Attack
Sky.com ^ | 04-11-2013 | Staff

Posted on 04/11/2013 6:12:14 AM PDT by Red Badger

The beaver pounced as a man went to take its photograph after spotting the animal on the side of a road during a fishing trip.

A fisherman has been bitten to death by a beaver after trying to take its photograph.

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.

He stopped so that he could take a picture but as he approached the beaver it pounced on him, biting him in the thigh.

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.

Beaver attacks are rare and according to experts those animals that do go for humans are usually rabid.

However, they are not unheard off.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animals; beaver; fishing; maul; napl; nature; wildlife
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To: Daffynition

THE LONGEST BEAVER DAM IN THE WORLD
The longest beaver dam found with Google Earth to date (October 2 2007) is located in Northern Alberta. The dam has a length of about 850 meters (2790 ft). It has at least existed at this spot for over 25 years as it can be observed on the 1990 LandSat 7 Pseudo Color Imagery Provided by NASA World Wind. However 1975 aerial photo’s show that this dam did not exist in 1975.

This dam was measured with the Google Earth Measuring tool to be about 850 meters in length. It has clearly two or more lodges and is a combination of two original dams. No surface water drainage can be seen. Water moves down the very slight sloping wetland. The ( relative thin layer) of organic material of the wetland works as a sponge . The flow is slow and over a wide area of wetland which requires the building of very long dams.

Of course the dam cannot only been seen from space, it was actually discovered by ‘flying over the earth’ with Google Earth. It is unlikely that this dam would have been discovered without Google Earth and its high resolution image data base, in this case provided by Digital Globe.


81 posted on 04/11/2013 9:38:54 AM PDT by Lady Jag (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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To: Red Badger

82 posted on 04/11/2013 9:46:45 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!

Fear of beaver turns men gay.


83 posted on 04/11/2013 9:52:43 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise

84 posted on 04/11/2013 10:05:58 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: Vaduz

85 posted on 04/11/2013 10:14:25 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: Slings and Arrows

If I’m going to die from a wild beaver attack, it better involve Snu-Snu, rather than teeth.

“Once bit, twice shy”.


86 posted on 04/11/2013 10:51:41 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
...or becomes a head warmer!


87 posted on 04/11/2013 10:53:14 AM PDT by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: Lady Jag
WTH? What do you think is holding up the Hoover Dam?


88 posted on 04/11/2013 10:55:33 AM PDT by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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89 posted on 04/11/2013 10:57:01 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: llevrok
"I AM THE
BEAVER WHISPERER"

That's good. A beaver shouter would go deaf from the echo...

90 posted on 04/11/2013 10:59:39 AM PDT by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them.)
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91 posted on 04/11/2013 11:01:17 AM PDT by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: Perdogg

Looks like he grabbed him by the kiwis.


92 posted on 04/11/2013 11:03:16 AM PDT by golux
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To: Daffynition

93 posted on 04/11/2013 11:08:29 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

Is that Merkel with Joan Rivers?


94 posted on 04/11/2013 11:16:12 AM PDT by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: Red Badger

The poor man’s family has had some real bad luck with animals. It was reported in another publication that a moose bit his sister a few days ago.


95 posted on 04/11/2013 11:17:03 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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96 posted on 04/11/2013 11:17:07 AM PDT by Lady Jag (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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To: Red Badger

Rabid beaver? Sounds like a NOW convention.


97 posted on 04/11/2013 11:18:13 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: Lady Jag
LOL


98 posted on 04/11/2013 11:22:15 AM PDT by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: BuffaloJack

Had a neighbor once where this type of thing happened to her husband. He was hunting, set his rifle down against a fence to climb over it. His dog knocked the rifle over, it discharged, caught him in the femoral artery. Bled out in no time. Really sad.


99 posted on 04/11/2013 11:29:17 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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To: Daffynition
Gotta keep busy.


100 posted on 04/11/2013 11:41:21 AM PDT by Lady Jag (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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