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Otters
Otters are semi-aquatic fish-eating mammals with a thick fur to keep them warm in cold water. Ask questions about these playful animals here.
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Otters will build their homes or Holt, around where there is a good supply of natural food such as fish, crustaceans and amphibians. Large entrance holes are normally found under the roots of old riverbank trees and there is usually plenty of reed and bramble cover around. A lot of holt's are now man made due to habitat loss and are made to encourage otters to a specific areas of conservation. Otters like locations that are not disturbed by human activities such as dog walking. A good indication of whether the holt is active, is a wet mud slide running down in to the water, depending on how high up the bank the holt is situated.
To see a picture of a otters holt, please see the related link below..
How does a sea otter raise her babies?
Mother sea otters nurse their young. They aggresively defend their young from intruders. Baby sea otters are called pups. The pups are weaned at 14 weeks. By three or four months, Giant River otters eat solid food.
Is it legal to have a pet otter?
Yes. Otters are quite well at living in captivity if you take care of them.
Like feeding them fish or shellfish (make sure they eat 15% of their body weight if it's an Eurasian otter, 2O-25% if they are sea otters. Having them a place to swim (they prefer to swim in cold water; 10°C, which is 50°F)
Otters are playful and very active; so make sure you give it LOTS of swimming room filled with toys and spend a lot of time with it.
Beavers have webbed hind legs that act like as a paddle when they swim through water. They have a large flat tail that helps them steer through water. Their tail is used for other things for example when they chew on trees they use their tail like a kick stand to give them support.
Sea otters live, eat, sleep, mate, give birth and play in the sea. When resting they use kelp forests, to stop themselves drifting away.
What is the baby name for otter?
You should name your otter something that doesnt sound like a cats name or doesnt sound like a bulls name. Something in between that isn't too sweet (Fluffy) but isn't too tough(Spike). Something like Odie, Ode for short. Perfect for a boy! Or Odita for a girl, also Ode for short
How do otters make their home?
Sea otters live in the rocky areas near the shorelines. They typically live in shallow waters that are around 130 feet deep and the temperatures range between 35 degrees F and 60 degrees F.
They live in water, but often go onto land to chop down trees or collect wood for their dams in the water
How do sea otters communicate?
== == Different fish communicate in different ways. They typically communicate by using pheromones, hormones released from there body or via a high pitch purring noise made by blowing bubbles out of their swim bladder.
No, otters are mammals, and so give birth to live young.
- There are a few mammals that lay eggs, Platypus is one...probably what you are thinking of...there are a few more but they are not commonly known.
No, otters give birth to live young.
Their diet is mainly fish, but they will eat birds if they can catch them. Although otters primarily feed on fish they do take the occasional waterbird (along with chicks and eggs), amphibeans and small mammals such as baby rabbits
Do river otters migrate or hibernate?
All mammals hibernate. The Otter is a mammal so it hibernates. Just so you know, they hibernate to the South where it is warmer.
No..Otters may be less active on bitterly cold days, but they don't hibernate..Only a few mammalian species do, rodents, bats, and bears, but the bear hibernation is more of a deep sleep rather than true hibernation.
Do great white sharks eat otters?
Yes. Great White sharks prey upon fish (like Tuna, Rays etc), other smaller species of Sharks, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, sea turtles, sea otters and even sea birds. They prefer prey that has a high content of energy rich fat. They usually hunt early in the morning before the sun rises fully, when the visibility is poor
What food does sea urchin eat?
Sea urchins eat endlessly as long as there is food they are eating. They eat the algae growing in slat water tanks and the ocean.
What animals like to eat sea otters?
owls bobcats vultures etc. ANSWER 2 A full grown otter has very few predators. The otter pups, however, are eaten by wolves, large birds of prey (especially bald eagles) and large reptiles which includes alligators. Sea otter bodies have been found with evidence that a Killer Whale was the reason for the death. It is speculated that the loss of regular Killer Whale prey is causing the Killer Whale to shift its diet to include otters.
How do otters protect their babies?
otters have a poison sac located in their toungue that can be ejected through a small thorn like gland. It is quickly stabbed into a vulnerable area of its enemy in order for the otter to protect for itself and its young. Otters are not known to kill with their poison, but they give a severe sting much like a bee.
Giant Otters are carnivores and, along with Black Caimans and Jaguars, are one of the apex predators of the Pantanal. Giant Otters are normally piscivores, meaning they normally eat fish, and are capable of killing fish up to the size of arapaima. However, Giant Otters are very tough predators and are capable of killing predators of the size of 3 meter Yelllow Anacondas and Spectacled Caimans.
