Sea Otters Get The Flu Too: 'A Newly Identified Animal Host Of Influenza Viruses' [VIDEO]

The H191 pandemic in 2009 was a seasonal flu virus that is also known to circulate in pigs; you may know it better as "swine flu," but now it may be affecting the marine world as well. Scientists have found evidence that Washington sea otters have also getting sick with the H191 virus during an August 2011 health monitoring project. Hon Ip, a scientist and co-author of the study stated: "Our study shows that sea otters may be a newly identified animal host of influenza viruses"