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Jeremy McNaughton was snorkling in Nova Scotia recently when he was attacked by a beaver. The beaver bit him badly but McNaughton is on the mend after receiving medical treatment.

To paraphrase Troy McClure from The Simpsons: Don't kid yourself. If a beaver ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!

Although none of these novels features a beaver, each is about an animal attack:

The Bear by Claire Cameron
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
A young girl must fend for herself and protect her little brother after a black bear attacks her paren'ts. The Bear is one of the discussion books on Book Buzz in October.
Claire Cameron will be appearing at Runnymede Branch as part of the Eh List Authors Series.

Cujo by Stephen King
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
A beloved family dog becomes a savage killer after contracting rabies.

The Flock by James Robert Smith
The planned redevelopment of a Florida swamp angers its residents–huge, carnivorous, prehistoric birds.

Jaws by Peter Benchley
• eAudiobook
A Long Island resort town is terrorised by a great white shark. The movie is pretty good too.

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
• Large Print
Dinosaurs cloned from fossilized DNA are the feature attraction at a theme park. Spoiler alert! This does not go well.

Natural Selection by Dave Freeman
A species similar to manta rays has been living peacefully off the coast of California but when the food supply dwindles, a group of researchers in the area starts to look mighty tasty. Mmmm…researchers.

The Rats by James Herbert
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
Giant killer rats terrorize London.

Sparrow Rock by Nate Kenyon
Mutated insects make life difficult for high school students who survived a nuclear war.

The Swarm by Frank Schätzing
Humanity is threatened when all marine life, under the influence of a supernatural force, begins a campaign of revenge to avenge ecological abuses.

Beaver photo credit: By Steve from washington, dc, usa (American Beaver) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons