Diseased beavers

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-heck-rabid-55-pound-052826173.html

[Mookz 1,337]

I thought this thread was going to be about a type of rodent afflicted with a medical illness.

 

 

 

And I was right. 

[Strike 5,185]

7 minutes ago, Mookz said:

I thought this thread was going to be about a type of rodent afflicted with a medical illness.

 

 

 

And I was right. 

I thought it was going to about his Mom. 

[Hawkeye21 2,381]

I was fishing on the Mississippi last weekend around a beaver hut and that damn thing came out and followed me around for a good 10 minutes. 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,310]

On 7/15/2023 at 10:41 PM, Hawkeye21 said:

I was fishing on the Mississippi last weekend around a beaver hut and that damn thing came out and followed me around for a good 10  it’s brown and it’s brown and furry. No. They wat wood.

On 7/15/2023 at 10:41 PM, Hawkeye21 said:

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,832]

3 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I was fishing on the Mississippi last weekend around a beaver hut and that damn thing came out and followed me around for a good 10 minutes. 

You think the beaver was profiling you?

[seafoam1 2,799]

Do they think Ukraine is winning too? 

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

I have an irrational fear of rabies 

[BirdGang 385]

One of my biggest fears in college. 

[edjr 6,578]

Good name for your geek fantasy team name

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

59 minutes ago, MTSkiBum said:

I have an irrational fear of rabies 

I had a rabid raccoon in my yard not long ago. It was pretty freaky. County animal control came out and got it.

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

16 minutes ago, Pimpadeaux said:

I had a rabid raccoon in my yard not long ago. It was pretty freaky. County animal control came out and got it.

Exactly, that sucks. 

We have so many wild animals around our house, almost all of them can carry rabies.

Except possums, their body temperature is too low for rabies to survive.

[patweisers44 815]

Phillybear would still fock em.

[jerryskids 6,558]

2 hours ago, MTSkiBum said:

I have an irrational fear of rabies 

 

49 minutes ago, MTSkiBum said:

Exactly, that sucks. 

We have so many wild animals around our house, almost all of them can carry rabies.

Except possums, their body temperature is too low for rabies to survive.

Seems like a rational fear to me. 

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

1 hour ago, MTSkiBum said:

Exactly, that sucks. 

We have so many wild animals around our house, almost all of them can carry rabies.

Except possums, their body temperature is too low for rabies to survive.

Squirrels don't carry rabies, either. 

I was a reporter for the Corpus Christi newspaper back in the early 1990s, and my beat was five focking counties, including Kleberg, home of Kingsville and The King Ranch.

I ran across a cop report that a rabid cow had been found on The King Ranch. I'd never before heard of a rabid cow, so it seemed like a good story.

I found a Kleberg County phone book in the newspaper records room and found a phone number for the King Ranch owners' HOUSE. 

I called the number, and focking Mrs. Kleberg answered the phone:

RING RING!

Mrs. Kleberg: Hello?

Rusty: Good afternoon, my name is Rusty Syringes, and I'm a reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. With whom am I speaking?

Mrs. Kleberg: This is Mrs. Kleberg. What do you want?

Rusty: I ran across a police report indicating that a rabid cow had been found on the King Ranch. Is this the first time in King Ranch history that you've had a rabid cow?

Mrs. Kleberg: I'm not answering your questions, and don't ever call this number again!

Rusty: But ...

CLICK!

About an hour later, the editor calls me in his office and says he received a call from Mrs. Kleberg, complaining about me calling her house. He told me to never call that number again, and I'm like, "What the fock? Why wouldn't I call that number?"

I did manage to get the story, and it made the state/national wire. I also worked in that Mrs. Kleberg declined comment, which I'm sure pizzed her off when she read it. 

[RogerDodger 797]

1 hour ago, MTSkiBum said:

Except possums, their body temperature is too low for rabies to survive.

Huh, interesting to know.

Also from the googles - small rodents like mice and rabbits are almost never found to carry rabies and can't transmit it to humans.  Birds are not mammals so cannot carry rabies.

(looked that up because my dogs have been killing a lot of rabbits and birds lately)

Wildlife most commonly diagnosed with rabies includes; raccoons, bats, skunks, foxes, and coyotes.

[jerryskids 6,558]

1 hour ago, MTSkiBum said:

Except possums, their body temperature is too low for rabies to survive.

That explains why @OldMaidkeeps them as pets. 

 

[Mookz 1,337]

5 hours ago, MTSkiBum said:

I have an irrational fear of rabies 

Hydrophobiaphobia? 

[nobody 2,557]

Beating a 55 pound beaver to death.  I wonder how messy that got.