They may look cute and cute, but river otters are dangerous.
A visitor to Wekiba Island in Seminole County discovered it last month when they were bitten by one, according to a report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
According to the report, the agency responded to the May 29th Bate Report.
Wildlife officers worked with management on Wekiba Island to search for the otter, but were unable to find it and no further sightings of the otter have been reported since the incident.
According to the Wildlife Commission, state-born otters can be found throughout Florida, except for keys.
They are primarily nocturnal and eat crayfish and fish, but at least one won a small crocodile in 2014, as was taken in a series of eye-opening photos by Geoff Walsh posted on the Lakewoodruff National Wildlife Reserve Facebook page.
And they sometimes confronted humans.
In 2010, a rabid otter attacked a 96-year-old Venice man for almost six minutes as two good Samaritans tried to pry it open.
