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There are a few hazzers who really like capturing photos of wildlife when out on the trail. This is a reminder that there's some danger involved in that!
Definitely avoid rabid beavers!

Belarus Beaver Bites Man to Death
A Belarus beaver bit a man to death as he tried to take a photo of it at Lake Shestakov.

The man was on a fishing trip with friends when the attack took place. The beaver pounced on him and bit him after he approached the animal for a picture.

His friends tried to stop him bleeding from his thigh, but the beaver had severed one of his main arteries and he quickly bled to death.

Read the whole story here:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/45610 ... -kills.htm

According to the article there have been several beaver attacks in recent years, including this one caught on video.
http://youtu.be/Tq_BEh1dhEw

Wow! What else can you say??? Speechless....

He was probably too busy protecting his happy bits to worry about minor things like a femoral artery ...

This is just so wrong on many levels.
Please Chumley tell me you weren't searching the web looking for killer beaver stories.

@Alston Neal
Oh, the comments that could come from that Alston....

Yep! Beavers will attack people on occasion. I was swimming at night in the Colorado River at Picacho SRA in California and had a beaver swim at a fast pace right up to me. I knew that this was not a friendly approach or out of curiosity. I had my camera, but couldn't photograph it because it was swimming too fast toward me. I was in shallow water (about a foot and half deep), so I quickly stood up. The beaver was about 3 ft away from me before it turned around. Later that night and in different areas of the river, a few other beavers kept swimming up to me and smacking their tails on the water right next to me afterwards. I learned that beavers can be territorial, and I was an unwelcome visitor. I don't think this was an attack, but more it just checking me out and a warning.

Alston Neal wrote:Please Chumley tell me you weren't searching the web looking for killer beaver stories.

not stories, pictures.

@chumley
Then you were also looking for Black Widows???

Doesn't Primus have a song about this?

@chumley
It's also because of you that I can't look at "livestock curtains" the same anymore.

gummo wrote:I was swimming at night ... in shallow water (about a foot and half deep)

If I saw somebody swimming in 18" of water, I'd probably come over to see what was going on too!

chumley wrote:

gummo wrote:I was swimming at night ... in shallow water (about a foot and half deep)

If I saw somebody swimming in 18" of water, I'd probably come over to see what was going on too!

Maybe he was walking his beaver....

So reading the article taught me that beavers are the 2nd largest rodent in the world, which led me to look up the largest. It's the capybara, which you should probably look up yourself. Native only to South America, it reminds me a little bit of the ROUS that Wesley and Princess Buttercup encountered in the forest. But apparently this 125-lb creature is friendly and will let humans pet and feed them.

Captive escapees are commonly sighted in Florida and have also been seen in California.

@chumley
Capybaras are way cool. I used to tend to them at the Phoenix Zoo.... And The Princess Bride will always be a classic!!!

Alston Neal wrote: It's also because of you that I can't look at "livestock curtains" the same anymore.

Whatever you do don't look up the urban definition of Chumley

Who cares about being the biggest rodent or a killer beaver.
With proper training, even the smallest rodent can be bad to the bone......

Rat on steroids: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... roids.html

@kingsnake
The Brazilian Rat!
....Can you imagine the pride one would have showing up at the gala event with your precious Foodle.

@Alston Neal
You sly dog... Want to take bets on how long that stays there!?