People in the community are calling on surfers and others in the ocean to keep their distance for their own safety and that ...

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A sea otter in Santa Cruz, California, is known for harassing surfers and stealing their surfboards.

The victim did not sustain an injury in the incident. A California sea otter recently captured the internet's attention after stealing a surfer's board at Steamer Lane, a popular Santa Cruz surf spot.

SANTA CRUZ — When a colleague passed the photo along to sea otter expert Gena Bentall, she thought it was fake. “The first thing I said was ‘That is 100% AI (artificial intelligence),” Bentall said ...

Did you know that sea otters have favorite rocks they keep around to help them open up clam shells and other shelled mollusks? They have loose pockets of fur under each of their arms where they store ...

SANTA CRUZ — When a colleague passed the photo along to sea otter expert Gena Bentall, she thought it was fake. “The first thing I said was ‘That is 100% AI (artificial intelligence),” Bentall said ...