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- Rabid Beavers? Don't worry everyone, I'm sure Buc-ee's has already filed suit because rabid beavers is covered under their trade dress.by slillibri
- by Fricken
- wow, that was a pretty fast copyright takedown.by knodi123
- If a beaver does approach you, what's the best way to defend yourself?
- Make like a tree and leaf?by foobar1962
- toss a raw tree trunk to distract him, and run in the opposite direction.by knodi123
- Shooting it with your pistolby kyleee
- Assuming you're not otherwise armed, I would say something long and tough to whack, bash, and push (or pin) with, such as a tree branch.
- Kicking it? It’s not a mountain lion.by Izikiel43
- My little brother was attacked once in France by a coypu. Needed medical attention. Beavers (we already have coypu) are being re-introduced into the UK, so maybe this sort of thing will increase here.by zabzonk
- It was because the beaver was rabid.by sva_
- A møøse once bit my sister.by knodi123
- Never heard the word "coypu" before, turns out it's the same as "nutria".
- We better hope there aren't cuts to -rabies wild animal vaccines. These have cut down incidents like these in large degree, https://www.aphis.usda.gov/national-wildlife-programs/rabies... .
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The National Rabies Management Program was established in recognition of the changing scope of rabies. The goal of the program is to prevent the further spread of wildlife rabies and eventually eliminate terrestrial rabies in the United States through an integrated program that involves the use of oral rabies vaccination targeting wild animals.
Since 1995, Wildlife Services (WS) has been working cooperatively with local, State, and Federal governments, universities and other partners to address this public health problem by distributing oral rabies vaccination (ORV) baits in targeted areas. This cooperative program targets the raccoon variant, canine variant in coyotes and a unique variant of gray fox rabies.
by nwatson - "Beaver Attack" was not on my 2026 Hacker News headline bingo cardby tomcam
- Sounds like a Primus song but not quite.by rdx-amw
- "Beaver attacks on people are rare and are thought to primarily involve rabid animals" - the articleby lithocarpus
- Confirmed rabies positive by the way.by adzm
- Good thing he went to the doctor. Potential rabies is one of those "you gotta do it" deals.by lenerdenator
- by peri-cl
- Thanks! The original link gave me a 403 only.by binaryturtle
- This must be payback for us harvesting their delicious anal glands all those years ago.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/03/26/293406191/do...
by bogzz - Well ackshually...
> Beaver food flavoring doesn't actually come from the animal's anal gland but from another organ next to it, called the castor sac.
I still wouldn't try it, myself.
by fwipsy - I wonder how was it first discovered how beaver anal glands taste like.by suslik
- > The injured fisherman in today’s attack, a 19-year-old male, appeared to have sustained a bite to the ankle and transported himself
A disease that propagates itself by making animals want to bite other animals. I suppose rabies is the base phenomenon behind the zombie meme. It's also a good description of a large fraction of social media posts.
by delichon - It's also a good description of a large fraction of social media posts.
Case in point.
by senordevnyc - The issue there is that the modern Zombie myth of an undead creature that spreads by biting only dates back to 1968.by neaden
- Actually the American shopping mall, specifically the Monroeville mall near Pittsburgh PA in the 1960 inspired zombie lore
- Zombies who eat brains are the mentally ill.
Bram Stoker’s vampire characters and stories are gay, as are their heirs (Anne Rice).
Sparkling Twilight vampires are Latter-Day Saints.
Zombies and vampires existed long before these novels and films got made, but pop culture has a way of wiping out and superseding local folk culture in the modern minds of new generations.
- It's amazing how microorganisms, including that Cordyceps fungus, can "control" macro nervous systems so specifically..by Razengan