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   A man was attacked and killed by a beaver in Belarus.   
      
   Sky News reported the man was on a fishing trip with two friends   
   at Lake Shestakov when they spotted the animal on the side of   
   the road.   
      
   The beaver attacked the man as he approached to take a photo.   
      
   The Daily Telegraph offered a slightly different version of   
   events, saying the man wanted to pose next to the animal for a   
   photograph.   
      
   The next part of the story is not in dispute - the beaver sank   
   his sharp teeth into the man's thigh, severing a main artery.   
      
   Despite his friends' attempts to stop the bleeding, the man bled   
   to death.   
      
   "It was early morning and already light when they saw a beaver   
   by the road, which was unusual because beavers are nocturnal,"   
   Sergei Shtyk, the deputy head of the region's wildlife   
   inspectorate, told The Daily Telegraph.   
      
   "One of them went up to be photographed with it, and the animal   
   attacked him and bit him twice, cutting an artery in his thigh,   
   before running away."   
      
   Don't believe us yet about how intimidating a beaver can get?   
   The YouTube video below shows an unassuming Russian filming a   
   beaver that goes from "look how cute I am" to "I'm going to kill   
   you" in less than 30 seconds.   
      
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EjsN2_c2B   
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   http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57579364/beaver-attacks-and-   
   kills-man-in-belarus/   
      
          
      
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