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...And THAT'S the exciting news from Sarasota !! 
It's all the talk around these parts, which should show you just how pathetic our lives are....
Perhaps he was friends with the Orca that killed that woman in SeaWorld...
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Rabid otter attacks, mauls man, 96, in Venice
By Kim Hackett
Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 5:51 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 6:16 p.m.
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VENICE - Call it an utter otter horror.
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Click to enlarge Morrell Denton, 96, was mauled by an otter early Friday while he was out for his early morning walk.
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A 96-year-old man was ambushed and mauled by a rabid otter early Friday morning as he walked past brush near a lake in the Venice East neighborhood.
Morrell Denton was midway through his two-mile daily walk when the otter confronted him on the sidewalk. Denton said he thought it was someone's pet.
But the otter "grabbed me by the foot and pulled on my leg and I went down,” said Denton in his living room, shortly after returning from the Venice Regional Medical Center's emergency room about seven hours after the attack.
Covered in white bandages on both hands, and with nine stitches on his badly bruised forehead, Denton said he pulled the otter off with one hand before the animal started biting him on the other. The animal bit him to the bone on several fingers.
“I kept trying to get him off me,” Denton said. “It's like nothing I've heard of.”
Two men saw the attack and raced to Denton's aid, one striking at the otter with a shovel as the other called 911.
Christopher Janssen, 36, was bitten by the otter but the other rescuer, 53-year-old Raymond Duval was not injured.
An ambulance arrived minutes later, taking Denton and Duval to the hospital.
Both men were treated and released. Sarasota County's health department issued a rabies alert Friday afternoon after the animal tested positive for the disease. Another otter tested positive for rabies in mid-February after attacking two horses in Sarasota County.
A biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said otters are not typically aggressive.
“They are skittish for the most part,” said biologist Jeff Gore.
Sheriff's deputies shot the animal dead.
EARLIER REPORT
An otter attacked and wounded a 96-year-old man out for a stroll in Venice early today, and then turned on two men who came to his rescue, injuring another.
Morrell Denton, 96, and Christopher Janssen, 36, suffered unspecified injuries during the attack on Venice East Boulevard, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. The men were treated at nearby Venice Medical Center and released.
The otter was killed.
According to reports, Denton was walking along the 300 block of the roadway near an area of thick brush, sometime around 4:30 a.m. Friday, when the otter charged out and attacked him. The attack sent Denton sprawling to the ground.
Janssen and another man, Raymond Duval, 53, saw the attack and raced to Denton's aid, striking at the otter with gardening tools as one of the pair called 911. Jensen was wounded during the scrap; Duval avoided injury.
The otter was killed.
Almost.
After a time, the animal roused again and began to head back into the brush. But after one attack on a human, there was concern the animal may be a danger to the public.
The otter was killed.
Definitely.
It was not immediately clear whether the rescuers or responding deputies put down the otter. Sarasota County animal service crews responded and took the otter to examine it.
It's all the talk around these parts, which should show you just how pathetic our lives are....
Perhaps he was friends with the Orca that killed that woman in SeaWorld...
_______________________________
Rabid otter attacks, mauls man, 96, in Venice
By Kim Hackett
Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 5:51 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 6:16 p.m.
( page of 2 )
VENICE - Call it an utter otter horror.
.art_main_pic { width:250px; float:left; clear:left; }
Click to enlarge Morrell Denton, 96, was mauled by an otter early Friday while he was out for his early morning walk.
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PHOTO / KIM HACKETT
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A 96-year-old man was ambushed and mauled by a rabid otter early Friday morning as he walked past brush near a lake in the Venice East neighborhood.
Morrell Denton was midway through his two-mile daily walk when the otter confronted him on the sidewalk. Denton said he thought it was someone's pet.
But the otter "grabbed me by the foot and pulled on my leg and I went down,” said Denton in his living room, shortly after returning from the Venice Regional Medical Center's emergency room about seven hours after the attack.
Covered in white bandages on both hands, and with nine stitches on his badly bruised forehead, Denton said he pulled the otter off with one hand before the animal started biting him on the other. The animal bit him to the bone on several fingers.
“I kept trying to get him off me,” Denton said. “It's like nothing I've heard of.”
Two men saw the attack and raced to Denton's aid, one striking at the otter with a shovel as the other called 911.
Christopher Janssen, 36, was bitten by the otter but the other rescuer, 53-year-old Raymond Duval was not injured.
An ambulance arrived minutes later, taking Denton and Duval to the hospital.
Both men were treated and released. Sarasota County's health department issued a rabies alert Friday afternoon after the animal tested positive for the disease. Another otter tested positive for rabies in mid-February after attacking two horses in Sarasota County.
A biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said otters are not typically aggressive.
“They are skittish for the most part,” said biologist Jeff Gore.
Sheriff's deputies shot the animal dead.
EARLIER REPORT
An otter attacked and wounded a 96-year-old man out for a stroll in Venice early today, and then turned on two men who came to his rescue, injuring another.
Morrell Denton, 96, and Christopher Janssen, 36, suffered unspecified injuries during the attack on Venice East Boulevard, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. The men were treated at nearby Venice Medical Center and released.
The otter was killed.
According to reports, Denton was walking along the 300 block of the roadway near an area of thick brush, sometime around 4:30 a.m. Friday, when the otter charged out and attacked him. The attack sent Denton sprawling to the ground.
Janssen and another man, Raymond Duval, 53, saw the attack and raced to Denton's aid, striking at the otter with gardening tools as one of the pair called 911. Jensen was wounded during the scrap; Duval avoided injury.
The otter was killed.
Almost.
After a time, the animal roused again and began to head back into the brush. But after one attack on a human, there was concern the animal may be a danger to the public.
The otter was killed.
Definitely.
It was not immediately clear whether the rescuers or responding deputies put down the otter. Sarasota County animal service crews responded and took the otter to examine it.
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