No.373
Please enjoy the sea otters from the safe viewing distance of 50 yards (150 feet) on land and 100 yards (300 feet) on water per the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. And please leave handling of sick or dead marine wildlife to trained personnel.
Scientists have discovered evidence of the same influenza virus (H1N1) in sea otters living off the coast of Washington State that caused the 2009 swine flu pandemic in humans.
Some important zoonotic organisms that are known to infect sea otters include the single-celled parasite Toxoplasma gondii, the marine Brucella bacteria and the fungus Coccidioides immitis. C. immitis infection causes the disease “Valley Fever” in humans.
River otters can contract the rabies virus when they are attacked by a rabid predator or by another otter who contracted the disease and become aggressive as a result. River otters have been documented as both having rabies and spreading rabies in the United States.
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No.992
>>373
That one is sleeping, not dead.
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