Keefer Madness: Otter Attacks vs. Beaver Attacks
BOSTON (CBS) — Rich Keefe is out to make sure we’re all safe when we step into nature.
He’s warned us about not one, but two different beaver attacks over the summer, and he has another animal to add to the ferocious predator list.
This time, it’s a North American river otter who is taking aim at the human race. An Otter in Washington state put a little boy and his grandmother in the hospital, and that same otter is believed to be responsible for attacking another man.
The cute little otter wasn’t very cute,” Radek Bazant told Q13Fox in Washington.
The otter in question popped the man’s raft and then attacked him underwater as he swam away.
The North American river otter can grow to be 21-31 lbs, much smaller than it’s beaver counterpart, notes Keefe.
Gosh, which would you be more afraid of? Both are so maliciously terrifying. I can’t believe I’ve been so lucky all these years, standing with a camera on the bank. While those monsters lurked just inches away.
Click on the image to go to the site where you can listen to his fairly amusing riff on the subject. Even though he’s wrong about how long beavers live, I have to agree with Keefe on this. If you’re going to be afraid of any vegetarian I’d have to pick the beaver.
Peg legs notwithstanding.
Since we have all read the attack stories of summer for many years, they hardly surprise me anymore. I have to admit this was a bit of a shock, though. Check out the photo on the story from Austria.
Maybe not as cute as he looks? Photo: Cheryl Reynolds/Worth a Dam
Family attacked by beaver whilst paddling
A swimming trip in Schwechat, Lower Austria took a nasty turn for a family when they were attacked by a vicious beaver.
Presumably because it was defending its territory or its young, the beaver attacked a woman and her two daughters, along with their pet dog, whilst they were paddling in the Schwechat river.
Even when they ran out of the river and onto dry land it pursued them and bit their dog, taking a chunk of fur.
Since that beaver took a chunk of fur and not the dog’s femur (which he easily could have) I’m going to assume he wasn’t exactly in a rage. It was more of a “AND STAY OUT” beaver hrmph. Which certainly happens. I was shocked to see Cheryl’s lovely photo in Austria, but at least she got credit.
All in all, beavers look pretty dangerous. I’m not surprised. They certainly took a bite out of the unchecked powers in this town!
