This conduct was commented on by Dr. Peregrine Inverbon, Ph.D., DD, LL.D, Ph.G. and must result from what he called Trans Species. It is obvious that this otter's conduct does have to do with contact with Humans that are improperly oriented for the otter. The Monterey Bay Aquarium should entrust the rehabilitation process to those that have the proper species orientation; as inappropriate roll models create confusion in the wild. Fred Ca Kayaker At 12:43 PM 10/24/2000 -0700, Mark Paxton wrote: Mark said: "This fascinating thread seems to be headed back on course after veering too close........................." >....................rehabilitated at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.......... >More recently, reliable observers report another rehabilitated otter >sexually assaulting harbor seals at nearby Elkhorn Slough. > >These animals behave in a decidedly un-otter-like manner, probably as a >direct consequence of their contact with humans. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 24 2000 - 14:56:42 PDT
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