surely there is a roland emmerich movie in there somewhere
Already done, though not by Emmerich - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombeavers
Maryland Closes More of Cunningham Falls State Park After Second Beaver Attack
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#52"Beaver Attack" was not on my 2026 Hacker News headline bingo card
Sounds like a Primus song but not quite.
Can your Beaver Do The Attack?
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good thing he went to the doctor. Potential rabies is one of those "you gotta do it" deals.
I had the rabies vaccinations, when I was a kid. A schoolmate brought infected guinea pigs to school. Dozens of us had to get the shots. 17 shots: 15 shots, and 2 boosters.
That sounds awful. Thankfully the regimen now is only one shot of HRIG and four doses of the vaccine over two weeks.
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#56> 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.
The issue there is that the modern Zombie myth of an undead creature that spreads by biting only dates back to 1968.
Turns out George Romero took the infectious aspect from the novel I Am Legend (made into Omega Man in 1971), which is a vampire story. He mashed up the European vampire with the Haitian "zonbi".
Some scholars think that the 18th century rabies epidemics shaped the vampire legend.
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/04/20/rabies-seen-as-b...
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#57> 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.
Actually the American shopping mall, specifically the Monroeville mall near Pittsburgh PA in the 1960 inspired zombie lore
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#58> 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.
Not quite zombies, but there is a credible theory that rabies was the inspiration for vampires -- and maybe even werewolves -- since a lot of the symptoms are similar, e.g. transmission through biting (often from dogs and bats, which coincidentally are also animals that vampires can transform into), heightened aggression that includes biting, aversion to bright lights and strong smells like garlic:
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#59If a beaver does approach you, what's the best way to defend yourself?
Assuming you're not otherwise armed, I would say something long and tough to whack, bash, and push (or pin) with, such as a tree branch.
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#60I know this is a serious thing, and beavers can seriously maul someone, but this post title/headline still made me laugh. Am I going to hell (well, for that)?
I turned my laptop around to show my wife the headline before I even started reading the article, as I immediately laughed as well.