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May she continue her surfing days for years to come.

>>3722 (OP)

>But support for a live-and-let-live approach is growing with each unsuccessful attempt.

Any updates on if this is going anywhere? I know she's getting support from the general public, but I think that Fish and Game might still be trying to hunt her down

>>3744

I checked the news and I don't see any updates on this so I believe she's at large, but I also assume they're still trying to bring her in. It has been a fun story to follow, it reminds me of when we learned about bank robbers in school who were cheered by the public.

>>2163

It looks like it knows what's about to happen.

>>2163

:o

Hah! An-otter otter thread! How fun!

An otter will usually eat a fish head first so that it's killed and doesn't flop away

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This one looks like he caught a bird

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>>1997

FASTER

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>>161 (OP)

>I'd post WebMs too, but I guess you can't do that here.

You can now :)

Ah whoops, this was supposed to be in the general thread. Must've accidentally posted in on its own

That's alright it deserves its own thread anyway!

>>3700

I don't believe in the whole "everything in one thread" thing tbh. This totally should be a thread, just like the sea otter stealing surfboards story. And >>118 (ext)

should just be a place to say hi

>>3708

You know, you're absolutely right. I just posted in the general thread because I didn't know if this was a big enough deal to make its own thread, but now I wish that I had put it all in its own place from the start. Oh well, learning experience for next time.

>>3711

S'alright, we all had enjoyed it regardless you live and you learn, as otters do

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I can understand why someone might find otters scary. The pitch black eyes, the sharp fangs, and the way they prey at night... Little river monsters... Brr... (still love them though)

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>>3680

Hmm, like a yokai?

>>3682

I didn't know there was an otter yokai, that's so neat! https://yokai.fandom.com/wiki/Kawauso

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>>3682

I didn't know either. Well that explains this picture that I have.

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I recently started playing Sakuna: of Rice and Ruin and there's a tribe of beast people that might be based on otters? The game doesn't say outright (at least not as far as I've gotten into the game), though there's one time when someone calls one of them a "weasel" but that might have just been an insult. They look like some kind of mustelid and are described as living mostly by rivers. They're called the Ashigumo and are pretty cool, though most of the tribe was wiped out and now persists as undead specters which are definitely very spooky.

I don't know all of the answers, but I imagine it rests largely on local features. Maybe there're particular spots with enough water for otters due to rivers that surrounding areas don't have. I am also curious about the Indian and Malaysian spots though

I know their range in Norway is somewhat spotty. North of Bergen their coastal population is viable and I really wanna make a sadafari trip there to spot some. Otherwise southwards their coastal population have never made a real comeback after the acidic precipitation of earlier times. Inlands is nothing to speak of as of yet except a small populations. I really hope they make a comeback inlands as well and outcompetes the american mink

>>3536 (OP)

I was looking at a map of the orca population recently, and I noticed how the population is depicted as being present around islands but not in the sea between those islands and the coasts. I wondered at the time if that was because they might just travel across deeper waters but live mostly in costal waters, but it could also be that coasts are where people are to spot orcas.
Point is, I'm wondering if some of the oddities of this map are being driven by humans being in the area to spot otters, or the population being able to identify an otter as an otter and not some other small wildlife. Otters can be sneaky after all, an otter in the underbrush at night would certainly be hard to ID.

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>>3641

>Otters can be sneaky after all, an otter in the underbrush at night would certainly be hard to ID

Now this is definitely true! Otters are super sneaky, and most people aren't in tune enough with nature to pay attention to when there's an otter.
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Looks pretty cool! Otter games are definitely something the world could use more of, although I'm not a fan of dice based games (would prefer games where you can prove your ottery skills).

>>3570

Sure is and I hope it'll be more in the future

Added:

>Return of the Eurasian Otter in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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>Upper Peninsula River Otter Project
>We are using snow tracking, camera traps, and DNA from harvested otters to examine the connectivity of river otter populations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We are also interested in how this connectivity affects the otter population size and distribution of disease particularly Toxoplasma gondii.

Arcane Conservancy is currently working with Maharashtra State Forest Department and Local Communities for long-term Otter Research and Awareness Programmes in Coastal Maharashtra.

>>3637

Added!

>>3562

Does it have to be on your head?

>>3563

The Otter Safety and Health Administration agency is very clear that you do need to wear a safety helmet, but it doesn't need to be on your head. This otter is up to code!

>>3567

Well, they are the utmost authority on otter safety, I suppose that otter must be up to code!

>>1614 (OP)

What's he building in there? With that hook light on the stairs...

>>3613

I don't know what he's making, but I'm sure it'll be well built, whatever it is! Everyone knows otters are brilliant, and that most likely extends to building projects too