Otter Than That

Reading on CNN.com this morning there is an article titled Otters winning battle of wits. Here are some highlights:

"When Sanders, a biologist, finally captured the critter at Southern California's Anacapa Island, he shipped Phoky north to Monterey under an ambitious federal program to preserve otters while protecting shellfish divers from natural competition. But within six months, Phoky was back in forbidden waters. He was one of dozens of otters that surprised government biologists at almost every turn. Now, it seems, officials are throwing in the towel. In an admission that the slick-furred creatures refuse to respect boundaries imposed by man, authorities want to officially abandon their otter-relocation policy. If the government's battle of wits is at an end, the otters have won. 'We flew 'em out there,' Sanders said, 'although we didn't blindfold them.'
The otters didn't play along. Some swam up to 200 miles to return to native habitat along the Central Coast."

The government is being outsmarted by otters. Well... what more is there to say?