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Title: Sea otter caught on camera in rare sighting in B.C.'s Georgia Strait
Category: Environmental
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2014-08-15 12:06:12
Canadian

[Hyack]

Too cool, years ago I remember seeing them in the kelp beds up in Jordan River.

[wildrosegirl]

That's awesome!! The only sea otter I had ever seen was at Sea World.
Will be fantastic if they make a come back.

[Gunnair]

Hyack Hyack:

Too cool, years ago I remember seeing them in the kelp beds up in Jordan River.

Hyack on the right...

[ShepherdsDog]

A few years back, maybe 15 tops, we saw an otter crossing Dallas Road. The gait/lope was unmistakable as it crossed the street heading to the water

[Gunnair]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

A few years back, maybe 15 tops, we saw an otter crossing Dallas Road. The gait/lope was unmistakable as it crossed the street heading to the water

Would most likely be a river otter. They're quite common here.

[ShepherdsDog]

It was quite large......I remember a few of us stumbling on some while swimming, when we were on a school field trip...I think it was up by Thetis Lake.

[Gunnair]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

It was quite large......I remember a few of us stumbling on some while swimming, when we were on a school field trip...I think it was up by Thetis Lake.

They are quite large - at least a meter in length. I was quite surprised to see beavers move back into Thetis Lake as well.

[Hyack]

The river otters used to be thick as stink up in the PT Renfrew/San Juan river/Fairy lake area. The first time I saw one in the water I thought it was a seal it was so damn big.....

[Strutz]

Hopefully it's a sign they are doing well and expanding their territory.

$1:

... Though the marine mammal has since re-established itself there and in pockets on B.C.'s Central Coast...

One of those pockets is in my neighborhood. I see them fairly often swimming around in the small bay beside my house and last week saw a few of them climbing out of the water onto the rocks before losing sight of them in the trees/brush. No camera in hand of course, which was too bad as it was low tide and they were on the exposed rocks where I could have gotten a good shot. There seems to be a few of them that hang around here regularly. Not sure how many but I should ask a couple of the people who live on their boats in this bay if they might have an idea.