> 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.
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...
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.
The nuance takes some of the humor out of the notion of eating beaver ass, though. That weighty tail hides a delectable treat.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260806195522/https://news.mary...
Thanks! The original link gave me a 403 only.
> 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.
It's also a good description of a large fraction of social media posts.
Case in point.
It's amazing how microorganisms, including that Cordyceps fungus, can "control" macro nervous systems so specifically..
Confirmed rabies positive by the way.
"Beaver attacks on people are rare and are thought to primarily involve rabid animals" - the article
"Beaver Attack" was not on my 2026 Hacker News headline bingo card
The heat is driving me crazy too.
https://youtu.be/YTWqVk03eb0?si=3NW5xcGcqvY1etxM&t=427
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynona%27s_Big_Brown_Beaver