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 04/12/2013 11:50:19 AM · #1
Probably mistaken for a nice maple.
 04/12/2013 11:55:42 AM · #2
whoa.... they're fast!

Who would have expected that??
 04/12/2013 12:02:28 PM · #3
People think I'm exaggerating when I tell them I had to quite literally beat one to death once.

Tough, tough, tough animals, surprisingly quick, aggressive and dangerous.

And before you think I was in the woods screwing with it - let it be known that it was in my yard, on a ranch. I collected the bounty from the rancher, and tanned the hide too, rather nice beaver hide in the end, think I got $35 out of it too.

Message edited by author 2013-04-12 12:04:08.
 04/12/2013 12:16:22 PM · #4
Yikes! After seeing that I think I was lucky some years ago now. There was a wooded ravine near a friends house and we'd go down there once in awhile and tear down (partially) a dam that the beavers would build on a stream. They had a decent sized pond built up. The dam was about 5 to 6 feet tall and maybe 10 to 12 feet across.

One time, after knocking loose the top couple feet of the dam we were followed by a beaver as we walked along the berm on the side of the pond. I remember distinctly thinking how large this beaver was and picked up a hefty branch to use as a club "just in case". The beaver stayed close but never left the water.

Noting how fast that beaver moved in the video makes me realize how futile hanging onto that club would have been. Dang!
 04/12/2013 12:37:06 PM · #5
Too many beaver jokes, too little time.
04/12/2013 01:29:48 PM · #6
It's a hoax. The video reminds me of Paranormal (I, II & III) the Movie. Beavers are complete herbivores, preferring the cambium layer of tree bark to human flesh.

Rabies infection is a possibllity. Beaver harassment is more likely a cause for the self-defense by the beaver.

Lastly, how far was this from Chernobyl?
 04/12/2013 01:39:40 PM · #7
Originally posted by hahn23:
It's a hoax. The video reminds me of Paranormal (I, II & III) the Movie. Beavers are complete herbivores, preferring the cambium layer of tree bark to human flesh.

Rabies infection is a possibllity. Beaver harassment is more likely a cause for the self-defense by the beaver.

Lastly, how far was this from Chernobyl?


What makes you think it's a hoax...the beaver wasn't going to eat him, he just bit him (badly, and the man bled to death).

If it's a hoax, every news agency and science site has fallen for it.

//www.isciencetimes.com/articles/4906/20130411/beaver-bites-man-death-belarus-2013-attack.htm

I searched and didn't see anyone calling it out as a hoax.
 04/12/2013 01:46:30 PM · #8
Originally posted by gcoulson:
Too many beaver jokes, too little time.

Someone hold me back!
 04/12/2013 01:49:24 PM · #9
My brother went to Oregon state university, I'll never tease him about being a beaver again.
 04/12/2013 02:04:13 PM · #10
I once watched a beaver nearly swim down and attack a big-ass pitbull that ventured too close to his lodge. Lucky for doggy that he was closer to shore. There is a clip that I heard on Bob and Tom, where a couple of guys in a truck hit a beaver and thinking it was dead, one of them picked it up by its tail. Beaver came to and bit his nipple off.

Don't forget, beavers are giant rodents and like all rodents, their teeth are continually growing and must be kept worn down, which they do by constant gnawing. So that means a pair of nicely honed incisors at the ready, thankya verra much.
 04/12/2013 02:10:10 PM · #11
Originally posted by hahn23:
It's a hoax. The video reminds me of Paranormal (I, II & III) the Movie. Beavers are complete herbivores, preferring the cambium layer of tree bark to human flesh.

Rabies infection is a possibllity. Beaver harassment is more likely a cause for the self-defense by the beaver.

Lastly, how far was this from Chernobyl?


