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Aug 4th, 2023 at 4:16pm
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You've probably heard about the 3 women in Montana who were attacked by that river otter.

  Rare occurrence but it just shows they are more than capable of doing some serious damage to you IF they got a hold of you.

I love to see them in the Q but I have a new found respect for them after that story and this video.

  Maybe not for kids to see but it shows just how smart they are and what they can do if so inclined.  Huh Cry Grin

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Reply #1 - Aug 5th, 2023 at 1:01pm
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Pretty gruesome stuff.

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Reply #2 - Aug 6th, 2023 at 2:20pm
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We ran across some curious otters on day 1 on our 17-27 July trip on the lily pad choked creek running north out of Sunday Bay up to South Lake.  We left there with zero injuries, a couple pics and memories of a cool experience.  There were no 'hold my beer' moments.  Of course, we didn't have any beer...... Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - Aug 8th, 2023 at 11:22am
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PD What we saw were not river otter. River otters are a much bigger animal. I ran on to a family of river otters on Allan Creek one time.  More brazen than the ones we saw.  I raised my paddle over them to keep them away from my canoe.
  
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Reply #4 - Aug 8th, 2023 at 12:22pm
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Back in the mid 1990s, my buddy & I rounded the bend on Yeh Lake and watched maybe a dozen or so otters (young & old) slip-sliding & frolicking on the shield rock at the edge of the lake. They were so engrossed, it was maybe 10-15 seconds before they noticed us. When they did, they all scrambled for the water. Then, I'd say half of them started "circling" our canoe. A couple of the larger ones even "barked" at us.  Properly scolded, we elected to paddle on.

That was one of my stranger animal encounters in the North Woods.  Very interesting critters.

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Reply #5 - Aug 8th, 2023 at 2:24pm
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  They are very smart animals. That video shows how smart they are. Most people would think wild critters wouldn't want anything to do with a big snapping turtle.

  Instead that otter stayed out of snapping range, came in from the back and went under and flipped the snapper on his back and it was all over.

Reminded me of watching a mongoose kill a big cobra. The difference in intelligence from a reptile brain and a warm blooded mammal brain.
  
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Reply #6 - Aug 8th, 2023 at 5:26pm
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The bite may be worse than the bark.

So cute.
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Reply #7 - Aug 8th, 2023 at 5:51pm
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Never heard about it so I looked.

Keep your distance?

Ha! I expect the Pheasant on the wall probably agrees. Wink

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