Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.

Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine ...

A Recent Animal Attack Has California Asking: Is Santa Cruz's Surfboard-Stealing Otter Back After 2 Years?

The first attacks from Otter 841 were reported in 2021 and again in 2023. According to officials, the female otter has since ...
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Calif. Surfers Warned About Aggressive Otter After Animal Is Filmed Attacking Surfboards — Watch!

Officials are trying to capture the endangered animal for a health check, but "she's been quite talented at evading us," a Monterey Bay Aquarium employee said Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News ...
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Booming sea otters and fading shellfish spark values clash in Alaska

Roarke Brown, a charter boat captain since 1972 in this picturesque fishing village, remembers being able to tread out onto the Kachemak Bay mud flats at low tide to fill a 5-gallon bucket with clams ...
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Aggressive sea otter bites California surfer, hijacks surfboard

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Surfers heading to Santa Cruz, California will have to keep a look out for a furry surfboard thief. A ...
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Rabies-positive otter bites dog and person, FDOH asks public to report 'suspicious animals'

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — A wild otter faced off with a dog and person off Marlin Drive in Jupiter over the weekend, biting both. After being caught by Animal Care and Control, the Florida Department of ...
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There’s a lot to love about Abby, the ‘thicc’ sea otter celebrated in a viral meme

A “chonk” sea otter at Monterey Bay Aquarium gained notoriety this week after the aquarium tweeted a photo of the animal in a less-than-slimming pose. An employee turned a photograph of the otter, ...