It never said the beaver ate the guy, just that the beaver bit him and he bled to death. Just because an animal is a herbivore doesn't mean it isn't dangerous. Hippos are herbivores and many experts consider them the most dangerous animal in all of Africa, killing nearly 3000 people annually.
 04/12/2013 02:19:38 PM · #12
Originally posted by Neil:
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What makes you think it's a hoax...the beaver wasn't going to eat him, he just bit him (badly, and the man bled to death).


Oh, it's a hoax all right. It will just take some time to be revealed as a fake. While we wait, I'll hold up the following cases which initially fooled the die-hard skeptics.

Hero Pig

Golden Eagle grabs Baby

Might be money paid by content hungry news media driving these stories.
 04/12/2013 02:22:01 PM · #13
This wouldn't be the first time a guy died because a beaver got too close to his thigh.
 04/12/2013 02:25:10 PM · #14
Originally posted by chazoe:
This wouldn't be the first time a guy died because a beaver got too close to his thigh.


LOL, you just made my day.
 04/12/2013 02:35:08 PM · #15
Originally posted by hahn23:
Originally posted by Neil:
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What makes you think it's a hoax...the beaver wasn't going to eat him, he just bit him (badly, and the man bled to death).


Oh, it's a hoax all right. It will just take some time to be revealed as a fake. While we wait, I'll hold up the following cases which initially fooled the die-hard skeptics.

Hero Pig

Golden Eagle grabs Baby

Might be money paid by content hungry news media driving these stories.


Ohh, I see where you've got this twisted up.

The video is not of the death incident. It's just a coincidentally posted video from this week. And I don't see any reason to question the authenticity of it - the other eagle video was pretty easily spotted as a chop-job. As for the pig - well, there's no underwater track for this beaver to be ran along. ;)

Message edited by author 2013-04-12 14:37:00.
 04/12/2013 02:38:42 PM · #16
the beavers brother...

this can leave a mark...
 04/12/2013 02:50:05 PM · #17
Originally posted by hahn23:
Originally posted by Neil:
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What makes you think it's a hoax...the beaver wasn't going to eat him, he just bit him (badly, and the man bled to death).


Oh, it's a hoax all right. It will just take some time to be revealed as a fake. While we wait, I'll hold up the following cases which initially fooled the die-hard skeptics.

Hero Pig

Golden Eagle grabs Baby

Might be money paid by content hungry news media driving these stories.


And we'll be here to mock you.
 04/12/2013 02:51:13 PM · #18
Is it really so hard to imagine a beaver attacking a person? Any animal will fight if it feels it can't flee. Just because a critter seems cute does not make it safe. any animal that gets to a certain size has done so because it can fend off predators. Bleeding out from a femoral artery seems like just about the kind of thing that might result from such an attack, as opposed to an eagle picking up a baby which is against most on Newton's laws.
 04/12/2013 02:53:50 PM · #19
Originally posted by Cory:

Ohh, I see where you've got this twisted up.

The video is not of the death incident. It's just a coincidentally posted video from this week. And I don't see any reason to question the authenticity of it - the other eagle video was pretty easily spotted as a chop-job. As for the pig - well, there's no underwater track for this beaver to be ran along. ;)

Yeah, that's the ticket. Where's the video of the death incident?

Look, I've photographed many American Beaver, Castor canadensis.


They are slow and dim witted, but terrific engineers. They are primarily nocturnal and most likely to be observed in the evening. Of course, that is the American variety. Maybe the Russian (Belarus) variety is much more aggressive. I can only speak about the American Beaver. They do not attack when sighting a human. They slap their tail on the water and flee. Very agile in their aquatic environment, they just don't spend much time on land. I can't visualize a land attack on a human. So, I remain a skeptic.
 04/12/2013 02:58:12 PM · #20
Originally posted by hahn23:
Originally posted by Cory:

Ohh, I see where you've got this twisted up.

The video is not of the death incident. It's just a coincidentally posted video from this week. And I don't see any reason to question the authenticity of it - the other eagle video was pretty easily spotted as a chop-job. As for the pig - well, there's no underwater track for this beaver to be ran along. ;)

Yeah, that's the ticket. Where's the video of the death incident?

Look, I've photographed many American Beaver, Castor canadensis.


They are slow and dim witted, but terrific engineers. They are primarily nocturnal and most likely to be observed in the evening. Of course, that is the American variety. Maybe the Russian (Belarus) variety is much more aggressive. I can only speak about the American Beaver. They do not attack when sighting a human. They slap their tail on the water and flee. Very agile in their aquatic environment, they just don't spend much time on land. I can't visualize a land attack on a human. So, I remain a skeptic.


That beaver is docile because he's full..looks like he just recently ate a small photographer.
 04/12/2013 03:00:04 PM · #21
Originally posted by Neil:
Originally posted by hahn23:
Originally posted by Cory:

Ohh, I see where you've got this twisted up.

The video is not of the death incident. It's just a coincidentally posted video from this week. And I don't see any reason to question the authenticity of it - the other eagle video was pretty easily spotted as a chop-job. As for the pig - well, there's no underwater track for this beaver to be ran along. ;)

Yeah, that's the ticket. Where's the video of the death incident?

Look, I've photographed many American Beaver, Castor canadensis.


They are slow and dim witted, but terrific engineers. They are primarily nocturnal and most likely to be observed in the evening. Of course, that is the American variety. Maybe the Russian (Belarus) variety is much more aggressive. I can only speak about the American Beaver. They do not attack when sighting a human. They slap their tail on the water and flee. Very agile in their aquatic environment, they just don't spend much time on land. I can't visualize a land attack on a human. So, I remain a skeptic.


That beaver is docile because he's full..looks like he just recently ate a small photographer.

LOL!!!! It was probably a Russian photographer from Belarus. Bad luck seems to find the Russians.
 04/12/2013 03:06:38 PM · #22
Originally posted by hahn23:
Originally posted by Cory:

Ohh, I see where you've got this twisted up.

The video is not of the death incident. It's just a coincidentally posted video from this week. And I don't see any reason to question the authenticity of it - the other eagle video was pretty easily spotted as a chop-job. As for the pig - well, there's no underwater track for this beaver to be ran along. ;)

Yeah, that's the ticket. Where's the video of the death incident?

Look, I've photographed many American Beaver, Castor canadensis.


They are slow and dim witted, but terrific engineers. They are primarily nocturnal and most likely to be observed in the evening. Of course, that is the American variety. Maybe the Russian (Belarus) variety is much more aggressive. I can only speak about the American Beaver. They do not attack when sighting a human. They slap their tail on the water and flee. Very agile in their aquatic environment, they just don't spend much time on land. I can't visualize a land attack on a human. So, I remain a skeptic.


Cases are rare, but they can and have happened.

//www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/12/rabid-beaver-chases-children-fairfax-2nd-attack-we/?page=all

//www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/13/rabid-beaver-attacks-new-york-man-swimming-in-pennsylvania-river/

//www.nbcnews.com/id/43301853/#.UWha27Wsh8E

//www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Rabid-Beaver-Attacks-Girls-in-Virginia-Lake-20120718.html

Maybe all of those are made up by the media too.

Message edited by author 2013-04-12 15:07:08.
 04/12/2013 03:15:38 PM · #23
My older sister was a the same campground at the time the boyscout leader got attacked in the Deleware.
That story I know for a fact is true.
 04/12/2013 03:19:11 PM · #24
Originally posted by Spork99:
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Cases are rare, but they can and have happened....
Maybe all of those are made up by the media too.


All rabies related, aren't they? That's really the only explanation of the deviation from normal behavior. Hey, your pet ferret could contract rabies and attack people.

Beavers in Colorado are culpable for one scary thing. They are a carrier of Giardia. Don't drink the wilderness water.
 04/12/2013 03:36:42 PM · #25
Beaver fever!
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