Posted on 12/11/2021 6:52:54 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Spencer, who is in his 60s, was reportedly approaching the visitors center when he spotted around 20 otters crossing a dimly-lit path in front of him.
The animal encounter went south after a jogger ran through the pack, causing the fish-eaters to go “crazy like dogs” and try to bite the passerby...
Fortunately, the runner escaped, but the water weasels set their sights on Spencer, who believed they’d mistook him for the runner.
The ornery otters reportedly hit him in the ankles, pushed him down and leaped on top of Spencer, then proceeded to bite the prone man around his legs, shoes and buttocks, with one nipping his finger, according to the media reports.
The cantankerous creatures ceased the attack momentarily, allowing Spencer to get up and make a break for it.
Meanwhile, in a similar instance in 2019, a man was forced to rescue his dog from a pack of vicious river otters in Alaska.
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I recall Steve Irwin saying that all the zoo handlers would much rather deal with giant crocs than go into the otter enclosure.
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Nasty little buggers. Big teeth too. Once watched one pull his way up to a surfer in front of me using his board’s leash and bite him on the calf for no apparent reason.
They look so cute. Who would think they could be so vicious?
Bwahahaha
Proof that you don't have to be armed, just a faster runner than the other guy.
Nipped to death by Otters sounds like a terrible way to die.
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wishing it was beavers ...
“They look so cute. Who would think they could be so vicious?”
Like going to High School, or dating.
One of the major exports of the US circa 1800 was otter pelts. Just as beaver were nearly exterminated to sell to European carmakers, otters were almost exterminated to satisfy the desire of Chinese bureaucrats who had a fondness for otter fur trim on their clothing, etc.
He must have committed some act of domestic terrorism where someone decided he needed to be otter boarded.
Sounds like being nibbled to death by ducks.
(Water) weasels ripped my flesh.
They need to bring in a few English Otter Hounds, the otters natural enemy (and one of the rarest dog breeds in the world).
So, they’re like women...
Finally.
Weasels ripped my flesh
re: “Proof that you don’t have to be armed, just a faster runner than the other guy. “
LOL. I’m wondering now what a single ‘warning shot’ (picture: LOUD discharge from a pistol) in the air would have done?
My original thought was that the guy should pay more attention to his surroundings, i.e., the “angry bee” syndrome should might have been evident on behalf of the otters after the jogger departed ...
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