惡霸海獺搶衝浪板出名沒人抓得到 原來是因為「懷孕了」

Hop on, breakfast is on me. #otter841+1 pic.twitter.com/RBNrIWPTIS

— Dustin Mulvaney (@DustinMulvaney) November 9, 2023

記者李依融／綜合報導

美國加州聖塔克魯茲海灘(Santa Cruz)一隻惡霸海獺以「搶衝浪板」出名，然而突然出現攻擊行為讓許多專家匪夷所思，最近他們發現水獺身邊多了一隻寶寶，原來「搶衝浪板」的行為可能是懷孕所致。

這隻5歲左右的母海獺叫做「海獺841」，今年夏天牠開始出現騷擾衝浪客的行為，會撲跳衝浪板搖晃，若是衝浪客想搶回來，牠還會撲向對方，這讓遊客相當困擾，也可能造成安全疑慮，因此當地野生動物管理局下令捕捉安置，卻遲遲未果。當地海獺研究學者指出，海獺841是在媽媽被捕捉後出生的，可能是因為太常接觸人類而失去了警戒心。

An amazing video!
This video of the sea otter attacking a surfboard yesterday was shared me and is being posted with the photographers permission. The video must remain in this tweet to be shared. This is a dangerous sea otter, avoid it if at all possible! pic.twitter.com/N7qPMFVRrt

— Native Santa Cruz (@NativeSantaCruz) July 10, 2023

不過最近研究員Dustin Mulvaney有了新發現，那就是海獺841身邊出現小寶寶了！他拍下海獺841肚子趴著小寶寶的畫面，能看到841在海面上載浮載沉，這或許就能說明今年夏天牠搶奪衝浪板令人不解的行為，而寶寶誕生之後，海獺841也不再搶奪衝浪板了。

841 and +1 at Steamer Lane. 841 was spending a lot of time diving for food while leaving +1 floating on top. As is normal, the surfers respected both of them, I’m hoping they’ll help warn the worst offenders, kayakers and paddle boarders, to stay away if they get to close pic.twitter.com/EaRuEmeJHJ

— Native Santa Cruz (@NativeSantaCruz) November 2, 2023

Hop on, breakfast is on me. #otter841+1 pic.twitter.com/RBNrIWPTIS

— Dustin Mulvaney (@DustinMulvaney) November 9, 2023