"Beaver Attack" was not on my 2026 Hacker News headline bingo card

"Beaver attacks on people are rare and are thought to primarily involve rabid animals" - the article

Confirmed rabies positive by the way.

> 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.

This must be payback for us harvesting their delicious anal glands all those years ago.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/03/26/293406191/do...