"Do we all remember Otter 841, the aggressive, then-five-year-old female sea otter who became a social media sensation in the summer of 2023 after she was documented menacing surfers and kayakers, and even chasing people off their own surfboards? By that October, she was seen giving birth to a pup, and experts suggested the otter's earlier, unusual behavior could have been a result of her being pregnant."
"Now, as the Chronicle reports, via a Santa Cruz Fire Department post on Facebook, a female surfer had an encounter with a similarly aggressive sea otter who chased her off her surfboard near the popular Steamer Lane break. The surfer may have been bitten by the otter, the department said, and when lifeguards arrived on the scene, the otter was observed sitting on top of the woman's surfboard."
An aggressive female sea otter chased a surfer off her board near Steamer Lane and may have bitten her, according to the Santa Cruz Fire Department. Lifeguards later saw the otter sitting on the woman’s surfboard. The encounter echoes Otter 841’s summer 2023 behavior, when a five-year-old female otter menaced surfers and kayakers and later gave birth. Experts previously suggested pregnancy could explain the earlier aggression. The fire department posted a PSA advising people to clap and splash water or to leave the board and swim to shallow water while dragging the board. Officials have not confirmed whether the otter is Otter 841.
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