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Lutra canadensis
Pond. This is a spring-fed farm pond that was dammed up 50 years ago, and has been allowed to naturalize.
The otter was very curious and swam around to look at us every day for about a week. Then it went on its way and has never come back.
Spotted on Mar 5, 2011
Submitted on Aug 12, 2014
7 Comments
They are extremely curious. We saw a group of 6 this spring in Trinidad Bay, cali, but couldn't get a decent shot as they kept teasing us moving up and down the dock
I've seen a roadkill one in Anderson county. They are certainly around, I just don't think they are very common!
Just a few months before I saw it, I had been at a Texas Master Naturalist training on animal tracking, and the TPWD guy who gave the talk, said that he had been shocked to see otter tracks at his place in Giddings. If it hadn't been for that talk, I would have thought someone had released an otter from a zoo or something, I had no idea they were still roaming around in Texas!
So awesome, I've never seen an otter!
Thank you. I think this is one of the coolest wild animals I have ever seen outside of a park!
Awesome series!
Nice otter spotting!