The Bizarre Mystery of Sea Otter 841

In the summer of 2023, Monterey Bay, CA played host to quite a furry situation. This is the bizarre story of Sea Otter No. 841.

[pattheplanter]

Those pregnancy cravings can be hellish sometimes, however many surfboards you eat, it is never enough.

[Cythereans]

Gotta love a Montery Bay video just after Rosa's birthday!

[ajuicejemas]

the official warnings missed an opportunity to use the phrase "you otter be careful"

[Dozenspeed]

841 was so aggressive to surfers because they didn't know how to pet her correctly. They should have tried using their otter hand.

[WhaleManMan]

But to ensure the publics chance of survival, LEAVE THE OTTERS ALONE

[trueAnge]

You're really knocking it out of the park these days. Thanks

[YourQueerGreatAuntie]

Dude! I've got to know when Otter 723 was active in Monterey bay!!! Here's the story:
I've only been to the US once, in March 2004. I was there with 2 friends (one of whom is now a specialist in cetatian intelligence), and their friend, whom I shall refer to as G. I had wanted to see the sea otters since I was a kid, and my grandmother went to a medical conference in Monterey in the early 80s. She brought back a book, framed print and very realistic plushy, all about the sea otters. So when our road trip took us to Monterey, I was very excited to go out in tandem kayaks to see the sea life up close. I stress the tandem kayaks for two reasons - first, I'm visually impaired, so generally I only see wildlife in the wild if they've been run over by a car, and secondly, because I was NOT the one deciding which direction to paddle in. G was the pilot, and they were heading right for a raft of sea otters. I pointed out that the guy who rented us the kayaks said to stay 100 yards away from the animals. G replied, "No, it was 100ft", while paddling up to about 25 ft from the otters. One of the otters caught our eye, swam over to us, and proceeded to attempt to hitch a ride on our kayak. She (I'm assuming it's Otter 723 or her mum), tried to climb up the front, but couldn't gain purchase. So she swan round the back and tried to boost herself up right behind me on the kayak. I could see her, she wasn't road-kill, it was one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. But we totally shouldn't have been that close to the wildlife! If it turns out that the otter in question was a known criminal / celebrity, it would make me happy for the rest of my

[NiallMor]

I was afraid for a minute that Otter no. 841 had been captured by Dr. Landor, and that was the reason for her aggressive behavior.

[paulwalschburger]

I love Videos like this Austin. Thanks for still finfing time for obscure stuff like this.

[thatonepossum]

So is this the newest addition to your superhero team?

[Spliffted]

I have no idea why you don’t get more views and shit dude, keep making this high quality stuff bc it’s so awesome, love from every fiber of my being ❤❤

[callmeperch]

The is phenomenal story telling! Your channel is such a bright spot in my subscription box ❤

[GodMode]

Story about a sea otter features more footage of river otters for some reason. One lives in the sea, the other lives in rivers just in case it wasn't clear

[EncyclopediaQuirkstonia]

If only there was a YouTube channel that discussed mysteries like this. Oh, how I wish...

[dawsonmaclean]

Am I going crazy, or are half of the pictures used showing North American RIVER otters, rather than sea otters like Otter No. 841 is said and shown to be???

[kittycatcitycat]

Wisely and lovingly told! This is an immediately engaging story to anyone familiar with otters, because it's so unlike them to be violent, so it's understandable that the mellow surfers saw the otter as persecuted, even when she was dangerous. Pretty confounding. Otters are one of the few animals that are friendly, curious and playful, even around humans. While it strikes me as crazy to try to pet a wild animal of any kind, I could hardly imagine an otter pursuing people and exhibiting such jaws-like aggression. Has the misguided sentimentality of human feeding ruined this animal spectacularly? Is the otter rabid or otherwise mentally ill? I wouldn't have guessed the bizarre disposition was hormonal, but that makes sense too. Pregnancy counts as a serious illness of a sort, both for humans and animals -- think of postpartum depression in people, or otherwise vicious predators that will sometimes baby animals that would otherwise be their prey, because they meet them at the time when their bodies tell them to care for something defenseless, small and cute. Hormones cause animals to behave with other animals and humans in ways utterly different than they would otherwise.

[dothedo]

Video about sea otters that's like 90% footage of river otters. I guess it's not the first time, so sure.

[vespawasp]

Always can entertain with the most bizzare subject matter, Love you for that Austin

[RiseOfTheKumquat]

Oh the Otter raised in captivity by Squid Games guards and then dropped into a surfers' cove was acting weird?

[blueberrypanquakes]

This was fun! Hope you're doing well, Austin.