While U.S. Fish and Wildlife called the sea otter's behavior "highly unusual," aggressive behavior from female southern sea otters may be due to hormonal surges or from being fed by humans.

Surfing sea otter This image from video provided by TMX shows an encounter between a female otter and a surfer off the coast of Santa Cruz, Calif., on Sunday, July 9, 2023.

The sea otter was observed approaching people in late 2021. Last May, she was spotted with a pup in the Santa Cruz area and four months later exhibited similar aggressive behavior.

Wildlife officials were trying to capture a wayward sea otter Thursday that has been wresting surfboards away from surfers and aggressively approaching kayakers off the coast of Santa Cruz ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. >> Wildlife officials were trying to capture a wayward sea otter today that has been wrestling surfboards away from surfers and aggressively approaching kayakers off the coast ...

Otter 841 has become a celebrity after a month of stealing surfboards at a popular beach in Santa Cruz. Authorities are trying to catch her, but the otter's fans want her to be left alone in the wild.

California wildlife officials are hoping to apprehend a 5-year-old sea otter, who has a knack for riding the waves after committing longboard larceny. By Annie Roth Annie Roth lives in Santa Cruz ...

Recovering sea otter populations are helping to restore the local ecoystem. By Julia Jacobo. January 31, 2024, 11:01 AM. 1:44. A sea otter is seen in Elkhorn Slough, California, in 2019.

Wildlife officials have a mission — find a surfboard-stealing sea otter. Federal wildlife officials said the otter is a 5-year-old female who has no fear of people. Sections.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wildlife officials were trying to capture a wayward sea otter Thursday that has been wresting surfboards away from surfers and aggressively approaching kayakers off the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wildlife officials were trying to capture a wayward sea otter Thursday that has been wresting surfboards away from surfers and aggressively approaching kayakers off the ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Wildlife officials were trying to capture a wayward sea otter Thursday that has been wrestling surfboards away from surfers and aggressively approaching kayakers off the ...