#otter week

On the fifth day of Otter Week, your blogger got for you... really, really huge otters.

Bigger than what you're thinking. Nope, still bigger. Think like... six feet long. There's a reason they're sometimes called the wolves of the Amazon river.

More giant otters, as always, on the site:

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I don't know why but this trained behavior just looks like someone very primly shaking hands. I can't get it out of my head.

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To start off Otter Week, NAROs have gotten an update! I have collected a whole ton of interesting behaviors and underwater shenanigans for you.

There's never enough river otters to go around, but here's a whole bunch more to spark your imagination.

Even more photos at the link below, and more otters coming tomorrow!

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An evening update for the third day of Otter Week gives us these cuties!

As always, more otters at the link below:

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Our fourth day of otters brings us maybe the most iconic species! And yet, somehow, not the largest.

More sea otter photo at the link below:

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I've got otters on the brain, so we're going to do a whole week of them! Updated species, new species, otter photos galore.

Our first otter-focused update is coming later today!

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North American river otters for Otter Week!

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North American river otters for Otter Week!

These photos are from an event where people were welcome to bring their pet dogs with them. The otters were very interested in the dogs... and the dogs didn't really know what to make of them! While the dog looks a little stressed in these images, they were engaging voluntarily and their person was mindful of giving them a break when they got a little overwhelmed by the otter enthusiasm.

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