SFR Bremerton Otter Assault! (from Seattle Times)

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Flymph said:
www.bbc.com

How sea otters can fight climate change

Recovering populations of sea otters don't just transform their ecosystems, they can turn them into a powerful carbon sink.
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It seems sea otters can play a vital role in decreasing climate change! The Sea Otters prevent under water desertification and thus help prevent the advancement of climate change. Saving these creatures and reintroducing them into waters where they once thrived is a piece of the puzzle to return the balance of nature we messed up!
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Big Otter and Big Climate Change are obviously in bed together. Only Big (or small) Fishery can save the world…
 
Mossback said:
..only I can save them...abalone used to be everywhere, you could just pick them up...lot of people don't know that...just pick them up, great big beautiful abalones. We had the best abalone...abalone like nobodys seen...but they started sending otters in, and they're not sending their best otters, they're sending the worst otters, otters from insane asylum, bad otters, otters that eat, destroy and pillage. They're sending not the cute otters, but bad hombre otters. But we're bringing back abalone, bigger than ever. Going to deport the otters on day one, and then the abalone will start coming back, bigger than ever, better than ever...we're bringing them back, so much abalone... You'll be asking me 'sir, please, no more abalone, we have so much abalone', only I can do it.
We're making abalone great again...
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I am quite certain that the immigrants in Ohio would shift their focus from family pets to sea otters if just given then chance. Win, win.
 
Last December we were passing through customs in Victoria and noticed they had a TON of live traps all about the outside of their construction-trailer-style customs buildings—including the one we were in. I asked the customs official whether they had caught any raccoons, and he said they were otter traps—that there was a major infestation of otters and that’s why the building stunk of fish.
 
Fun fact about sea otters: They do very not nice things to baby harbor seals. They are also apparently sometimes necrophiles.
 
Jake Watrous said:
Last December we were passing through customs in Victoria and noticed they had a TON of live traps all about the outside of their construction-trailer-style customs buildings—including the one we were in. I asked the customs official whether they had caught any raccoons, and he said they were otter traps—that there was a major infestation of otters and that’s why the building stunk of fish.
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They had a similar issue at the Friday Harbor labs some years ago. A sea otter took up residence under the deck of the student accommodation. The smell was not the most pleasant thing, but he didn’t attack anybody.
 
skyriver said:
Wow, I just got caught up on this thread.

Seems even state colleges and those damn Canadians are in on the big Otter $$.
https://www.uaf.edu/news/archives/n...ation-sea-urchins-decimate-aleutian-reefs.php

I can't wait for the Alex Jones Sea Otter episode. 😁
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“Other contributors to the paper include Jim Estes, University of California, Santa Cruz; Bob Steneck, University of Maine; Kristy Kroeker, UCSC; Justin Ries, Northeastern University; Jochen Halfar, University of Toronto; Tim Tinker, U.S. Geological Survey, UCSC; Phoebe Chan, University of Bergen; Jan Fietzke, Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel; Nick Kamenos, University of Glasgow; Jon Lefcheck, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Chris Norley, University of Western Ontario; Ben Weitzman, UAF, USGS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and Isaac Westfield, Northeastern University.

The research was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada.”

It’s an international conspiracy! The Scots, Germans, and Norwegians are all suckling in the NSF and NSEC Big Otter Boob! The Alex Jones episode will no doubt have one of the PNWFF’s own as expert witness.
 
Chucker said:
They had a similar issue at the Friday Harbor labs some years ago. A sea otter took up residence under the deck of the student accommodation. The smell was not the most pleasant thing, but he didn’t attack anybody.
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That was a river otter.
 
There's a stretch on the Big Hole river that has an river otter colony and has had multiple human attacks on people who have gotten too close. There are warning signs at the nearest boat launch upstream of the otters' hut, and our guide explained to us what was going on and pointed out their "house" as we floated by.

That's all I got on this one.
 
Otter said:
This is the topic posted; about river otters, not sea otters. Sheesh!

So back on-topic; This is the first incident I’ve heard of, where a river otter has attacked a human. However, there have been several cases of river otters attacking dogs on the Canadian side of Juan de Fuca Strait, on beaches around Victoria and Sooke.

This is one of the fastest growing areas in Canada, and many newcomers also have dogs. Human development and recreation are reducing river otter’s undisturbed habitat. River otters need those beach drift log and rock areas for denning. Like most animals, river otters will defend their families and homes from perceived threats of oblivious dogs. I’m sure the river otter that attacked the person in that article was also being defensive.
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User name checks out. :)
 
Jim in Anacortes said:
Bare in mind that those lobster fisherman have just a tiny voice compared to the giant of "Friends of the Sea Otter". Millions of dollars, lobbyist in D.C. funding from the government, funding from special interest, grants worth millions etc... Those fisherman want to partake in a sustainable fishery....The "eco friendly" Friends of The Sea Otter simply want more funding. The "funding" is the only thing that matters to these entities,,,,the ecosystem is just an after thought. And the cute Sea Otter is simply a vehicle to get that "funding".
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I have spent some time visiting various non-profits, marine research labs, and university labs. It's always pretty telling what these people are driving to work, you can tell they are sucking on the teat and living large. Lots of Subaru Foresters and Outbacks, including some from the 2010s! 2000s and 2010s era Tacomas. LOTS of Toyota Priuses, even platinum and limited models. A few decent dodge and Honda and Toyota minivans scattered around. You look over in the parking spot for the director, and you usually see like a NICE sorta newish Volvo! With a sunroof and navigation package installed!

You can tell they are rolling in cash, and would do anything to keep that pipeline going. I bet some of them even have 3 and 4 bedroom houses. I see big groups of Prius and Outback drivers, some of them even bought new, and that just screams out vast coordinated and highly organized and lucrative international conspiracy and coverup to me. For sure.
 
skyriver said:
Wow, I just got caught up on this thread.

Seems even state colleges and those damn Canadians are in on the big Otter $$.
https://www.uaf.edu/news/archives/n...ation-sea-urchins-decimate-aleutian-reefs.php

I can't wait for the Alex Jones Sea Otter episode. 😁
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Holy cow, that article mentions finding 400 urchins per square meter in former kelp forests. That almost sounds like a type of location where sea urchins prefer to gather. Maybe analogous to a sea urchin...parking lot?
 
Chucker said:
May have been, though I was told at the time that it was a sea otter. I never actually saw it, only smelled it!
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Sea otters spend next to zero time on land and are extremely rare in the San Juans (Jim can rejoice!!!)

River otters spend lots of time on land and are everywhere in the SJI. Lots of people assume that, because they saw it near/in the sea, that it was a sea otter when in fact it was a river otter.
 
Jake Watrous said:
Last December we were passing through customs in Victoria and noticed they had a TON of live traps all about the outside of their construction-trailer-style customs buildings—including the one we were in. I asked the customs official whether they had caught any raccoons, and he said they were otter traps—that there was a major infestation of otters and that’s why the building stunk of fish.
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Buildings near the seashore with open foundations, like those portables, and summer cabins, are prime locations for river otters to use as dens and toilets. No doubt, that's because otters' historical and natural habitat has shrunk due to an invasive species population explosion. Guess which species?
And, yes, river otter scat does have quite the odor, that permeates the whole building.
 
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