OTTER


Meaning of OTTER in English

noun

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■ NOUN

sea

Eventually divers provided first hand evidence that sea otters use rocks as hammers under water to dislodge the abalones.

The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame; its suspicion of man came to it late.

These unique pouch-like structures undoubtedly help the sea otter to carry food and rocks from the seabed to the surface.

Underwater, a Californian sea otter carries a rock between its paws, and a sea urchin on its belly.

As well as feeding on mussels, sea otters also take abalones.

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Eventually divers provided first hand evidence that sea otters use rocks as hammers under water to dislodge the abalones.

He says the otters that have swallowed a lot of oil may be so ill there's nothing that can be done.

Ocelots, jaguars, otters, tapirs, harpy eagles, and other endangered species survive there.

Pupils at Bredon School on the Worcestershire Gloucestershire border are making sure the otters are made welcome by building an artificial holt.

Small-clawed Otter Eighteen species of otter are known, all of similar shape, but variable in size.

Sometimes a young otter trails the white-faced adult, and is harried by a hungry gull competing for scraps of abalone.

They're becoming experts on the otter .

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