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The Eurasian otter is the most widely distributed otter species, its range including parts of Asia and northern Africa, as well as being spread across Europe, south to Palestine. Though currently thought to be extinct in Liechtenstein and Switzerland , it is now common in Latvia , along the coast of Norway , in the western regions of Spain and ...
The New Forest Wildlife Park (formerly The New Forest Otter, Owl and Wildlife Conservation Park) is located on the edge of The New Forest close to the towns of Ashurst and Lyndhurst. The park specialises in native and past-native wildlife of Britain and otters and owls from around the globe, housing four species of the former and ten of the latter.
Genus Lutra – Brisson, 1762 – two species ; Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Eurasian otter Lutra lutra
European otter → Eurasian otter – I think it's time to revisit this. Especially as more work is done on non-European populations, there's evidence that "Eurasian otter" is now the more common name: "Eurasian otter" is more common on Google News (vs. and Google Scholar (vs. . "European" still has the edge on Google Books, but searches of ...
Otter fishing is usually done at night between 9 PM and 5 AM. The average catch by a single boat in a night ranges from 4 to 12 kilograms (8.8 to 26.5 lb) of crabs, fish and shrimp. Feeroz et al. (2011) recorded a population of 176 domesticated otters amongst 46 groups of fishermen in these districts, of which 138 were working animals.
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Several otter species live in cold waters and have high metabolic rates to help keep them warm. Eurasian otters must eat 15% of their body weight each day, and sea otters 20 to 25%, depending on the temperature. In water as warm as 10 °C (50 °F), an otter needs to catch 100 g (3.5 oz) of fish per hour to survive.
Malee was an Asian elephant born April 15, 2011, weighing 300 pounds, the child of one of the Oklahoma City Zoo's elephants, Asha, and a male elephant named Sneezy who lives at the Tulsa Zoo. The Zoo held birthday parties for her every year. [14] [15] On September 30, 2015, zookeepers noticed discoloration of her trunk. After two failed ...