Otter at Sutro Baths ruins captured in photos and video

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A river otter made an appearance at the ruins of Sutro Baths Wednesday morning, and a local photographer was there to capture it in pictures and video.

David Cruz lives nearby, and he headed down to the ruins at about 10 a.m. Wednesday, he said in an email to the Ocean Beach Bulletin. As he approached the flooded remains of one of the Sutro Baths pools, he spotted the otter relaxing in the sunshine on one of the foundation walls. It curled up in the vegetation at the edge of the water, rolled around on the wall near a great blue heron and seemed at ease in the remains of what once was one of San Francisco’s busiest attractions.

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fin
32 weeks ago

transplant.

sharkturd
32 weeks ago

How cute! Good one, fin. Yep, and like all transplants are wont to do, he will take up surfing...probably at your favorite spot:)

unfocused
32 weeks ago

making a comeback

mlanson
32 weeks ago
mlanson
32 weeks ago

(Seal pup victim awareness)

Squid Lips
32 weeks ago

@mlanson- Holy freak! Hope a mutant 7 foot sea otter doesn't think I'm cute out there in the line up...

sharkturd
32 weeks ago

@squid, that's a river otter in the video. As I understand it they're not necros, just drop-in artists. But on the lighter side, what do you care if a sea otter has his way with you if you're already dead?

Squid Lips
32 weeks ago

@st- burial at sea is OK by me but drowning with a bloodied chewed-up face while getting dogged by an otter gives me the shivs... Next time I see one in the line up, I'll give him the set wave.

gromsdad
32 weeks ago

Saw one this past weekend up in Oregon. Was stoked. Also in Cambria last summer.
While I was busy shackalackin; they were busy crackalackin!
Friend told me that they save their favorite shucking rocks on the bottom; never knew that....

gromsdad
32 weeks ago

I am referring to sea otters; of course

unfocused
32 weeks ago

those bastards can be vicious. years ago, one jumped on my buddy's longboard and he said it was running right at him. their eyes met, and he said if he hadn't have jumped off his board, the fucker was going to bite his face off :) but yeah, they are cute. just don't mess with them!

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