Posted on 07/01/2020 7:09:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The man was swimming in Manzanita Lake on June 25 when he was bitten by a female river otter, park spokesman Kevin Sweeney told The Times on Tuesday. The man was hospitalized with “significant injuries,” including scratches and puncture wounds that caused bleeding, but they did not appear to be life threatening, Sweeney said.
It is unclear what prompted the incident, but officials believe that the man may have gotten too close to the female otter’s kittens, prompting her to aggressively react.
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He oughter not do that.
Sorry, but...ROFLMAO!
He otter know better.
Beat me to it...............
You otter not bother wild animals.
(somebody was gonna do it....)
Otter Lives Matter
“Beat me to it...............”
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We all had the same idea - it was some low-lying pun fruit just begging to be picked, after all.
Good mama otter, doing what she otter
...officials believe that the man may have gotten too close to the female otter’s kittens, prompting her to aggressively react.
Don’t mess with Mommy’s children
Well that seals it.
I’m not going near a mama otter.
“female river otter”
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I thought otters were sea/open waters creatures.
Yeah, but just because you could doesn’t mean you otter.
The “Common” or “North American” otter is a river otter. The California otter is the “Sea otter.”
That would look great on an obituary. Mauled by an otter...
Kind of makes me wonder where on his anatomy he was bitten. I mean, scratches and otter bites cause “significant injuries”, but not life-threatening?
I can think of at least one spit that a small animal might be able to dart up and bite resulting in “significant injury”.
Hello KTLA college grads.....baby otters are called “pups.”
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