Female otters. Medical search. Frequent questions

Eurasian otters are polyestrous, having a four- to six-week cycle with two weeks of estrus. (seaworld.org)
In England, Eurasian otters mate throughout the year. (seaworld.org)
We report evidence of DMV infection in 4 wild Eurasian otters ( Lutra lutra ) from southern Italy (Apulia and Basilicata regions). (cdc.gov)
Evidence of dolphin morbillivirus infection in Eurasian otters ( Lutra lutra ), southwestern Italy. (cdc.gov)
Here, we investigate the effects of climate and land use change on the spatial distribution of two semi-aquatic mammals, the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) and the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra). (bvsalud.org)
The Eurasian otter Lutra lutra is the most widely distributed otter species. (bvsalud.org)
We examined 43 skulls of adult Eurasian otters belonging to 18 sampling localities and three genetic clusters (Shetlands, Wales and Scotland). (bvsalud.org)

Surfers in California have been on the lookout for an "aggressive" sea otter that was caught on video wrestling and biting a surfboard . (wkbn.com)
Last month in California, a sea otter gained widespread attention for aggressively wrestling surfboards from surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz. (abc4.com)
A sea otter famous for swiping boards from California surfers has a new pup in tow. (yahoo.com)
I think I recall that some ST members have some Giant Otter photos from Amazonia and perhaps our California members have some Sea Otter photos? (safaritalk.net)
The point is to have some protection for fishermen as the otter population expands down here [in Southern California]," added Michael Harrington, with plaintiff groups Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara and the California Abalone Association, among others. (independent.com)
The reproductive cycle in California sea otters is about 12 months. (seaworld.org)

A rare river otter attack along a nearby stretch of the river on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, left three women injured. (abc4.com)

A "chonk" sea otter at Monterey Bay Aquarium gained notoriety this week after the aquarium tweeted a photo of the animal in a less-than-slimming pose. (latimes.com)
Stranded or orphaned sea otters are brought in to Monterey Bay Aquarium and bottle-fed until they're 8 weeks old before they're introduced to Abby's enclosure, DeAngelo said. (latimes.com)
Gidget was a female sea otter from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. (ucla.edu)

A stranded female orca ( Orcinus orca ) was found with six sea otters ( Enhydra lutris ) inside her stomach. (livescience.com)
Scientists performed a necropsy on the animal and discovered not only the seven dead sea otters ( Enhydra lutris ), which collectively weighed 258 pounds (117 kilograms), but also 256 cephalopod beak parts. (livescience.com)

At least one otter swam up to the adult women at about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and attacked them, said Morgan Jacobsen with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. (abc4.com)
Gulping down whole sea otters was likely challenging for the doomed orca, as adult sea otters can reach up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) long. (livescience.com)
The animals, all adult females, belonged to a group of 7 individuals found dead at Parco Nazionale del Cilento, a large national park that extends to the coastline of southwestern Italy. (cdc.gov)
Adult females release eggs which are evacuated in the feces of the definitive host and later hatch as larvae in a freshwater environment (about 7 days later). (medscape.com)

In 2020, a Florida woman grabbed an otter by its tail after it attacked her dog and 17-year-old daughter. (wkbn.com)
The female orca ( Orcinus orca) was found in 2020 on the coastline of one of the Commander Islands, which lie offshore the Russian Far East in the Bering Sea. (livescience.com)

Morgan Jacobsen with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks confirms that at least one otter approached the women around 8:15pm on August 2nd. (nerdbot.com)

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The finding raises the possibility that orca predation may be behind the drop in sea otters. (livescience.com)
Aside from a preponderant habitat loss, the desman is predicted to increase its spatial overlap with otter range under the optimistic scenarios, potentially meaning it will face an exacerbated predation by otters. (bvsalud.org)
The potential increase of both habitat loss and otters' predation might represent a major threat for the desman, which may affect the long-term persistence of this endemic species in the Iberian Peninsula. (bvsalud.org)

During July, an otter off the coast of Santa Cruz was aggressively stealing surfboards . (nerdbot.com)
A man is recovering after he was aggressively attacked by a river otter near a Florida pond, wildlife officials said. (yahoo.com)

NEXSTAR) - A woman had to be airlifted to a Montana hospital after she and two others were attacked by an otter Wednesday night, according to wildlife officials. (wkbn.com)
Should you be attacked by an otter, wildlife officials recommend fighting back, getting out of and away from the water, and seeking medical attention if you are injured. (wkbn.com)
Wildlife officials say this isn't the first time the otter, named sea otter 841, has been aggressive toward humans. (wkbn.com)
and, river otters are thriving in Colorado, and state wildlife officials say they're considering lifting protections because the species is doing so well. (cpr.org)
After the otter attacked Scaglione, wildlife officials said it also attacked a neighbor's dog, but the neighbor has not been identified. (yahoo.com)

