Culture Florida Man Bitten 41 Times by Rabid Otter -- Otter also attacked dog before being captured

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A Florida man was feeding ducks and geese at a pond near his yard when suddenly all the birds flew away. Joseph Scaglione was confused, seeing no hawk in the area, but then he noticed an otter in the pond. He backed away toward the gate to his yard, but as he lifted his hand to shut it, he tells WPBF, the otter attacked. In a mauling that lasted several minutes, per WPTV, Scaglione, 74, received 41 bites on his legs, arms, and hands. After Scaglione got away, the otter attacked a dog that was walking with a family in the neighborhood. Nearby residents eventually managed to trap the otter under a recycling bin, and a Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control officer was then able to capture it. It tested positive for rabies and was euthanized, the Florida Department of Health said.

"My pinky is the worst. I have two puncture wounds. I'm not sure if it goes right through or whatever. One is on the corner of where the cuticle was," says Scaglione, who is being treated for rabies and will see a hand surgeon to determine how bad the damage is. A police officer says the dog is also being treated by a veterinarian. (Read more Florida stories.)

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News is too depressing these days.
 
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Well I hope the prophylactic rabies treatment works for him, because that’s a very bad way to go.
 
Otterly said:
Well I hope the prophylactic rabies treatment works for him, because that’s a very bad way to go.
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It should, if they do it right. One concern I have with what I've observed (I've seen it done) is the lack of prompt irrigation and washing of the wounds with soap, and then the application of 10% povidone-iodine. They really should do it in the ambulance, but they don't. For the iodine as well, they often use a lower concentration because it's easier to use and is faster to dry, but it's not worth it when rabies is involved. The HRIG (Human Rabies Immunoglobulin) should also be injected as much as possible into and around the wound area, but that's often skipped as well.
 
Vecr said:
It should, if they do it right. One concern I have with what I've observed (I've seen it done) is the lack of prompt irrigation and washing of the wounds with soap, and then the application of 10% povidone-iodine. They really should do it in the ambulance, but they don't. For the iodine as well, they often use a lower concentration because it's easier to use and is faster to dry, but it's not worth it when rabies is involved. The HRIG (Human Rabies Immunoglobulin) should also be injected as much as possible into and around the wound area, but that's often skipped as well.
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Worrying. Are there not SOPs for this? ‘Wash it the fuck out and inject the stuff at the source as well as systemically’ would seem to be a no brainier
 
PetiteFeet said:
Was the otter on cocaine?
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Rabbies is no joke.
I won't post videos of animals in later stages of it because it's really disturbing, even more disturbing than humans, but there is a reason why veterinarians are running around reminding people of rabbies. It's bad, real bad, the aggression isn't a joke.
 
Fastest Hand In The East said:
Rabbies is no joke.
I won't post videos of animals in later stages of it because it's really disturbing, even more disturbing than humans, but there is a reason why veterinarians are running around reminding people of rabbies. It's bad, real bad, the aggression isn't a joke.
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I know. It's just funnier to imagine the wildlife of Florida being just as methed up as the Florida Man memes.
 
PetiteFeet said:
I know. It's just funnier to imagine the wildlife of Florida being just as methed up as the Florida Man memes.
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They made Cocaine Bear movie, might as well make a movie about pack of otters finding a container of cocaine and terrorizing tiny town in the floridian swamps. Like low budget Tremmors.
 
Botchy Galoop said:
I am curious as to where an otter would have contracted rabies. Any ideas? I know very little about the disease vectors and possible origins...
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I'd assume through contact with another infected animal. Rabies is found in the spittle of infected animals, so it transfers via bites and rarely through spitting. Rabies is very uncommon in my part of the world but is occasionally found on illegally traded animals.
 
I fucking warned you people when the California otters were attacking surfboards and you mocked me for my words of wisdom, and you slowly and begrudgingly listened to me when the mustelid menace attacked those rivergoers. Now an old man is dying of rabies thanks to Florida Otter.

Now do you all see the threat these outwardly cute but inwardly murderous creatures pose?
 
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