The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/20/aggressive-sea-otter-possibly-back-it-stealing-surfboards-in-santa-cruz/A surfer had a run-in with a sea otter last week in the same vicinity that the infamous Otter 841 was menacing surfers and kayakers two years ago, in what turned out to be a hormonal reaction to being pregnant. Do we all remember Otter 841, the aggressive, then-five-year-old female sea otter who became a social media sensation in the summer of 2023 after she was documented menacing surfers and kayakers, and even chasing people off their own surfboards? By that October, she was seen giving birth to a pup, and experts suggested the otter's earlier, unusual behavior could have been a result of her being pregnant. Now, as the Chronicle reports, via a Sant

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