In California, authorities are trying to catch an aggressive female sea otter who has been attacking surfers and cutting down their surfboards for weeks. The animal becomes bolder, bites the boards and scares away their owners with threatening gestures. It is therefore officially considered a “risk to public safety”.
According to the US Nature Conservation Agency USFWS, a team from the California Conservation Agency CDFW and the Monterey Bay Aquarium was dispatched “that is trained in capturing and handling sea otters.” It is intended to capture the female otter and “take it to a new home”.
Experts say the animal’s aggressive behavior off the coast of Santa Cruz could be related to its origins: The “New York Times” reported that the female was born in captivity. His mother had already lost her innate fear of people because she was fed by them.
Surfer: “I was scared”
“I was scared,” surfer Joon Lee, who was attacked by the otter last Sunday, told the Los Angeles Times. He tried to swim away, but the otter bit his surfboard chain. “So I panicked.”
An encounter with a sea otter in the water is still rare on California’s Pacific coast. However, surfers, paddlers and sailors occasionally report on it. The animals may look cute with their cuddly fur and beady black eyes, but they are anything but cute: otters are predators and can bite hard with their strong teeth.
Source: Krone
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