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List Catalog SearchHave you seen this really great picture of river otters? I found it on accident while looking up reviews of the lens it was taken with and it's one of my favorites https://www.flickr.com/photos/northcoastgreg/31855845021/
Really lovely photo! Thanks for sharing it.
Are you into photography?
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It's a very good picture. They look so smooth.
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Otters are really smart. Let's post some otters being clever
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Why would they want to? Civilizations are yucky.
not if they're good societies and civilisations
And otters seem like they would make good civilizations
Otters have a good civilization
It's called otters
Already perfect the way it is
I can think one way way to improve it, though, with more otters
https://youtu.be/4De_rISpW0s?si=80l_1bqJ3rIBqsX5
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Otters are usually very busy, it's good to see they also get some time to rest
That depends on if it's in the water or on land,
In the water sea otters swim on there backs, so a sea otter on its stomach would be an upside down otter
But on land sea otters walk on their feet, so a sea otter on its back on land would be an upside down otter
An otter is an upside down otter if it would usually be the other way up in the given context
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What about an otter doing a headstand?
That's a spiral shaped otter, a category into itself
Otters come in so many shapes, they are really quite amazing!
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Happy World Otter Day!!!
Happy world otter day everyone! I just got off work and I ordered pizza, it's gonna be an ottery day. I hope it's a great one for you all
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Let's talk about the different shapes of otters' heads. Funny thing I noticed, otters (at least some species) tend to have some kind of ridge down the middle of their heads. Does anybody know why they have this?
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Oh, that's still a nice theory though, and it does make sense. Maybe there's another explanation though.
You were studying to become a neurosurgeon? That's really cool, how's life been going since you dropped out? I hope you found your calling.
I'm glad you think it's reasonable, it's the best explanation that I could come up with for why there'd be a ridge like that in that specific area. And technically, I wasn't studying to be a neurosurgeon, that's just the specialization that I was looking at before I dropped out of med school. But that's neither here nor there, I suppose. Life's been fine since then though, I'm looking at becoming a teacher of some sort, probably teaching English if I can do what I want.
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Other carnivores have the same thing going on, I noticed
Dogs have it too, bears have it, raccoons have it, cats maybe to a lesser extent.
Now I'd really like to know what's going on. Maybe this is just how the frontal/parietal bone grows in carnivores?
Found an interesting article on otter intelligence here. It even gives a brief bit on the brain structure
https://inotterwords.com/2019/11/07/life-through-the-eyes-of-an-otter/
whaddup!!! give me some good otter documentaries to watch! thanksieess
The ottercine thread was right there silly...
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This is us
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Turns out otts like our hands too
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Can you tell which species of otter hand made these prints?
That's tough! It looks like it has fingers so maybe one of the aonyx?
You're on the right track!
(Assuming that I'm remembering correctly, that is. It's been so long since I asked that I'm not longer 100% sure what the right answer is,)
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Congo clawless otters got the fanciest makeup! They're not far away from being fit for a black metal band with those stripes :P
The stripes help them throw the football better. I thought this was common knowledge.
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See, this otter doesn't have stripes, and so he's not as good at football
But he IS trying!
True! It is possible to overcome disadvantaged starting conditions with sufficient effort. Any otter who tries hard enough can achieve their dreams! Though I wonder the NFL would think about an otter player. As much as I wish it would be an air bud situation I'm sure they wouldn't be cool with it. A local team probably would be though, who wouldn't want an otter teammate?
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> Our results support the recognition of trans-Andean populations of L. longicaudis as a distinct otter species, which should be recognized as Lontra annectens.
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Holy crap, that's crazy! New otters still being discovered. Will humans ever really understand otts though?
Wow this is amazing! Soo cool new species are still being discovered, especially otters. Who know's what's next?