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Catherine Babault<p>River otter I photographed the otter day on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It was leaving its scent on moss and boulders, probably marking its territory for potential mates or rivals.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VancouverIslandWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIslandWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
Rasta<p>The Morning Otter - There are no Sea Otters in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Halifax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halifax</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NecumTeuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NecumTeuch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a></p>
Rasta<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moelassus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>moelassus</span></a></span> Good Morning. <br>You know it's going to be there, and make everyone angry and tense. Only sensible thing to do, is FLOOD SOCIAL MEDIA with <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DistractingStuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistractingStuff</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otters</span></a> <br>We don't have SEA OTTERS, and often seals swim by when I'm having morning coffee. <br>But, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> come out in the harbour on low tides regularly. Pretty sure that's an otter head</p>
Catherine Babault<p>River otters are very laid-back on Vancouver Island. Photo taken this week during the herring spawn.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HerringSpawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HerringSpawn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VancouverIslandWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIslandWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VancouverIslandPhotographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIslandPhotographer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a></p>
Rasta<p>Nova Scotia only has River Otters. Sea Otters are native to the West Coast. However, NS Otters swim out into harbours from rivers, hunting food. I see them after sunrise in the summer. <br><a href="https://youtu.be/zyGW-f2sUYQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/zyGW-f2sUYQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WAYCTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAYCTV</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Because <a href="https://mas.to/tags/snares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snares</span></a> don’t discriminate, “non-targeted” species — including <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rabbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rabbits</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> — also end up dying in these monstrous <a href="https://mas.to/tags/traps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traps</span></a>. </p><p>That’s a particularly important point given that the National Wildlife Refuge System is incredibly <a href="https://mas.to/tags/biodiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiverse</span></a> — with more than 700 birds, 220 mammals, and more than 380 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a>.</p><p>The wild animals who call these protected lands their home should not be gruesomely and inhumanely killed simply because they exist.</p><p>3/4</p>
Karen E. Lund 💙💛<p>You really otter!</p><p>Please join the National Wildlife Federation and me in telling the Council on Environmental Quality that you support fully restoring NEPA protections for public input, so that your voice can be heard on issues that impact neighborhoods and wildlife like the river otter! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalWildlifeFederation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalWildlifeFederation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEPA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://support.nwfactionfund.org/page/56382/donate/1?locale=en-US&amp;en_chan=tw&amp;en_ref=20148289" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">support.nwfactionfund.org/page</span><span class="invisible">/56382/donate/1?locale=en-US&amp;en_chan=tw&amp;en_ref=20148289</span></a></p>
Heath Arcadia<p>A group of river otters that I saw recently at Smith Rock State Park in Oregon. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riverotters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riverotters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smithrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smithrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oregon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oregonwildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oregonwildlife</span></a></p>
The Mad Codger :pdx_badge:<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Spg_-BIAa58" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Spg_-BIAa58</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Today I learned about giant Amazonian river otters and that they are not cute and playful like the river otters everyone thinks of.</p><p>Turns out they're cousins of the honey badger and they're just as crazy.</p><p><a href="https://pdx.social/tags/otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otters</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/AmazonRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonRiver</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/HoneyBadger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoneyBadger</span></a></p>
Rasta<p>Here's AnOtter <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Otter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otter</span></a> or two.. </p><p>FUN FACT: There are no sea otters on the East Coast of Canada. These are River otters that have lost their way, please send money to their GoFundMe page to buy shellfish for their journey home to the river? T'anks. The wee otters t'anks ya. </p><p>These guys, let me tell you about them?<br>There's always these two couples. Cute, show-offs, messy. They also go on my neighbour's island and mess </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MyBackyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyBackyard</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
Rasta™ OLD<p>I've showed you these guys before? <br>When the sunrise isn't inspiring enough, this family of River Otters comes out into the harbour to put on a little show in my backyard. </p><p><a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otters</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/ALTText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALTText</span></a></p>
Rasta™ OLD<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://botsin.space/@HourlyOtters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HourlyOtters</span></a></span> I've seen this <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@IamHula" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>IamHula</span></a></span> , when we come home in the dark, we passed a couple of otters doing this but it was too dark for a photo. I see them active during the day </p><p>We don't have Sea Otters in Nova Scotia (or the East Coast) these are River Otters that come into the harbour to play, feed or sleep sometimes </p><p><a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otters</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
Rasta™ OLD<p><a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Otter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otter</span></a> problems? 😎 <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.party/@Papablue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Papablue</span></a></span> <br>They are <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cute</span></a> until they come ashore, in your back yard, and poop on the rocks, chew at your pear trees. But, they do that more to my neighbours, for me, it's a show from my bedroom window. </p><p><a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> <a href="https://halifaxsocial.ca/tags/MyBackyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyBackyard</span></a></p>
Hiromi Goto<p>Sometimes it's easier to view wildlife in the city. The urbanized animals are less wary, accustomed to the coming and going of humans. These <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RiverOtters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverOtters</span></a> were resting on the wharf. The one facing the camera was wide of face. River Ape, I thought. They are clever and powerful predators. They like to poop in the same place. Like a cat. Stinky. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UrbanWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LekwungenTerritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LekwungenTerritory</span></a></p>
Cindi R<p>Met up with some <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/riverotters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riverotters</span></a> at <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/juanitabaypark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juanitabaypark</span></a> in Kirkland. These guys and gals had som energy! <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/riverotters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riverotters</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otters</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/photograpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photograpy</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/naturephotogaphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotogaphy</span></a></p>
Iain<p>Family of river otters playing off the coast of Saturna Island, British Columbia. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wildlifephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otters</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/riverotters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riverotters</span></a></p>
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