🦦 Watch: California fish and wildlife agents are hoping to capture a sea otter that's hopping onto people’s surfboards in Santa Cruz.
California fish and wildlife agents are hoping to capture a sea otter that's acting strangely toward surfers in Santa Cruz.
Images taken by a local photographer Sunday show the sea otter hopping onto different surfboards. At one point, the otter bit a board.The otter is a 5-year-old female born in captivity that can easily be identified by the blue tag on her left fin. She's often seen near West Cliff.
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