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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
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When I lived in northern Alberta, a beaver wandered up to a neighbour's house and tried to go after their 4 dogs, which were enclosed in a chain link fence pen. It was frothing at the mouth so we had good reason to believe it was rabid, but by the time we got the gun and called Fish and Wildlife to get the go ahead to shoot it (they would have taken well over an hour to get there), it had wandered off.
Just like how real bears aren't as friendly as Yogi, Smokey and Winnie, real beavers can be vicious too. Although I haven't seen it first-hand, apparently they can leap at you from a pretty good distance, so definitely keep well enough away if you ever see one.