Beaver in Belarus kills man

[Larry1]

ML or Vinny (and others), feel free to provide your best quip.

Beaver Bites Man To Death In Belarus Attack

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.

Earlier this week a video was posted on YouTube showing a man in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow, running away from a beaver who charged at him as he was filming in the area.

... In 2003 in Belarus a farm manager and farmhand were bitten by a rabid beaver as they tried to chase it from a barn. They survived the attack.

http://news.sky.com/story/1076746/beaver-bites-man-to-death-in-belarus-attack

[ML]

ML or Vinny (and others), feel free to provide your best quip.

Well, just off the top of my head, the best I can provide is:

"I have bitten into a few beavers myself."

[Hammer2722]

Well, just off the top of my head, the best I can provide is:

"I have bitten into a few beavers myself."

Who hasn't? But how many here can say that they were bitten back? 

[GQBlues]

This is the reason why I made it my life's mission to feed as many beavers I encounter. "Nice beaver, nice-nice beaver"
 
There's not too many beavers I didn't like.

[ML]

Who hasn't? But how many here can say that they were bitten back? 

OK, you one-upped me there.   

[Muzh]

Who hasn't? But how many here can say that they were bitten back? 

Ask those taking the antibiotics.

[LiveFromUkraine]

Ask those taking the antibiotics.

 

[Vinnvinny]

Let's hope a man eating tabby isn't on the loose in Poltava.

[Shadow]

As great as Belarus women are, their beavers will kill you.

[Faux Pas]

As great as Belarus women are, their beavers will kill you.

I've heard it said, "if you got to go, it's better doing it with a beaver" but, I'm not so sure now

[GQBlues]

Speaking of a curious feasting beaver....

It used to be 'rare' but there are more than a few places in L.A. where you can easily see beautful beavers making it more than obvious that mussels have become their preferred meal. One woman's exploration of the culinary landscape had opened up a whole new world for future generations of beavers to come..

[SANDRO43]

beautful beavers making it more than obvious that mussels have become their preferred meal.

Italian beavers are more sophisticated, they favour spaghetti alle vongole :

[ML]

Speaking of a curious feasting beaver....

It used to be 'rare' but there are more than a few places in L.A. where you can easily see beautful beavers making it more than obvious that mussels have become their preferred meal. One woman's exploration of the culinary landscape had opened up a whole new world for future generations of beavers to come..

Reminds me of Marie's sculpture on "Everyone Loves Raymond."

[Vaughn]

In my freshman year I majored in microbiology at OSU...  not once did I have a frightening encounter with a beaver.

[ML]

In my freshman year I majored in microbiology at OSU...  not once did I have a frightening encounter with a beaver.

I hear Michelle's brother is basketball coach there.

I almost enrolled at U of Oregon way back when, but didn't.

[knighta]

Could be worse, could be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth_%28film%29

Teeth is a 2007 comedy horror film written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein about a teenage girl who has teeth in her vagina. It premiered January 19, 2007, at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in the independent drama category. It was released on DVD in the United States on May 6, 2007, by Dimension Extreme.

[ML]

Teeth is a 2007 comedy horror film written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein about a teenage girl who has teeth in her vagina.

Much worse than the main gal's situation in 'Deep Throat.'

Old Joke:  He has watched the Deep Throat video (VCR tape version) so many times that the one hour movie now runs for an hour and 20 minutes.

[Anotherkiwi]

Let's hope a man eating tabby isn't on the loose in Poltava.

How many tabbies must die before he is satisfied? 

[Larry1]

Since I wrote this post there has been a rash of beaver attacks in Belarus:

Beavers on Deadly Rampage in Belarus

OSTROMECHEVO, Belarus — 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," said 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, which even has a city called Bobruisk, derived from a local translation of the animal's name, 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.

The Belarussian emergency services said that this year, for the first time, they have received a rash of reports of aggression by beavers, which can weigh up to 30 kilograms and stand about a meter  high. Officials have responded to some calls by sending out crews to drive away the animals, often by spraying them with water from a fire hose.

The fisherman, who has not been named at the request of his family, was driving with friends toward the Shestakovskoye lake, west of Minsk, when he spotted the beaver along the side of the road and stopped the car. As he tried to grab the animal, it bit him several times. One of the bites hit a major artery in the leg, according to Sulim.

The man's friends were unable to stop the blood from spouting, and he was pronounced dead when he arrived at Sulim's clinic in the village of Ostromechevo.

He is the only person known to have died from a beaver attack in Belarus.

Wildlife experts attribute the upsurge in attacks partly to spring bringing about more aggressive behavior in young beavers that are sent away to stake out their own territory. Largely nocturnal, beavers can also become disoriented during the daytime and attack out of fear, according to Viktor Kozlovsky, a wildlife expert.

Kozlovsky said the large beaver population is beginning to cause significant damage to forests and farms. The Forestry Ministry said it was encouraging the hunting of beavers, once prized for their fur and gland secretions, which were used for medicinal purposes.

But since they are such easy targets near dams, says ministry spokesman Alexander Kozorez, "beaver hunting holds little sporting interest."

"Hunting them is more like work," he said.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/beavers-on-deadly-rampage-in-belarus/480735.html#ixzz2V4bCfpGU

Safer to simply avoid Belarusian beavers.