OTTERS
Mammal        -       Vertebrate        -       Omnivore
Male:  Otter
Female:  Otter
Young:  Pups
OTTERS
​There are about 13 species of Otter.
  • Are a member of the Weasel family.
  • There are sea otters and land otters.
  • Eats fish, amphibians, birds, shellfish, crayfish, salamanders, frogs, clams and small mammals.
  • Are playful, intelligent and inquisitive - enjoying sliding down the riverbanks, wrestling with each other and somersaulting.
  • Are excellent swimmers.
  • Are very social animals.
  • Live in burrows along riverbank.
  • They eat, sleep and give birth in the water.
  • They use rocks to crack open mussels.
  • Like to float on their backs on the surface of the water.
  • Can stay underwater for up to 4 minutes.
  • As they dive, they close their ears and nostrils to keep the water out.
  • Main threat is water pollution and habitat destruction.
  • Sea otters hold each other's paws when they sleep so that they won't drift apart.
  • The body of sea otters has a pouch across the front in which it stores pebbles to break open shellfish.
  • Newborn otters do not know how to swim, so their parents drag them into the water to teach them.
  • To avoid drifting apart while sleeping, sea otters within the same clan or family (mother and baby) sleep holding hands.
Visit:  Otters . COLLECTIVE NOUNS
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SEA OTTER