An otter appearing to be 841 with its youngster was floating just off Lighthouse Point on Wednesday morning and early afternoon, periodically diving while the pup floated. When both were on the sur…
A sea otter believed to be infamous Otter 841 with a pup off the coast of Santa Cruz on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023
San Jose State University environmental studies professor and Santa Cruz resident Dustin Mulvaney, who has made a hobby out of spotting and photographing Otter 841, stopped by Lighthouse Point and the Steamer Lane surf break Tuesday and saw the animal, then noticed it was not alone. “I was like, ‘That looks like two otters,'” Mulvaney said Wednesday during a visit to the same location.
Surfer Jason Gingery of Santa Cruz, about to head into the waves Wednesday, said he had a run-in three weeks ago with an otter he believed to be 841. The animal snatched his daughter’s stand-up paddleboard paddle when she left it floating to dive into the water, and appeared to be playing, gnawing on the paddle and swimming away slowly, said Gingery, a property inspector, 53. He spent a half hour trying to get the $200 paddle back without antagonizing the animal.
Female sea otters typically start having young around two to four years of age, usually a single offspring at a time, Fujii said.
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