10-05-2021, 09:54 PM
https://www.livescience.com/otter-attacks-in-alaska
State authorities are searching for a group of violent river otters (Lutra canadensis) that have been mysteriously attacking adults, children and dogs in Anchorage, Alaska.
Three otter attacks —including one which injured a child — were reported across the city in September, leading officials from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) to ask residents to "be alert around local lakes and rivers."
Nine-year-old Ayden Fernandez was filming four otters in a duck pond with his brother when one of the animals split from its group and attacked him. He tripped and fell as he was chased, and the otter pounced on him.
"He has two fang marks on his back thigh, and one on the front thigh on each leg," his mother, Tiffany Hernandez, told Anchorage Daily News. "[He has] one puncture wound on his foot. He ended up falling as he was running away and [the otter] got him on his back."
Wow... the headline sounds kinda amusing, but it's no joke what the otters have done to this poor child . I wish him all the best with this recovery!
Although... what exactly is causing the otters to become violent, and is there any way to pacify them ?
State authorities are searching for a group of violent river otters (Lutra canadensis) that have been mysteriously attacking adults, children and dogs in Anchorage, Alaska.
Three otter attacks —including one which injured a child — were reported across the city in September, leading officials from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) to ask residents to "be alert around local lakes and rivers."
Nine-year-old Ayden Fernandez was filming four otters in a duck pond with his brother when one of the animals split from its group and attacked him. He tripped and fell as he was chased, and the otter pounced on him.
"He has two fang marks on his back thigh, and one on the front thigh on each leg," his mother, Tiffany Hernandez, told Anchorage Daily News. "[He has] one puncture wound on his foot. He ended up falling as he was running away and [the otter] got him on his back."
Wow... the headline sounds kinda amusing, but it's no joke what the otters have done to this poor child . I wish him all the best with this recovery!
Although... what exactly is causing the otters to become violent, and is there any way to pacify them ?
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