A woman in Malaysia was reportedly mauled and bloodied by a gang of otters.
“A woman has been hospitalised after a gang of vicious otters tore at her skin while she was on a run,” Daily Mail noted.
Jogger left bloodied, dazed and crying after getting mauled — by a gang of otters https://t.co/DtXv9zPJqw pic.twitter.com/FM6U0wweeM
— New York Post (@nypost) September 11, 2024
The woman reportedly was attacked by eight of the creatures in Tanjung Aru Recreation Park.
Kota Kinabalu: A woman was reportedly injured after being attacked by otters while jogging in Tanjung Aru early Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/3uvnz50xl8
— Daily Express Malaysia (@DailyExpress_MY) September 11, 2024
Per Daily Mail:
They spotted the middle-aged woman and surrounded her while plunging their shark teeth into her legs – piercing her pink Lycra fitness leggings.
She was pictured sitting on a kerb in tears with several deep wounds across her shins. Her arms and legs were covered in blood.
Chilling footage shows the same ferocious otters running across the parking space where they were seen moments after attacking the woman.
The shaken jogger was taken to a nearby hospital while a wildlife team was sent to the park to monitor the otters.
Sabah Wildlife Department director Roland Oliver Niun said: ‘Preliminary investigations found that a group of otters entered the recreation centre to look for food in the park pond.’
— AlineRoseDobbie (@DobbieAline) September 11, 2024
A gang of wild RAMPAGING otters has attacked a woman in a park in Sabah, Malaysia. Please be careful, placate with fish. pic.twitter.com/OwEd6H94Af
— Stone Age Herbalist (@Paracelsus1092) September 11, 2024
From the New York Post:
To prevent future attacks, wildlife officials plan to reinforce the fence around the park and monitor the area to ensure none of the critters break in.
“We also ask the park manager to report if there is an otter sighting after the repairs are done,” said Niun.
Meanwhile, the public has been urged to avoid going near the fences or interacting with wildlife to mitigate the possibility of attacks.
That might seem overzealous, but this isn’t the first time someone in Southeast Asia has been beset by otters — which are in the same family as honey badgers and wolverines.
In 2021, a Singapore resident was hospitalized after getting accosted by a gang of the ferocious water frolickers, which reportedly bit him 26 times in 10 seconds.
“I actually thought I was going to die – they were going to kill me,” otterly-devastated victim Graham George Spencer recalled.
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