WATCH Special Sighting of Gorgeous Cape Otters on Onrus Beach
Angélique van der Merwe captured this beautiful footage of six Cape Clawless Otters venturing onto the shore at Onrus Beach yesterday morning at around 07h00. She came upon the special sighting whilst out on a morning stroll. Angélique (Lelulu on Instagram) said: “I stumbled upon them. I have seen one at night at the lagoon […]
Angélique van der Merwe captured this beautiful footage of six Cape Clawless Otters venturing onto the shore at Onrus Beach yesterday morning at around 07h00.
She came upon the special sighting whilst out on a morning stroll.
Angélique (Lelulu on Instagram) said: “I stumbled upon them. I have seen one at night at the lagoon as well… but 6 coming out of the ocean was amazing!”
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In July 2015, Matthew Swart was also lucky enough to enjoy a “beautiful experience” with four of the elusive otters on Scarborough Beach.
He said in 15 years living in the area, he’d only ever before had two brief glimpses of single otters. He said, with their curious nature, they were like “amphibious meerkats”. Watch his video of the otters on Scarborough Beach here.
Western Cape photographer Rob Tarr also had a fortunate experience, interacting with a family of four otters, when he was out on an inflatable boat in False Bay in August of that year.
He too said that it had been a first for him after “many, many years of boating on False Bay”. View all of Rob Tarr’s photos of the family of Cape Clawless Otters.