Is there ever a fun beaver tragedy? This just might qualify, no human or beaver  casualties, just some damage that I’m sure insurance will cover. Besides, it made me smile, and precious little is doing that this Thursday.

German beaver fells tree on to yacht

Police said a couple making their way down the Müritz-Elbe waterway were “very lucky” to have survived the incident. Once on the brink of extinction, the beaver is making a comeback in Germany and across Europe.

A German couple narrowly escaped death when a large tree came crashing down on their yacht, state maritime police said on Monday.

A beaver felled a tree when the couple was traveling through the Müritz-Elbe waterway in the eastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The beaver had managed to bite its way through a 20-meter-high (65.6-feet-high) poplar tree. The felled tree caused thousands of euros in damage to the yacht.

Isn’t that just always the case? If its not little thugs tagging your beemer in the whole foods parking lot, its dam beavers felling a tree onto your yacht! Honestly, being wealthy isn’t the cake walk it used to be.

Chalk it up to the unpleasant consequences of biodiversity. You’re welcome.