A 5-year-old sea otter born in captivity and released into the wild has been aggressively approaching surfers, hopping onto and biting their boards, and wildlife authorities are looking to return t…
“I thought it was a unique one-off,” Woodward said. “But now there’s been three incidents that I’ve captured in the last three days.”
In one viral video posted on Instagram by Joon Lee, the creature can be seen mounting the back end of his surfboard, biting into it and chasing him off the front end. He tried to discourage it by flipping the board over, but the otter continued trying to climb on it. Lee posted photos of deep bite marks in the board afterward.
But Otter 723 was seen approaching kayakers, paddle boarders and boaters, some of whom had fed her squid and other fishing bait, Connor said. So she was recaptured in 2018 and found to be pregnant. She was taken to an otter research center at the University of California-Santa Cruz, where she gave birth to Otter 841 — our feisty gal, he said.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said she was also seen with a pup of her own in May 2022. By September of that year, she was showing aggressive behavior toward surfers and boaters. Local officials call this female sea otter 841, raised in captivity, the otter has been climbing aboard and commandeering surfer’s boards as they wait for waves at various Santa Cruz beaches.
Local officials call this female sea otter 841, raised in captivity, the otter has been climbing aboard and commandeering surfer’s boards as they wait for waves at various Santa Cruz beaches.
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