05-30-2013, 10:35 AM
A 60 year old fisherman in Belarus was killed when he attempted to pick up an alluring beaver along the side of the road.
Always a risky proposition, this time it was fatal.
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.
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Belarus Beaver (not the killer, that beaver is still on the loose)
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.
More here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29...ostpopular
Always a risky proposition, this time it was fatal.
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.
Belarus Beaver (not the killer, that beaver is still on the loose)
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.
More here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29...ostpopular