The women were able to get out of the water, according to the FWP, and the otter swam away. (wkbn.com)

At the 2019 edition of the event, Otter Swimming Club were awarded the same award. (swimming.org)

Each of our socks is designed specifically for women and each is one-size-fits-all. (florenceandgeorge.com)

Abby, who is 11 years old and weighs a healthy 46 pounds, was likely waking up from a much-needed nap in preparation to go back to work as a surrogate mother for orphaned sea otter pups, DeAngelo said. (latimes.com)
The animal is one of five female sea otters at the aquarium that train pups on basic skills needed to survive in the wild, such as opening clams and mussels and grooming their coats. (latimes.com)
Once the pups are about 26 weeks old, they are weened and socialized with other young sea otters before being released back into the wild. (latimes.com)
All the sea otters living at the Vancouver Aquarium were rescued as orphaned pups. (vanaqua.org)
A litter of pups would be a significant achievement for the Zoo, as zoos across the country with breeding pairs of Asian small-clawed otters have had difficulty producing pups. (si.edu)

A top predator, the river otter is known to some local people in Brazil 's Pantanal as the "aquatic jaguar"-and indeed in this showdown, the otter's vocalizations and rapid movements sent the real big cats quickly backtracking. (nationalgeographic.com)
Ailton Lara, director of the Pantanal Jaguar Camp , has also observed that "otters are much faster than a jaguar when they are in the water. (nationalgeographic.com)
The giant otter is endangered , and the Pantanal is one of the few regions where it seems to be recovering. (nationalgeographic.com)

In 2018, another Florida otter encounter left a 77-year-old woman without part of her ear . (wkbn.com)

The rescued sea otters at the Vancouver Aquarium have gained an enormous online following for their adorable antics and playful personalities. (vanaqua.org)
Watch our playful otters explore their habitat online before you see them in person during your next visit to Vancouver Aquarium. (vanaqua.org)
When a male sea otter finds a receptive female, the two engage in playful and sometimes aggressive behavior. (seaworld.org)

Meet the Northern Sea Otter, the keystone species that plays a vital role in protecting the kelp forest ecosystems along the Pacific coast. (vanaqua.org)
Northern Sea Otters are the largest species of otter, eating about 20-25% of their body weight in food each day, aided by their built-in fanny packs! (vanaqua.org)
On July 11, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals revived a previously struck-down lawsuit brought by fishermen represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for violating a 1987 law designed to protect both expanding otter populations and the commercially valuable species they readily feast upon. (independent.com)
In some species, the male bites the female's upper jaw or nose, in other species the male grasps the female by the scruff of the neck. (seaworld.org)
Will the 'Ozzie otter' vanish along with the other 1,000,000 threatened species? (echo.net.au)

They grow up to 1.8m long - males up to 34kg and females up to 26kg. (safaritalk.net)
Males may breed with more than one female during the year. (seaworld.org)
Females typically have two X chromosomes (46,XX), and males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome (46,XY). (medlineplus.gov)
Males were significantly larger in skull size than females across all the three genetic clusters. (bvsalud.org)

Wildlife biologists have confirmed that sea otter 841, the female southern sea otter that gained attention for her unusual behavior approaching surfers in the Santa Cruz area, has given birth to a pup," the agency said in a statement. (yahoo.com)
Hormonal surges related to pregnancy have been known to cause aggressive behavior in female southern sea otters," the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service noted in its recent statement. (yahoo.com)

