Posted on 03/08/2018 10:01:48 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
77-year-old woman received stitches and treatments for rabies after a wild otter viciously attacked her while she was kayaking down a Florida river.
... "And then all of a sudden he jumped on the kayak and two seconds later he jumped on me."
...he 77-year-old said her hat was shredded, but added she was fortunate to be wearing a life jacket that protected her back.
"By some miracle, I don't have any injuries on the top of my head,"
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Well...I otter!!
A territorial critter; she trespassed in his “’hood”!
I must have missed when some otters became domesticated. And I do so try to keep up with news of the animal kingdom.
Otters are cute but they do not play nice.
Even the wildlife is crazy in FL.
One wonders how our intrepid 77 year old kayaker determined the Otter was a “He”. Bias much lady?
#ottertoo
Please...this comment is otterly ridiculous!
It probably thought she was a baby seal. I’ve heard otters abuse them... although that’s sea otters and this occurred inland, on a river.
If it was a female, it would have been a beaver.
He’s trying to weasel out of it.
Most women seem to think that men are more likely to latch onto them than women. Obviously, mileage in this area is highly variable.
WM seems to do a great kayak biz........a $h!tP0t 0’them lined up in front all their stores!
???determined the Otter was a “He”
Any critter that claws and bites me is definitely an S.O.B., therefore...
RZZZZZZ!
Came here just to look for that! Knew it!!! :D
About a decade ago, when I started kayaking, an long timer at it told be to avoid areas where the big seals stayed, ate and got fat.
They really didn’t attack you, they would just get up on your kayak to rest and look for any food you might have.
We had a neighbor who built wooden canoes, and he and his wife laughed at us.
His wife in a pier area in Monterrey had a huge seal get up and into a new canoe with her. It overloaded the canoe and caused it to break up and she took an unplanned dip. Other yakers helped her to shore with the pieces of her formerly new canoe.
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