But every time he touched the board, the sea otter, possibly a pregnant sea otter, would lunge at him. Finally, another surfer came to the rescue, managing to shove the board away from the otter.

“Hormonal surges related to pregnancy have been known to cause aggressive behavior in female southern sea otters,” per the statement. Because the sea otter is a new mom, wildlife officials say ...

“While wildlife biologists suspected sea otter 841 may [have been] pregnant earlier this year, they were unable to verify the pregnancy without capturing the sea otter to perform a full health ...

Sea Otter 841 spent the summer terrorizing Santa Cruz surfers and kayakers. However, wildlife officials recently confirmed she gave birth to a pup and said her reign ...

At the same time, some observers speculate that 841’s aggressive behavior may be due to hormonal surges brought on by pregnancy. An ornery, board-jacking sea otter is terrorizing surfers off the ...

And when they captured the mother, she was pregnant," said Kevin Connor with the Monterey Bay Aquarium.Subsequently, the sea otter pup — tagged 841 — and its mother were taken to the aquarium ...

Otters have been known to approach humans during hormonal surges that coincide with a pregnancy, or as a result of being fed or repeatedly approached by people. That is likely what occurred with ...

But every time he touched the board, the sea otter possibly *** pregnant sea otter would lunge at it. Were you actually scared *** little bit? Yeah, it's like *** pit bull puppy in *** sense.