
Random sea otter hanging out with the sea lions at Santa Cruz pier.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Otter
Size 1000 x 751px
File Size 160.9 kB
I've heard a theory that when the sea otters were being hunted it was the bolder sea otters -- the ones that were more likely to come out of the water -- that were killed off, and we were left with a population of unnaturally timid sea otters that never came out of the water. Now that they are no longer hunted, they are becoming bolder again.
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