While they share a name, river otters and sea otters are quite different in many ways, according to a 2016 study of skulls and bite mechanics by Texas A&M zoologists.

Otter 841’s fearlessness of humans is “rare but not unheard of, and that speaks to the fact that most otters retain that natural fear of humans,” he said.

A Montana woman was left with a face full of stitches and a chunk of an ear chewed off after being attacked by an angry otter while tubing down a Montana river. Jen Royce and two friends were enjoy… ...

Otter 841 comes face-to-face with his would-be captors. 1 of 4 PHOTO: Mark Woodward / @Native Santa Cruz. 2 of 4 PHOTO: Mark Woodward / @Native Santa Cruz. 3 of 4 ...

Regardless, Royce describes the one otter that attacked her as “vicious and relentless.” Jen Royce was life-flighted off the Jefferson River on Aug. 3 after a river otter attacked her and two of her ...

Three women were injured when an otter attacked them as they were floating down a river in an inflatable boat in Montana. One of the victims was left with dozens of stitches on her face and body ...