A man who was bitten by a beaver at a bus stop in Tyresö, south of Stockholm, Sweden, has been describing the attack.
Pentti Savola, 57, was among a group of early morning commuters waiting
to get a bus to work when the animal came up to him and bit his leg last
week.
"It was lightning fast. I never thought that an animal that looks so clumsy could be so crafty," he said.
He said that he may have stressed the animal out as he took some photos of it. The wound on his leg was bleeding a lot but Mr Savola did not need antibiotics. "It has now healed nicely, I hold no grudge against the beaver", laughs Mr Savola.
He said he wanted to tell his story to warn children that they should
not pet beavers without knowing more about the animals. The beaver was
hunted to extinction in Sweden by the end of the nineteenth century but
was reintroduced during the 1920s and 1930s after eighty of they were
imported from Norway, in what is often cited as one of the most
successful animal conservation efforts in history.
He said that he may have stressed the animal out as he took some photos of it. The wound on his leg was bleeding a lot but Mr Savola did not need antibiotics. "It has now healed nicely, I hold no grudge against the beaver", laughs Mr Savola.
He said he wanted to tell his story to warn children that they should
not pet beavers without knowing more about the animals. The beaver was
hunted to extinction in Sweden by the end of the nineteenth century but
was reintroduced during the 1920s and 1930s after eighty of they were
imported from Norway, in what is often cited as one of the most
successful animal conservation efforts in history.
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