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North American River Otter

Lontra canadensis

Photo by CJulen
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Field Notes

Description:

River otters at Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida

Notes:

In addition to being incredibly smart, otters are also marine mammals, just like dolphins! In fact, what makes them special is that they're the only marine mammals to have fur instead of blubber.

Reference Links:

Cooper the Otter

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Comments (3)
BrennaHyatt
One word lots of syllables aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwww
SarahWhitt
What a cutie!! Doesn't look like he's missed too many clams....hahaha! I have been to the Marine Aquarium in Clearwater....such a wonderful place. Hope to go back someday.

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PublishedOctober 20, 2011

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