The women were floating on inner tubes on the Jefferson River about 40 miles west of Bozeman shortly after 8 p.m. when they saw "one or two otters," the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks said in a news release . (wkbn.com)
AP) - A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner tubes and inflicted wounds serious enough that one victim had to be airlifted to a hospital, authorities said Thursday. (abc4.com)
Northern river otters are members of the weasel family and can reach up to 20 pounds (9 kilograms) - as heavy as a small dog - and up to 47 inches long (1.2 meters). (abc4.com)
Two years ago a 12-year-old boy on an inner tube was attacked but not seriously hurt by an otter on Montana's Big Hole River. (abc4.com)
Giant river otters are social, typically forming groups of 4 to 8 individuals (though congregations of up to 20 individuals have been observed). (seaworld.org)
The giant river otter has become rare or nonexistent over most of its range. (seaworld.org)
A few weeks before the solo otter standoff, Lara saw a jaguar trying to catch a family of otters along the São Lourenço River. (nationalgeographic.com)
Three women in southern Montana were injured after a rare river otter attack. (nerdbot.com)
I will start things off with some semi-backlit shots (taken yesterday) of a River Otter scent marking as it crosses a dike at Donnelley Wildlife Management area in coastal South Carolina. (safaritalk.net)
We both the cape clawless and spotted neck otters on the river here, and it is personally speaking an absolute grail goal of mine to get decent pictures. (safaritalk.net)
He turned back around and saw a river otter walking along the pond's bank, he told the officer. (yahoo.com)
Both male and female river otters attain sexual maturity in their second or third year. (seaworld.org)
A male river otter appears to approach females indiscriminately until it finds one that is receptive. (seaworld.org)

For some time, sea otter populations between the Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska have dwindled. (livescience.com)

The women were attacked while floating on inner tubes, one needed to be airlifted to a hospital for her injuries. (nerdbot.com)

Officials are baffled by the attack as it is extremely out of character for local otters. (nerdbot.com)
Officials believe this attack was defensive, so there will be no effort to capture and relocate the otter. (nerdbot.com)

The otter was taken to the Florida Department of Health to be tested for rabies , according to a Sept. 25 news release from the department. (yahoo.com)

Unlike other marine mammals that rely on their tongues to clean themselves, Northern Sea Otters rely on their nimble forepaws to wash their fur. (vanaqua.org)
When attacking Otters rely on their teeth and claws to bite and scratch. (nerdbot.com)

Scientists in Russia discovered seven perfectly intact sea otters in the belly of a beached orca, according to a new study. (livescience.com)
While some scientists suspected orcas were behind the area's decreasing sea otter population, this is the first direct evidence of an orca originally from that region preying on sea otters. (livescience.com)
Biological significance of scat marking by otters has been a controversial subject among scientists. (bvsalud.org)

They had pulled down their otter on land, running from scent to view before I could get to them. (workingterrierhistory.com)

Hailing from the coastal waters of the northern Pacific Ocean, Northern Sea Otters are known for their luxuriously thick fur. (vanaqua.org)
Coastal and island otters also had larger orbits and eyes more oriented toward the ground, a larger nasal cavity, and a larger distance between postorbital processes and zygomatic arch. (bvsalud.org)

Northern Sea Otters are incredibly social animals that love to form rafts, where groups of otters float together, tightly holding paws. (vanaqua.org)
This made "surviving jaguars and otters incredibly shy of people so that, even when such encounters occurred, there was almost no chance of them unfolding in view of human observers," Hunter says. (nationalgeographic.com)

The results are in from the DH racing at Sea Otter 2021. (pinkbike.com)
The 2021 edition of Sea Otter Europe will now take place in September after originally being scheduled for May. (pinkbike.com)

Irrespective of the scenario, desman models show loss of suitable habitat, whereas the otter will undergo an opposite trend. (bvsalud.org)

Jacobsen recommends fighting back and getting to safety quickly, if one is ever attacked by an otter. (nerdbot.com)

The results are in from the Enduro race at Sea Otter 2022. (pinkbike.com)

Like otters, rakali were widely killed without a second thought. (echo.net.au)

The FWP says otter attacks are rare, but the animals can be protective of themselves and their young. (wkbn.com)

For more than a decade, syphilis has been increasing in all age groups in the US, including women of reproductive age and their sexual partners. (cdc.gov)

Conservation efforts have played a pivotal role in safeguarding the Northern Sea Otter. (vanaqua.org)
The sisters' mother, Patricia, is an excellent caiman hunter, but we have no record of her standing against giant otters," Rafael Hoogesteijn, jaguar program conflict director for the wildcat conservation group Panthera , wrote on their blog . (nationalgeographic.com)
The animals underwent necropsy at Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata (Foggia, Italy) during 2016 and 2017, according to an official agreement between the institute and the park aimed at assessing the health and conservation status of the otter population. (cdc.gov)

Although females with this condition may be taller than average, this chromosomal change typically causes no unusual physical features. (medlineplus.gov)

Specifically, otters feeding on freshwater fish had more slender and short-snouted skulls compared to otters feeding mostly on marine fish. (bvsalud.org)

Jacobsen said one of the women saw two otters beforehand but it was unclear how many were involved in the attack. (abc4.com)

Otter 841 shot to fame over the summer after her penchant for forcibly stealing boards from local surfers ― sometimes lunging at them or taking a bite out of a surfboard ― made national news . (yahoo.com)

