A female southern sea otter at Steamer Lane rose most of her body upright out of the water in an unusually pronounced periscoping posture while a surfer rode a wave nearby. The posture appeared so odd that a sea otter expert initially thought the image was AI-generated. Periscoping is a known behavior when an otter inspects its surroundings, but this instance resembled an extreme version of that behavior. The incident came amid a string of unusual interactions at the Westside surf break, including otters boarding or feeding near surfers and first responders assisting a returning surfer.
""The first thing I said was 'That is 100% AI (artificial intelligence)," Bentall said with a chuckle. "Because that posture is so weird.""
""The description of it sounds completely aberrant to me and my colleagues," said Bentall."
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