Fearless Travel

Also while at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we were able to see these Asian Small Clawed Otters in an enclosure. I have video below, but a little about otters first. Otters are members of the weasel family. Most of the otters in the world are solitary creatures or live in small family pods. They have sharp teeth with which they capture prey and are uniformly amazingly intelligent. They are as intelligent, in fact, as most dogs and can figure out things like tactics to tackle larger prey or predators, how to disguise their home, and how to mislead enemies away from pups. Otters also spend most of their time at the most important task of all: playing. Eat, sleep, mate, play and occasionally fight….what a life!

Asian small clawed otters are from south east asia; Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand. They are jungle-dwelling creatures who congregate in and around rivers. They (and all otters) do a “latrine dance” where they stamp their back legs before doing #2.

Enjoy!

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