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Have you heard of Splash, the Search-and-Rescue Otter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FngfdggVZbU
He´s an Asian-Small-Clawed Otter, trained in searching for human remains in low-visibility, under water conditions. There were some successful missions, where he located missing people and murder weapons. He´s really getting the bad guys behind bars! What are your thoughts on this?
Sometimes otters end up in places where you wouldn't expect them.
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What!? Where is this? Please tell me more :O
Apparently, there is (or was) a small population around Oxford after some of them escaped from captivity, and they were quite successful. I found an article about it here
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/asian-otters-thrive-in-chilly-oxford-river-1346844.html
1996I would certainly be impressed if that population has survived.
It's interesting if they did manage to adapt to the return of Eurasian otters, since they do share parts of the range in Asia and their diets are not the same. I wonder if anyone has studied them in the last 30 years.
Since it´s a small, isolated population, they certainly would get problems with inbreeding. So, yeah, certainly a short lived phenomenon, yet still remarkable.
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Welcome!
This site may still have issues. Please be patient while I figure everything out.
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Wb, good having you here
Good news otters ARE real but we gotta keep em real iykwim
Is it too hard? Protip it's always 2 correct ones
Thanks, Ottmin! I really love this site!
It is a challenge at first, but it's a good one :]
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I hope you're all having a good weekend. There's now the option to put an email with your account, so if you ever lose your password you can recover it.
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Where do you guys find good sources of otter photos (especially for public domain/free ones)?
Flickr is a good one, but I was wondering if you know about any others...
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=otter&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image&haslicense=unrestricted
has good hodge podge. Some historic pics and high quality ones like this snackulating otts
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Otters are cute, but how cute aren't otters in love? ^^
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cuter together
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Ottercine: Otter Movie Night
What?
A stream event where we meet and watch otters and other things together. Documentaries, short videos, whatever you like - everyone can add something!
When?
On the last Sunday of every month at 8pm UTC.
Where?
Here: https://cytu.be/r/ottercine
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Ottercine tomorrow! I found some things!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL2XUhfs0bc
This one is about otters and decently long, I'm glad it popped up this month because it's been so dire lately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGG7WQFT2lc
I also found this, it's about Lusatia and rewilding former industrial areas. we had watched another doc about something similar and it was nice, so I figured I'd add it to the queue even if we cant watch it this week.
It's ottercine today! Heres what I found this week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTaotXUkpmI
This one is about otters and badgers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL2XUhfs0bc&t=275s
I feel like we have seen this one before, but i cant find it so maybe im jsut going crazy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZOWC81AaIY
This one is in french but it had subtitles. Might not be everyone's cup of tea, totally fair.
Its ottercinne again! I found the below and it seems like a nice one about lots of different otters, but i was kinda wondering if we could perhaps watch on the tracks of the wild otter again? That was my first ottercine and I've been feelin nostalgic lately. We can always watch both, or save it for another time if theres too much to fit into one night. See you tonight!
Inside the Secret Life of Otters - Amazing Family Bonds & Survival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hpftcHE5s0
On the Tracks of the Wild Otter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvIneE_fcHM
Good find like always ! I'd be down to rewatch on the tracks of the wild otter too, otter films never get old
>Rescued by local fishermen as a baby and raised by giant otter expert Carolina Vargas, this is the story of a young giant otter's journey to adulthood.
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The spotted necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis) lives in Africa and is more aquatic than other African otters.
I like how these guys always look angry for some reason.
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Does a spotted necked otter know that his neck is spotted?
Spotted neck otters are excellent spotters, so I think most could spot when they're neck has been spotted. But I'm sure there are some younger otters whose spotting skills are spotty at best, they might not know.
If a spotted necked otter's neck is spotted and no one is around to spot it, does it have spots?
Well how can it be spotted if no one is around to spot it! Of course the question remains, if you spot the otter but don't spot their spots, are they still spotted?
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Such a cool otter. Spotted necked otters' eyesight is really good and they tend to hunt by sight even underwater.
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Welcome!
Please say hello in this thread when you're visiting otterchat.
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Hello!
Just been a heck of a month is all. I'm trying to move, work is crazy, I feel like I blink and a week flies by. Hopefully things will calm down again soon, I'm not a speedster after all.
hello!! I'm here from AllChan!!
Hello and welcome!
A place like no otter.
hi
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Do you like this otter? I like how silly they look. Thier spanish name "lobito de río" means "little river wolf." And they have super long tails.
I really like this otter.
>Do you like this otter?You know... it´s an otter! How can you NOT like it?
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I did know it's an otter, but not everyone may know. So I made this educational image, informing people that it is an otter.
Awesome, I´d like to see this educational image as a poster on a billboard!
Hey Otters,
happy World Otter Day!
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That´s awesome! I would have loved to see that presentation.
I visited Botanika in Bremen today, it´s an asian-style botanical garden with animals, such as Beos, Koi fish as well as Gibbons. Absolutely worth the visit!
And Botanika is also home to Asian Small-Clawed Otters Lotta and Otis als well as their offspring, two female Otters (almost a year old).
On this special day, they got a brand-new raft to play with. It also has some treats hidden inside pipes, as well as under water. The Otters were really excited!
I really wanted to post pictures, but uploading fails everytime I try.
>I really wanted to post pictures, but uploading fails everytime I try.Sorry about thatI fixed some things, try it again?
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If it works, you´ll see some happy Otters with their new raft.
That looks like great enrichment for them! I hope they had a great otterday and I'm glad you had a good time getting to see them
How'd the presentation go?
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