Floating off the south coast of Vancouver Island is a lonely-looking sea otter with a dark secret 91裸聊视频� many dark secrets.

Known to the whale watching community and his fans as 91裸聊视频極llie91裸聊视频�, the infamous 13-year-old sea otter has been living out his life among the kelp at Race Rocks ecological reserve for over a decade.

Initially nicknamed the 91裸聊视频榣onely sea otter91裸聊视频� because of his solitary lifestyle, in more recent years he has had a rather more sinister title bestowed upon him.

Meet Ollie, the 91裸聊视频淪alish Sea Serial Killer,91裸聊视频� a cute, furry sea otter with a dark side and a rap sheet longer than the 91裸聊视频楥olwood crawl91裸聊视频� at rush hour.

Thought to be responsible for the deaths of around 20 river otters 91裸聊视频� probably more as the marine mammal is not under 24-hour surveillance 91裸聊视频� Ollie has earned himself quite the blood-thirsty reputation.

91裸聊视频淯sually when river otters are seen in the area [of Race Rocks], they91裸聊视频檙e not seen again,91裸聊视频� says Mollie Cameron, who first encountered Ollie in 2016, working for a Sooke-based whale watching company.

Showing some level of attachment to his victims, Cameron says Ollie will carry the dead body 91裸聊视频渓ike a teddy bear91裸聊视频� for days after the killing.

91裸聊视频淚t almost looks like the way a sea otter mom would carry a pup,91裸聊视频� said Cameron, who is also the director of Sooke-based wildlife education organization, Wild Wise. 91裸聊视频淗e'll drape them over himself while he's swimming and eating, and leave them up on rocks when he goes diving.91裸聊视频�

And Ollie doesn91裸聊视频檛 stop at 91裸聊视频渙ttercide,91裸聊视频� his list of crimes grows longer the deeper. His river otter victims show visible signs of sexual trauma.

91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 been seen doing nefarious things with them for days on end after they've died,91裸聊视频� said Cameron.

While they can91裸聊视频檛 be certain, Cameron and others in the whale-watching community believe the sea otter is not feeding on his victims.

91裸聊视频淭hey normally eat invertebrates like crabs, snails, urchins, clams, abalone and mussels,91裸聊视频� she said.

So why is Ollie killing and defiling river otters? Cameron says the behaviour could be attributed to his 91裸聊视频榣onely91裸聊视频� lifestyle, as he is one of only a handful of sea otters recorded this far east in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

91裸聊视频淭he theory is that there's no females around,91裸聊视频� she says, noting there was a female sea otter and a pup spotted once in the area in 2023, who disappeared as fast as they appeared.

91裸聊视频淎nd so he91裸聊视频檚 just taking his sexual frustration out on the river otters, as that's kind of his only outlet, supposedly. There91裸聊视频檚 all that testosterone pumping, so he91裸聊视频檚 probably trying to satiate himself in some way.91裸聊视频�

But the behaviour is not unique to Ollie, explains Cameron. 

In the early 91裸聊视频�00s, nearly 20 cases of sexual behaviour between male sea otters and juvenile harbour seals were observed in California 91裸聊视频� most incidents were fatal for the seal.

Similar to the theory about Ollie91裸聊视频檚 behaviour, a lack of females in the vicinity was blamed for the attacks in California.

Sooke91裸聊视频檚 newest sea otter on the scene, 91裸聊视频榃hiffin', , is also thought to be taking his frustrations out on other wildlife; slaying ducks in the process.

91裸聊视频淚 would assume it's maybe for the same reason that Ollie kills the river otters,91裸聊视频� said Cameron.

With the species having a reputation as playful, cute and intelligent 91裸聊视频� sea otters are the only marine mammal known to use stone tools 91裸聊视频� people might be surprised to hear Ollie has the upper hand on his river otter rivals,

91裸聊视频淪ea otters are the bigger of the two,91裸聊视频� says Cameron. 91裸聊视频淓very animal has the potential to be dangerous 91裸聊视频� sea otters are no exception to that.91裸聊视频�

Living offshore, out of sight from humans, means the 91裸聊视频榗rimes91裸聊视频� of sea otters like Ollie most often go unnoticed, explains the wildlife expert. But for river otters who live closer to humans in abundance, it91裸聊视频檚 not so easy to escape public scrutiny.

91裸聊视频淪o there's higher opportunity for negative interaction with with pets and people,91裸聊视频� Cameron said.

While the likes of Ollie and Whiffin might not be a welcome sight for some of their wild neighbours, for Cameron their presence represents a slow comeback to the area for the animal listed as 'special concern' under the Species at Risk Act.

Hunted for their dense fur 91裸聊视频� on one square inch of a sea otter, there can be anywhere from 500,000 to a million hair follicles 91裸聊视频� sea otters were extirpated from the B.C. coast in the early 1900s.

91裸聊视频淏etween 1969 and 1972, 89 sea otters, taken from Alaska, were reintroduced to the coast of British Columbia,91裸聊视频� said Cameron.

But while the marine mammal can be seen rafting in big groups in places like Tofino, numbers remain small off the south coast of Vancouver Island.

91裸聊视频淚n the many years that I've been a whale watching captain, I think I've only seen four individuals,91裸聊视频� says Cameron. 91裸聊视频淔ive, including the Whiffin Spit sea otter.91裸聊视频�

As the population shows signs of a slow increase, the biggest threat to sea otters remains the same as it did in the early 1900s: humans.

91裸聊视频淭here is quite a bit of poaching that still happens with sea otters,91裸聊视频� says Cameron. 91裸聊视频淗umans, at the end of the day, are the biggest threat in general.91裸聊视频�

To help support Ollie and his fellow local sea otters, Cameron recommends keeping a safe distance of at least 100 metres at all times, encouraging the animal to stay wild and not become habituated to humans.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 exciting to view animals in their wild habitats, but maintaining that respect for them while being in their homes is so important,91裸聊视频� she says.

As for Ollie's future, Cameron is curious to see how the animal might react if more sea otters were to move to the area and if it might change his savage behaviour.

But in the meantime, river otters beware 91裸聊视频� you might want to give Race Rocks a wide berth for now.