Nature Red in Tooth and Claw 0
Cali otters put up “No Trespassing” sign.
But this family of North American river otters wasn’t there to give the boys an escort to shore.
They were furious.
On the other side of the lake with a beer in his hand, Chris’ father, Ryan Whitney of Cottonwood, said he heard 14-year-old Jacob scream first. Then 13-year-old Chris.
Ryan Whitney said he could see the animals in the water, but he assumed the boys were merely frightened because the otters had gotten so close. He grew more alarmed as he watched three of the otters chasing the boys as they swam frantically back across a narrow section of the lake’s Sacramento River arm.
Real animals are not Disney characters. Animals in the wild are called wild animals for a reason.
