The photographer makes tons of money by taking and licensing photos of the otter in Santa Cruz that hassling surfers and stealing their boards. I wonder how much the photographer would make if they uploaded the same photos to microstock.

Rejected: Translation required

Exactly. SS once didn't accept photos of wild animals, because of commercial property!

"Makes tons of money" lol they all probably want the photos for free

If he or she got lucky with the reviewing process? Selling like hot cakes at 10c a pop.
Ohterwise: the story would be over before the shots were accepted and indexed.