A fisherman has been bitten to death by a beaver after trying to take its photograph. Bad things can happen when trying to take a picture of a beaver.
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. "It's a Trap! A Beaver Trap"!
He stopped so that he could take a picture but as he approached the beaver it pounced on him, biting him in the thigh. I didn't know the furry things could be so vicious.
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. Bad way to go. Taking pictures of beavers.
Beaver attacks are rare and according to experts those animals that do go for humans are usually rabid. I have gone beaver hunting but have seldom been succesfull.
However, they are not unheard off. I've never heard of one. Until now.
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. You must be in bad shape to barely outrun a beaver.
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. Nature strikes back!
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. I have personally seen some very large beavers. They have become very rare nowdays.
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I had a large lodge on my property years ago. Beaver are NOT smart. You should see beaver and porcupine squaring off for the same turf. Hilarious. Lots of beaver here in Vermont.
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Ripley, believe or not we have very active beaver here in western kansas. They are struggling a bit this year, what with no water anywhere, but they continue to dam up the dry creekbeds.
h/t Instapundit
...Heres my theory: Bullets are easy to store, non-perishable, and they hold their value or even increase in times of crisis. So theyre a lot like gold or any other commodity that has served as hard money through the ages. I think he means cartridges.
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Name another commodity the average fellow can buy and hold that has gained, in some cases, 100% or more in value in less than 2 years and is unlikely to experience a market correction ?
Actually, this whole sordid mess has affected hand loaders as well. So ....bullets, cartridges....either way it works.
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I have been hunting for smokeless powder for a couple months. my preferred retail outlet says they have had it on back-order with several vendors since November.
hmmm... seems that something may have happened then that might be related.
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Unlike Bitcon or Gold, it's likely to be 'consumed' in the next couple years or so and require more replacement. It's sort of like a reentry heat shield. Better to have pounds too much, than an ounce too little.
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Thank you for that link MS3153. I was going through that book and squinched when that item was mentioned as perhaps the most important in inventory. Then I learned its capabilities and thought of the as-mentioned benefits, then agreed.
Ammo materials are not non-perishable they must be taken care of, and are easy to store only if you have the space and are strong enough to move the boxes or patient enough to move them one tiny box at a time.
Twinkies had little value other than to the owner before there were suddenly none available and everyone wanted one, and if the spiget shuts off it could be a room of Twinkies could have more value than ammo, gold, or telephone stock. The ammo does more easily translate into pounds of deer than gold does (only if you have the rest of the kit, including a good knife), and better protects your room of Twinkies than pile of paperwork (again, only valuable to someone who has that caliber - other than a merchant).
[Ynet] Members of Turkish opposition say ship owned by prime minister's son docked at Ashdod Port three months before reconciliation between countries
Turkish opposition members have embarrassed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan by revealing that in the past three years, while the relations between Ankara and Jerusalem were at an all-time low, his son continued doing business with Israel.
The son, Ahmet Burak Erdogan, is the owner of the MB Shipping company, which holds two cargo vessels. One of them, Safran-1, has sailed between Turkish and Israeli ports several times, transferring goods back and forth.
The ship, which is 95 meters (312 feet) long, last docked at the Ashdod Port on January 12 -- about three months before the end of the crisis between the countries.
An assistant to the chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), Erdogan's main opposition in the Grand National Assembly, slammed the Turkish prime minister over his "hypocrisy" during a presser in Ankara.
Fellow opposition members directed a series of questions at Erdogan: "Has your son been exempted from the trade embargo against Israel? Is it ethical? What share of the volume of trade with Israel did the ship owned by your son take?"
Yet the Turkish parliament members made a wrong assumption: In fact, Turkey never declared a trade embargo against Israel event at the height of the diplomatic crisis. Erdogan did announce that he was suspending economic ties with Israel, but later clarified that he had only referred to defense-related trade.
During the crisis between Israel and Turkey, trade ties between the two countries thrived, reaching an all-time high of $4 billion -- a 30% increase.
Female deputies will finally be able to wear trousers, jackets and suits in the Turkish parliament's General Assembly after a change to their internal regulations on April 10 ended a ban that had been in effect since the republic's founding.
The abolition of the ban was proposed nearly two years ago, following the appearance in the media of photos of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Istanbul deputy Safak Pavey, who has a prosthetic leg that stirred a debate about whether trouser-clad women should be allowed into Parliament.
KARACHI: Founder Madadgaar National Helpline Zia Ahmed Awan said on Thursday that number of women and children burnt alive is increasing because of improper law enforcing mechanism.
While addressing a press conference at Madadgaar National Helpline office, he said 216 women were burnt alive in 2012. He said that this data is just a tip of the iceberg, but in reality the actual number of cases are very high due to which the lives of common people have become miserable.
He also highlighted two recent cases. The first case is of Ruqaiya, 27, resident of Nusrat Bhutto Colony, who was married off at a very early age with a jobless drug addict. Because of marital and financial disputes, her husband tortured and abused her. On April 6, 2013, her husband hatched a conspiracy and threw acid on her wife, mother-in-law along with three children. As a result, 22 percent of Ruqaiyas body is burnt and she is under medical treatment. The offender is still free and continuously threatening the victim.
He said in the second case, Gyan Chand Meghwar, 14, a minor resident of Khanpur Mehar, was burnt alive. The victims father Basru, contacted Madadgaar Helpline about his sons brutal killing. Speaking on the occasion, Basru shared that he has been involved in the investigation against Krishan Kumar, the offender, who was involved in the crime due to enmity and revenge. The offenders sons kidnapped and killed Gyan Chand by burning him alive. Basru said: The primary offender Krishan Kumar and his three sons are in police custody, however, one of the sons escaped. We request to take strict action against the offenders.
Zia Awan condemned the tragedy and appealed to the government to take serious action against the culprits. He also requested the government to provide legal aid, medical care and compensation. Furthermore, he asked for the justice system to be made viable and offenders arrested, as unsatisfactory legal action against offenders has been a significant reason for an increase in burn cases.
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Restrict Fire access...license anyone wanting to buy matches.
Posted by: Jack Salami ||
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Female deputies will finally be able to wear trousers, jackets and suits in the Turkish parliament's General Assembly after a change to their internal regulations on April 10 ended a ban that had been in effect since the republic's founding.
KARACHI: Founder Madadgaar National Helpline Zia Ahmed Awan said on Thursday that number of women and children burnt alive is increasing because of improper law enforcing mechanism.