It is very unusual because orcas don't normally eat sea otters," study co-author Olga Filatova , a cetacean researcher at Moscow State University, told Live Science in an email. (livescience.com)

Sea urchins are a favourite snack for otters, but without enough otters around, the urchin population can explode and devastate the kelp forests. (vanaqua.org)

Authorities told local news outlets the woman had severe bites to the face and arms. (wkbn.com)

While they may resemble cuddly teddy bears, it's important to remember that Northern Sea Otters are wild animals that need our support to thrive. (vanaqua.org)
A delightful story about a rabbit and otter who go harvesting wild rice. (birchbarkbooks.com)

There are currently no plans to attempt capture of sea otter 841 or her pup," the Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday. (yahoo.com)
But in December 2012, Fish & Wildlife determined otter management - namely capturing and relocating otters discovered south of Point Conception - a failure, and ended it. (independent.com)

So the young females may have feared the otter because of never seeing their mother face its kind before," says Hoogesteijn, who filmed the encounter. (nationalgeographic.com)
The females raise young from September to March. (echo.net.au)
Like mustelid otters, they have only four nipples, nursing four or five young for a month. (echo.net.au)

To learn more about otters, explore the Otters Infobook . (seaworld.org)

At the time of Sacagawea's abduction and sale to Charbonneau, Otter Woman was already living with Charbonneau as his wife. (wikipedia.org)
Sea otters must spend a lot of time resting to maintain their energy reserves, so causing an otter to flee or otherwise avoid a pursuer can have dire consequences. (yahoo.com)
Sea Otter will join the Leadville Trail 100 MTB, Unbound Gravel, the Miami Marathon, the New York City Triathlon, and other events as a Life Time production. (pinkbike.com)
You can reserve a time slot to swim with the otters at either 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. (nj1015.com)

Love sea otters? (vanaqua.org)
I'm a mum of three and fell in love with another woman. (yahoo.com)
Generations of readers love the otter who lived a 'joyful water-life and death in the two rivers', the Taw and Torridge in North Devon, England. (echo.net.au)

A) Comparison of nucleoprotein gene amplification products from infected otters, obtained by reverse transcription PCR. (cdc.gov)

Mac and Smidge, the male and female Asian small-clawed otters, are the new power couple of Asia Trail. (si.edu)

Giant otters are very territorial. (nationalgeographic.com)
But before they had reached the waters of the Corixo Negro, a giant otter loudly voiced its displeasure. (nationalgeographic.com)
The two predators are such worthy foes, there's only one recorded case of a jaguar killing a giant otter. (nationalgeographic.com)
In 2012, one of the big cats killed a radio-collared giant otter that was sleeping under a fallen tree trunk in the Brazilian Amazon . (nationalgeographic.com)

The fact the otter was isolated on land may have been a factor, the authors conclude in the study. (nationalgeographic.com)
One sea otter was lodged between the oral cavity and the esophagus, which may have led to the whale's demise, the researchers wrote in the study, which was published Sept. 28 in the journal Aquatic Mammals . (livescience.com)
Using multiyear (2014-2017) data of otter spraint counts in South Korea, this study aimed to test whether the observed pattern of spraint presence/absence is driven by detection error and if/how scat counts can be a proxy for otter abundance at the landscape scale. (bvsalud.org)

If folks are attacked by an otter, our recommended response is to fight back, get away and get out of the water," he said. (abc4.com)
Otters are very comfortable in the water, and they know that in the water they can escape jaguars," notes Esteban Payan, a National Geographic explorer and northern South America program director for Panthera. (nationalgeographic.com)
I have seen them kneel down in the water rather than let an otter pass untailed. (workingterrierhistory.com)

Rakali are actually large mice that resemble otters in size and lifestyle. (echo.net.au)
Skull shape, but not size, appeared to differ significantly among genetic clusters, with otters from Shetland exhibiting wider zygomatic arches and longer snouts compared to otters from Wales, whereas otters from Scotland displayed intermediate traits. (bvsalud.org)

Southern California's commercial fishermen - including hundreds based out of Santa Barbara Harbor - have won a small battle in their decades-long turf war with the southern sea otter, a federally protected marine mammal that has rebounded from the brink of extinction at the hands of fur traders nearly 200 years ago. (independent.com)

We explain how Interbike, Eurobike, Sea Otter, and the Taipei Cycle Show work and what it's like to attend them. (pinkbike.com)

North American, spot-necked, smooth, and marine otters in North American zoological facilities mate during winter and spring. (seaworld.org)

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