A group of wild otters viciously attacked a woman jogging in an inner-city park in Malaysia.
Mariasella Harun, 40, was chased and mauled by eight of the mammals on Wednesday morning in Tanjung Aru, in the northern Sabah state of Borneo island.
A graphic video of the aftermath showed the victim huddled on a pavement with deep gashes visible on her arms, as blood streaked her temple, T-shirt and leggings.
Another clip captured the bevy of otters – each as big as a small dog, with slick dark hair – charging across a car park moments before the attack.
It is the latest in a series of incidents involving humans and otters in the area. A man was recently taken to hospital after another unprovoked attack.
Otter attacks are increasing across the whole of South-East Asia, according to wildlife authorities.
Despite their somewhat cuddly appearance, otters have teeth and jaws that are strong enough to crack open shellfish.
They can weigh up to 14kg and grow up to 4ft, including their tail.
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Now I’m sitting here on the toilet wondering how many otters I could take on…
And as you sit there deep in thought you feel something tickle your nethers, you think little of it at first but as soon as you feel it again you shift your position and look down. At the same moment your mind comprehends that it’s the hand of an otter, that very hand grabs ahold of your dangling valuables and pulls. You are never seen again.
That lady handled 40, but she’s a jogger and in better shape than me. I could take 25.
She lost to 8 bro, you’d get ripped to shreds
Oh shit I read it wrong, she’s 40 years old.
Yeah so like 5
Wow, talk about some blatant dog whistling here…
Inner-city otters? Why not just call them musteld hoodlums? Or shrimp theiving thugs?
How much you wanna bet that if this was an artic fox, or polar bear attack, the words inner city would never have appeared in this article…
How much you wanna bet that if this was an artic fox, or polar bear attack, the words inner city would never have appeared in this article…
Ok, that’s fair, but polar bears and arctic foxes aren’t known to frequent the tropics.
Probably because people like you make them feel unwelcome.
Did you ever stop and think that if you made them feel comfortable, that they might visit more often?
I live nowhere near the tropics. In fact, I live in a place where I could actually see polar bears and arctic foxes if I was so inclined. I like that they exist, but I don’t want them anywhere near me, as specist as that may sound.
Despite their somewhat cuddly appearance, otters have teeth and jaws that are strong enough to crack open
shellfishhuman fucking skulls.I once got to go behind the scenes at a zoo, including their vet’s operating room. They had a bunch of interesting stories about how they tranq and operate on different animals of various sizes, but the worst experience they had was with an otter.
Poor little guy woke up partway through surgery, panicked, and went fucking berserk. Those little claws left gouges a foot long and an inch deep in the vet. And then, because they’re so small and fast, trying to re-anaesthetize it was a huge pain.
Anyways, I think about that story a lot when I hear about otters.
Thank you for sharing. That sounds unfortunate for everyone involved, including the otter.
