Cue the scary music ...

Beavers are on the attack in central Sweden. A grandmother who was bathing with her daughter and grandchildren is the latest victim of the semi-aquatic rodents, according to Nerikes Allehanda.

The paper reports that a marauding beaver bit the woman and beat her with its tail before she was evacuated to a local hospital, according to AFP. One of the children was also attacked, the paper says.

AFP reports this is the second time these animals have attacked humans along the Bottenån River.

Leif Linder, a park ranger, says the beavers are very territorial. He says they've shot four beavers and plan to blow up their lodge.

"But if you're in the water and see a beaver you should watch out. In the water they see you as their enemy and will attack," Linder tells The Local.

Consider yourselves warned.
(File photo of a beaver swimming in New York taken Feb. 22 by Julie Larsen Maher, Wildlife Conservation Society via AP.)
Posted by Mike Carney on August 09, 2007 in Animals/Pets, Europe, Offbeat