Angry Beaver

Feuer Frei! · 04-13-13, 07:11 PM

Never heard that this could and is possible:

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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.

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fireftr18 · 04-13-13, 07:59 PM

He needed the holy handgrenade of Antioch. It worked for King Arthur on the killer rabbit.

August · 04-13-13, 09:12 PM

Assuming the story is true then it seems that the Beaver got in a one in a million shot akin to hitting the exhaust port on the Deathstar.

Maybe the beaver used the Force...

Armistead · 04-13-13, 10:47 PM

not what i thought......

Sailor Steve · 04-13-13, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

not what i thought......

'S whatcha get for thinnin', Baba Louie!

Mork_417 · 04-13-13, 11:01 PM

Wait..... I thought beavers only ate wood.

Reece · 04-14-13, 12:34 AM

Rather tragic and sad imo.

Wolferz · 04-14-13, 05:47 AM

There's a reason they're called

WILD animals.

Feuer Frei! · 04-14-13, 06:04 AM

Well, not ALL wild animals seperate main arteries in legs either.

raymond6751 · 04-14-13, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by FloppyRat

Wait..... I thought beavers only ate wood.

This was probably a wooden leg.

(kidding)

Those guys might not have told the whole truth. They may have been abusing the beaver. Any animal will defend itself.

Platapus · 04-14-13, 07:36 AM

The fact that beavers have survived as a species for so long is due to the fact that a beaver is capable of defending itself from attacks.

Who would have thought that an animal with jaws so powerful and teeth so strong that they can fell a tree might be capable of biting someone?

It is a wild animal and it will defend itself (and its young) from what it perceives to be an attack.

I wonder how the guy was photographing the beaver. I guess he never heard of a telephoto lens???

Raymond may be on to something. Perhaps the photographer was trying for an unusual picture by poking the beaver or throwing rocks at it.

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

Unless the beaver was rabid, I am having a hard time believing that by simply approaching a beaver that it would suddenly attack. He must have been pretty close to the beaver. Probably more to the story than has been released.

TarJak · 04-14-13, 07:44 AM

Brings to mind this:

u crank · 04-14-13, 08:22 AM

Don't mess with Castor canadensis.

August · 04-14-13, 08:45 AM

Could be a coverup for murder or an accidental killing I suppose.

Jimbuna · 04-14-13, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Could be a coverup for murder or an accidental killing I suppose.

My initial thoughts.

04-13-13, 07:59 PM	#2
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	He needed the holy handgrenade of Antioch. It worked for King Arthur on the killer rabbit. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

04-13-13, 09:12 PM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Assuming the story is true then it seems that the Beaver got in a one in a million shot akin to hitting the exhaust port on the Deathstar. Maybe the beaver used the Force... __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	not what i thought...... __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

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Mork_417 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: DB-15 Posts: 851 Downloads: 263 Uploads: 0	Wait..... I thought beavers only ate wood. __________________ Heading to AM49.(U-553)

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Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,700 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Rather tragic and sad imo. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	There's a reason they're called *WILD* animals. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Well, not ALL wild animals seperate main arteries in legs either. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Brings to mind this:

04-14-13, 08:22 AM	#13
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Don't mess with Castor canadensis. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Could be a coverup for murder or an accidental killing I suppose. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.