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Protective Mother

            Not all is blissful in the life of the sea otters as this image will attest.  About 90 seconds after my last image was taken these two female sea otters engaged in a ferocious fight.  The otter with her head raised (scar nose) must have ventured too close to another female and her pup.  The second mother swam over and the two immediately began to fight.  I am assuming the fight was more protective than territorial.  Scar nose's pup was somewhat caught in the battle and could be heard crying out as the fight ensued (part of its head can be seen between the two females).  The fight lasted for about a minute with scar nose and her pup swimming away from the area.  No one seemed hurt and the area quickly returned to its previous calm.

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© 2016 Craig Goettsch - All rights reserved.   Any unauthorized use without permission is prohibited.

Taken in: United States / California / Monterey (show map)

Taken on: May 22, 2016

Tags:

Sea Otter

Mother

Fight

Mammal

Moss Landing

Monterey Peninsula

Water

Wildlife

Nature

Nikon

D750

850mm

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/10.0, 1/1000 sec, 850mm, ISO 720 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	600.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	850mm
ISO:	720
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.3 (Macintosh)
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