Sea Fluffies

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>Sea fluffies are hunted by everything.
>Too slow and stupid to avoid sharks or dolphins.
>Their only hope is to find safe places.
>This pushes them up rivers.

>Be a researcher in the Amazon.
>One group has found what they believe is a safe place.
>A pool semi-isolated from the main river.
>Clear water, plenty of soft water plants.
>No caimans, anacondas or piranha.
>Sea fluffy paradise.
>The fluffies graze.
>Their pups play.
>Some fluffies even drag themselves up on the banks to sun.

>The sea fluffies are not alone.
>Giant river otters show up.
>These otters are social & very territorial.
>They do not know what these strange invaders are.
>Each adult otter is at least 6 times the weight of a sea fluffy.
>One alpha female leaves the group and attacks.
>She easily catches a sea fluffy and drags it up on the bank.
>"Whaaa! Munsta! Hewp fwuffy!"
>The other sea fluffies dive into the water in panic.
>Otters are intelligent.
>In order to keep a caught fish from escaping they chew off the tail first.
>It's no different with the sea fluffy.
>The giant otter pins it down and rips in with her teeth.
>Sea fluffy screams in agony...still alive for the ordeal.
>The bottom half of its body is ripped apart by powerful jaws.
>The otter likes what it tastes.

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>The rest of the otters easily contain the panicked sea fluffies.
>They're faster, stronger & much more intelligent.
>Sea fluffies are caught and eaten alive on the bank.
>The adult otters cripple a few and toss them back in.
>Hunting practice for juvenile otters.
>No quick death for these sea fluffies.
>The terrified fluffies are bitten & clawed at clumsily.
>Young otters drag them up onto the grass and toy with them.
>Two young otters play tug-of-war with a screaming fluffy.
>His body is torn apart by their sharp teeth.
>Soon the otters have had their fill.
>The few sea fluffy survivors hide in the water plants.
>The otters aren't dumb...just full.
>Sea fluffy meat is a nice change from fish.
>Even if the fluffies were smart enough, the otters would not let them escape.
>The otters rest.
>They take it in turns to patrol the pool.
>Any sea fluffy that tries to escape in chased back into the weeds.

>Got some great video footage of the attack.
>You'll come back tomorrow, hoping to catch round two.
>At night you hear the fluffies screaming in terror.
>Otters don't usually hunt at night.
>Unless the prey is ridiculously easy.
>You check the next morning.
>The otters are gone.
>All that remains of the sea fluffies are bones & scattered fluff.
>No award winning video footage today.
>Maybe next time.