Otters are well loved for a variety of reasons, including their adorable personalities and affinity for holding hands. But ...

Sea otters are often portrayed as lovable and relaxed animals that spend their time goofing around. Or, simply floating on their backs in the water with their special rock. While this image is ...

Some River otters have also been known to eat rabbits, birds, and rodents. Sea otters will feed on sea urchins, crabs, abalones, snails, muscles, slow-moving fish, and clams.

Feeding the Otters. 6/20/2025 | 1m 27s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Join Micayla from the Lake Superior Zoo as she preps meals for the otters! Get a behind-the-scenes.. 06/20/2025 ...

She is often called the “otter lady” at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) because of her research on river otter poop. She found otters regularly defecate (as well as play, mate, ...

Though seldom seen, river otters are fairly common in many Washington waterways. They are powerful swimmers and nimble runners, and usually eat small fish — 4 to 6 inches long — though they ...

About otters. Fast, graceful swimmers. According to the Game Commission, an otter is the most adept in water of all the land mammals. It can travel underwater a quarter-mile without coming up for air.

River otters really do have more fun. They jostle, belly-slide across ice and snow and toboggan down embankments into water. Splish splash. Few mammals are known to frolic as much as otters do ...