Friday, July 11, 2014

What's the protocol when an otter jumps in?

 What's the protocol when an otter jumps in?
By KELLY NIX
I
T’S COMMON to see kayakers in Monterey
Bay trying to get a close look at its wildlife. But a
group of kayakers got more than they could have
hoped for when a pair of audacious and frisky
California sea otters joined them Tuesday evening —
in their boats.
Five people in four rental kayaks were paddling
around Monterey harbor around 6 p.m. when the two
cheeky otters playfully bobbed up and down in the
water before happily plopping themselves aboard the
boats and rolling around the way puppies wrestle.
The people in the boats were stunned, and so were
onlookers.
“It was very entertaining, at least for us in the
restaurant,” said Jackie Edwards, a Pine Cone
employee who was dining at Rappa’s restaurant at the
end of Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey and looking
out into the bay when the show started. “They sure
were having a good time.”
The kayakers appeared to try to paddle away from
the animals, and didn’t encourage them to climb
aboard, but the otters were persistent and made their
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I thought this was a cute story that I found online but I couldn't get all of it at this pdf. So I shared what I could easily retrieve here for you.

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