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The smooth-coated otter has, as you can tell from its namesake, very smooth fur that is actually shorter than other otter species. They hail from southern and southeastern Asia. These otters prefer large rivers, lakes, wetlands, and mangrove swamps, typically requiring good bankside vegetation for shelter, resting, and denning. Unfortunately, […]

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The hairy-nosed otter is native to southeast Asia and Australasia. These critters are the rarest and least known otter species. Sadly, they face many threats such as habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, ranching, aquaculture, and logging; habitat division at the hands of […]

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Few critters have tugged the heart strings quite like the sea otter. They float on the surface of the cold ocean water, feet pointing towards the sky, holding hands and juggling rocks. These cute creatures are the smallest sea mammal but the biggest member of the weasel family and, like […]

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