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Searchhello internet!! its me salem!! salem day was this friday so hopefully you celebrated the best day ever
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Every Friday is a good day to celebrate otters! I hope everyone had a great Friday
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This last Friday was a good one, and I certainly felt ottery with the amount of time that I spent in a creek
Story time? What were you doing in the creek? I'm interested
Oh, nothing all to interesting. I was out doing some frisbee golfing with friends, I'd had a bit much to drink, and I fell into a creek that goes through multiple runs. It was really funny at the time, but it's become less so since it happened.
Sounds like it was a fun time, and otters are all about having fun afterall, so along with the creek time it was certainly a very ottery day.
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Salutations!, I'm an ornithology guy but I guess otters can be cool
>4 toesnot an otter
He's trying his best...
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We can learn a lot from otters, so do otters have any lessons to teach us about parenting? Otters offer warmth, love and comfort to their young, but they don't hesitate to play rough with them or put them through scary situations as a lesson. What do otter parents get so right that each young otter cub grows up to be an otter?
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Yeah that's right, never abandon your kids somewhere they aren't (or don't feel safe)... Mom is always close by and she knows what she's doing, the cub is never really in danger even if he feels it. Otter mums know how to keep that balance.
>Along with mothering multiple pups throughout their lifetimes, sea otter moms do it single-handedly. They are truly “single mothers”, with no child support or help with pup-rearing from dad.This saddens me, the OP pic made me think otters mate and stick together for life.
It depends on the species! Sea otters might be mostly solitary, but marine otters mate for life, the otters of Singapore group together in related clans to hunt and raise the little ones together, giant otters and Asian small clawed otters often live in little family groups of the parents and their young. I think those are small clawed otters in the pick, so probably some parenting teamwork goin on there.
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This is reassuring, thank you. Otter pups deserve the best possible life.
Tangent: I am learning so much from this captcha system too.
Otter parents know what the best situation is for their pups.
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Hello Otterchat, I like your imageboard and I run an imageboard myself.
I have just reopened it with a board for animals and cute animals but it lacks any photos of Otters.
Could you please flood my imageboard with photos of Otters.
If you don't want to that is okay.
I apologize in advance if this sort of thread isn't allowed, I couldn't find a rules list.
https://3chan.co/ac/
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I can definitely go post some otties over there, glad that otterchan is making waves and giving off a good example
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Important update on 841: she's a mom now! Watch out for double surfboard stealing trouble.
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Always a joy to hear about new otters, and this is even better than usual!
Surfers beware, 841 and 841 Jr are on the prowl!
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>ooh, sandals!
Can an otter wear sandals, or only flip flops?
some freakazoid sent me this site so yeah very cool that theres an entire site for pictures of me!!
Welcome
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Good to have you here
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Paw bumps!
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Things you can do with snow:
1. Eat it
2. Roll in it
3. Slide on it
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#3 seems like the most fun!
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Hello community, I would like to inform you that there is a conservation project in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil. Known as Project Lontra Viva. We have been active since 2011 in favor of the conservation of Lontra longicaudis. The founder and responsible for the project and research is a member of the IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group, Izabela Laurentino, with the support of UFRN and Instituto Biodiversidade (@ibio). For more information contact via IG @projetolontraviva or email: Projetolontraviva@gmail.com.
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Have you guys got a website?
In South America we have four species, however in RN there is only a record of the Neotropical Otter, so conservation work is carried out only with this species. More information: www.projetolontraviva.org
Link isn't working for me :(
Yes, that works! Thank you
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September 19 to 25 is Sea Otter Awareness Week. Please be aware of sea otters.
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Don't they get dizzy from all that rotation?
I think they do eventually, but they can tolerate it for a while. I guess that's why they don't spin for very long.
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Spinning is fun, but you gotta be careful.
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Please be aware of sea otters. Their week has arrived once more
I was very aware of sea otters this week, it was a good time. I hope everyone else had a good week too!