Otters Blog Posts

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I got lucky, he put on quite a show the day I looked for him. The next few days – no Sam sightings.

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A recently completed study on the sea otter population along California's central coast appears to be a mixed bag of some measurable increases in numbers since 2010 but a virtual overall stagnation in growth since 2008.  Conducted by the U.S. Ge...

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Sea otter mother with pup Most otters are considered to be 'semi-aquatic' animals. That is, they spend most of their time swimming in rivers or lakes, where they catch the great majority of their food, but they return to dens on the bank in order to...

Hairy-nosed otter The body plan of otters is evidently a successful one in evolutionary terms. While the two species of "common otter" are the only ones inhabiting the rivers of the northern temperate zone, there are at least ten species in other pa...

This mother Hippo came over to say something to this Greater Kudu. I wish I know what they were saying to each other. They stood nose to nose, not moving for more than two minutes. What a conversation that must have been. Apparently, they have a long...

Eurasian otter The otters are, arguably, the least weasel-like of all the members of the weasel family. Although the relationship has been clear for a long time - the first scientific description of an otter, by Linnaeus in 1758, actually placed it...

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Sat down an watched these guys dive, eat, dive, play for while yesterday morning at Point Reyes.