Otter spotted with camera in slough

[emlev]

Source: Monterey (CA) Herald

Wildlife photographer Enrique Aguirre makes a point of visiting Monterey Bay once a month to capture images of herons, seals and sea otters. But on Feb. 3, the San Francisco-based freelancer found himself on the other end of the lens — with an otter at the viewfinder.

Aguirre was on Capt. Yohn Gideon's Elkhorn Slough Safari boat with several other professional photographers when the group spotted an otter in the distance. Gideon steered closer as Aguirre framed the shot. Then, Aguirre noticed something odd.

"I was like, did I actually see an otter with a video camera or was I hallucinating?" he said.

The screen on Aguirre's digital camera soon confirmed what he'd seen: an otter floating on its back, video camera grasped in its paws, lens aimed at the boat of excited photographers. The humans had a bad angle, but Aguirre managed to snap a single clear shot before the otter dived, video camera in tow.



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[AnneD]

1. Damn....

Green peace is everywhere!

[FailureToCommunicate]

28. This group of photogs happened upon a secret Coast Guard effort to rid Calif.

beaches of nude bathers. Previous (human) efforts only caught blurred images of nudists hastily re-dressing. But this new angle on
surveillance has yielded many surprised offenders and solid photographic evidence for subsequent arrest and prosecution.
Go seals!
P.S. : This clandestine program has been refunded under the new 'stimulus' plan.

[jpak]

2. I sincerely hope wolverines never "discover" guns

:evilgrin:

[emlev]

4. lol n/t

[SheilaT]

8. Read "Bears Discover Fire",

a short story by Terry Bisson.

[damntexdem]

15. I thought the NRA wanted to arm bears.

I did I get that wrong?

[The Straight Story]

25. They will need them when the buckeyes come to town

:)

[BlooInBloo]

3. hahaha! I thought for sure this was a problem a la "I saw a dollar bill walking home" variety...

I'll be damned!

:rofl:

[KansDem]

5. Hey! Maybe he's the new Otter Preminger?

Hmmmmm...

[jpak]

7. BOOOOoooo!!!11

:rofl:

[emlev]

9. Snap! n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

10. Ohhh............that's BAD!

:spank:

[Jackpine Radical]

13. There otter be a law...

[Blue_In_AK]

17. LOL.

[Plucketeer]

18. Ouch!

Another otterance like that and you're gettin' "the hook"! :crazy:

[JerseygirlCT]

27. I'm seeing a new Sesame Street character... nt

[GoddessOfGuinness]

29. DUzy Alert!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[rpannier]

30. And the porpoise of that joke was?

[KansDem]

38. Ahhh, I just did it for the halibut...(nt)

[Princess Turandot]

34. Reincarnation, anyone? ;) nt

[Venceremos]

6. So cute

k&r

[NavyDavy]

11. thats no otter thats the new ambush team from orielly

[Froward69]

12. some vcisual aids to

the Otter annual meeting.

[damntexdem]

14. Seems reasonable. Turn about and all that.

Just doin' what it otter.

[No Elephants]

16. Otter's also been

spotted with his paws full of booze.

[1monster]

19. Shades of Sherman's Lagoon! nt

[balantz]

20. Why, he otter be in pictures!

[ohio2007]

21. Abalone

[Jane Austin]

23. Snort!

Thanks for the laff!

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

22. Big Deal. I bet it has the same problem I do. Tons of video on tape and never does anything w/ it

and everytime it goes to use the camera the battery is dead. He/she's not so smart.

:sarcasm:

[flamin lib]

24. Wrong forum. Please re-post to Photography Group ;'-) nt

[Alcibiades]

26. Penguins don't speak English!

Or do they?

[AwakeAtLast]

31. Wow! The CIA is getting good!

;)

[Pastiche423]

32. Larger photo...

\

[pepperbear]

33. well, I have heard that otters are the next spielberg. n/t

[harpboy_ak]

35. Otters love toys

I've watched both land and sea otters play with all kinds of stuff they find, from fishing floats to rubber duckies to bleach jugs. They really love toys!

OTOH, Alaska Fish & Game biologists have been putting crittercams on lots of animals, in part to monitor their dietary intake. They've done it with Orcas, black and brown bears, deer, moose, and caribou. Dunno if they've done it yet with otters but I wouldn't be surprised. Some of these lightweight cams transmit imaages, and some just store them until the animal is either captured or the camera is released by remote control. In most cases, the cams also contain tracking transmitters that also transmit the GPS position.

One of the Public TV science programs last year did a program on these critter cams, and the images were quite amazing.

[doodadem]

36. You know................

I hope he's not tangled in the strap. Maybe he's been towing this thing around forever because he can't get out of it.

[InternalDialogue]

37. This is so sad!

All the otters who now will have to sit through endless home videos...

:cry:

[surrealAmerican]

39. What we need here is a link to the otter's youtube posts.

[Brother Buzz]

40. His posts are kinda boring - Just a lot of footage of old hippies wearing Birkenstocks....

staring into the camera. Occasionally one of the old hippies tosses his cookies, but that's about it.

[Sabriel]

41. If you give a million otters a million video cameras...

Eventually one of them will produce a Fox News piece worth watching.