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Increase the odds! Hilarious moment when pregnant sea otter jumps on surfboard and snaps at owner as he tries to wrestle it back
- A black pregnant otter can be seen on a surfboard while on the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Santa Cruz
- The surfer doesn’t seem to know how to handle the situation and moves around the otter extremely carefully for fear of being attacked
- Back on land, his friends are in hysterics and have never experienced a situation like this in the past
- Finally, another surfer paddles over to lend him a hand, but the otter gives chase
- After about five minutes, the otter finds something else to do and leaves the board behind while the surfer quickly heads back to shore
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It’s the hilarious moment when a pregnant sea otter stole a surfboard while on the Pacific Ocean in Southern California.
Footage shot by Chad Underhill-Meras earlier this month captures the standoff between a sea otter and his friend Nick ‘Parts’ Ericksen.
The five-minute video begins with the black otter taking first place on the surfer’s prized possession.
The surfer seems to be incredibly careful around the sea creature, trying not to force it off his board for fear of being attacked by the possessive creature.
A black pregnant otter can be seen on a surfboard while on the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Santa Cruz
The surfer doesn’t seem to know how to handle the situation and moves around the otter extremely carefully for fear of being attacked
Ericksen saw splashing water at the animal, but that had little effect.
Back on land, his surf friends can’t believe what they see and can hear their friend cheering and laughing.
“The otter started gnawing and biting the board,” Underhill-Meras said, adding that the sea otter was likely pregnant, based on its size and territorial behavior.
At one point the otter takes a quick dive into the water and then lunges at Ericksen.
The animal quickly bounces back on top of the board.
Out of ideas, the server slowly but surely tries to bring the surfboard back to the beach.
Whatever the surfer did, the otter just wouldn’t budge
Finally, another surfer paddles to him to lend him a hand
Although the video was shot from some distance, the surfer cautiously stays around the otter and moves the board extremely slowly back to land.
Minutes after the video, another surfer can cruise by and lend his friend a hand.
He eventually manages to move the board a little closer to the beach, but is chased by the otter to the hilarity of those watching from the shore.
Eventually, Erickson comes back ashore and the otter finds other things to occupy her time.
Finally, the otter finds something else to do and leaves the board behind while the surfer quickly heads back to shore
“It climbed on and felt at home,” Erickson explained of the incident to… cnn. “It’s like a pit bull puppy in a way. it looks cute, but know how dangerous it can be.”
“Apparently this otter has been having these kinds of attacks all week and tried to bite several other people the next day,” Underhill-Meras noted.
Posting the video to his Instagram, he joked: “Had a real Monday yesterday.. A pregnant otter stole his surfboard, started gnawing at it and they were deadlocked. At the end he gets a little help getting his board back, is nearly attacked at a few points and then is rushed in like a real local.’
Underhill-Meras also talks about how Ericksen planned to have an otter tattoo made, but may now be thinking about it.
Back on land, his friends are in hysterics and have never experienced a situation like this in the past