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Otters are relatives of weasels and badgers and like their relatives they are very aggressive.

• lgvln 5y ago
  I believe they are aggressive only to the extent of defending their territory or defending their pups. In fact, all carnivorous animals can be aggressive. They are not aggressive like how a lion or tiger is to humans. Their main diet consist of fish, invertebrate and shellfish.
  • borski 5y ago
    Having dived with pacific otters, they are just plain aggressive. They seemed to genuinely just enjoy being mean. Sea lions, on the other hand, are super pleasant and playful.
    • lgvln 5y ago
      Sea otters are known to be more aggressive than river otters but I do not think they view humans as preys. It is probably a territorial or mating reason in your case. I have read different reports of what the OP mentioned. The official statement by the park is that he (as reported to them by himself) ran through the pack of otters because of poor visibility (early morning) and tried to get them to do something about the otters. That is quite different from what the OP claims.
      • FatalLogic 5y ago
        This is interesting. Can you post links to these reports?