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[Guevara]

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.

Last year in the US two girls were mauled by a beaver in a lake in Virginia as they swam. They suffered serious bite and scratch injuries. A man was also attacked in New York and an elderly woman in Washington.

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.

Beavers are the second largest rodents in the world.

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

Youtube if you just want to see concentrated evil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UJU8fSffS3E

 

[GoddyofAus]

Really? Just really?

 

[AlexBasch]

If you can get nasty bites from a common rat, what did you expect from a huge one?

Beaver video

Holy shit, it's pure "the fuck you lookin' at?"

 

[SUPREME1]

Mel's gone too far this time.

 

[NoRéN]

That beaver has a future in the San Diego PD.

 

[Guevara]

When it turns to look at the cameraman it's like jesus christ get the fuck out of there.

 

[Bodacious]

And that was just 1 angry beaver.

 

[Transhuman]

Deadly.

 

[Escape Goat]

How deep do you have to go before you hit the artery in your leg? That was one vicious beaver.

 

[Divvy]

Shit, our nickels just got a lot more badass all of a sudden

 

[mre]

No shit beaver's are mean. They didn't call the show Happy Friendly Beavers.

 

[vulva]

And now they're stealing his pants

 

[Omegasquash]

First, RIP to the victim. I hope that his family finds peace soon.

But...they cut down trees with their teeth and you think it's a smart idea to approach them? The way that particular beaver looked you should have walked away the second that it stopped the first time. I'm no expert on wild animals, but that behavior didn't seem normal.

 

[t-ramp]

When it turns to look at the cameraman it's like jesus christ get the fuck out of there.

And now I consider beavers a potentially terrifying animal. Hmm.

Also, I don't think that video is of the deadly attack.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Dam.

 

[iamaustrian]

Imagine what happens when Justin Beaver bites you

 

[ReadingRambo]

Beavers are the second largest rodents in the world.

: (

 

[Guevara]

Someone needs to gif the creature turning

 

[MThanded]

That video is the thing of nightmares.

 

[GhettoGamer]

I guess Norb and Dagget finally lived up to their show's name

 

[Axion22]

whats film?

 

[Count Dookkake]

Brest man killed by beaver.

 

[Hiltz]

Wow, they can be be vicious sons of bitches. It's like beaver don't give a dam.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Is the youtube link actually footage of the guy getting bit and dying? Or is it just a related video of a Beaver being mean from a different incident?

Because I don't wanna click on the one where I watch a human being die from a beaver bite.

 

[ReadingRambo]

Brest man killed by beaver.

10/10.

 

[BFIB]

Is the youtube link actually footage of the guy getting bit and dying? Or is it just a related video of a Beaver being mean from a different incident?

Because I don't wanna click on the one where I watch a human being die from a beaver bite.

No, its a separate beaver not giving a fuck.

 

[Guevara]

Is the youtube link actually footage of the guy getting bit and dying? Or is it just a related video of a Beaver being mean from a different incident?

Because I don't wanna click on the one where I watch a human being die from a beaver bite.

It's intense but I don't believe that guy actually dies.

 

[Stinkles]

Russian Beaver.

 

[Bodacious]

Is the youtube link actually footage of the guy getting bit and dying? Or is it just a related video of a Beaver being mean from a different incident?

Because I don't wanna click on the one where I watch a human being die from a beaver bite.

Then don't click.

 

[iddqd]

Imagine what happens when Justin Beaver bites you

 

[SimpleGamer]

DAT beaver.

 

[MThanded]

This right here is why they make dental dams.

 

[SimleuqiR]

Leave it to Beaver.

I guess the animal got lucky in his attack. Any other place the man would have not bled to death.
Human bodies are fucking fragile. Who would think they could die from a Beaver bite.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Then don't click.

Okay, so it IS video of the incident in the story? Or it isn't, as nemss says?

Which is it?

 

[chaostrophy]

edit: the Russian title of the Youtube clip translates to "I was attacked by a beaver", so the victim lived to post the video- it wasn't the fatal attack.

 

[Kazerei]

Gotta be careful when crossing the fire swamp.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Brest man killed by beaver.

Oh God lol

 

[Bodacious]

Okay, so it IS video of the incident in the story? Or it isn't, as nemss says?

Which is it?

It is the same incident. You never see the guy being attacked though. The beaver rushes, the man falls, and you hear him gasp when he's bitten. It's pretty intense ... beaver is fast.

 

[Matt_]

Holy shit that video scared the shit out of me
The thing just fucking charges!

 

[SUPREME1]

Dam.

Flawless.

 

[Uncle]

My biology teacher once gave us a speech about the dangers of beavers. I... I didn't believe him.

 

[t-ramp]

It is the same incident. You never see the guy being attacked though. The beaver rushes, the man falls, and you hear him gasp when he's bitten. It's pretty intense ... beaver is fast.

The story is about a man from Belarus. The video is from Russia. Not the same incident.

 

[Finaika]

Can a beaver take on a chimpanzee?

 

[The Lamonster]

damn. dat femoral artery

 

[Guevara]

Can a beaver take on a chimpanzee?

Yesterday I would have said no, but today...?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

edit: the Russian title of the Youtube clip translates to "I was attacked by a beaver", so the victim lived to post the video- it wasn't the fatal attack.

The story is about a man from Belarus. The video is from Russia. Not the same incident.

Thanks.

 

[Perfect Blue]

Yesterday I would have said no, but today...?

What about an MMA fighter?

 

[Baraka in the White House]

I mean I know things get crazy in the heat of the moment but... couldn't he have just punted that thing?

 

[MooseKing]

The entire existence of the Beaver is to be a cunt.

Hey man, let me build this cool beaver house and flood this entire forest.

Guys, I am going to chop down a shit load of trees and use 1 of them.

 

[Guevara]

What about an MMA fighter?

Good luck grappling with something that will bite clear through your leg.