Lets stay together ...
... and then run ! These Asian Small Clawed Otters really did stay together and they ran so fast it was ridiculously hard to get a good photograph of them. Tony and I had a lovely day at Twycross Zoo and these enchanting little beings were zooming about all over the place !
The smallest otter species in the world, it weighs less than 5 kg. It lives in mangrove swamps and freshwater wetlands of Bangladesh, Burma, India, southern China, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its paws are a distinctive feature, its claws not extending beyond the fleshy end pads of its partially webbed fingers and toes. This gives it a high degree of manual dexterity so that it can use its paws to feed on molluscs, crabs and other small aquatic animals.
The Asian small-clawed otter lives in extended family groups with only the alpha pair breeding; offspring from previous years help to raise the young. Due to ongoing habitat loss, pollution, and hunting in some areas, the Asian small-clawed otter is deemed vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Here's Tony's photograph - for once, one on his/her own !
www.flickr.com/photos/28429128@N05/29645095950/in/datepos...
And here's some music you might like to go with this ! It gave me the inspiration for the title :o) Anyway, I like it !
So I hope you like this and thank you, as always, for your faves and comments. Have a lovely weekend everyone ! Please open each link by right clicking and opening in a separate tab. Thank you !
My own texture used here.
Lets stay together ...
... and then run ! These Asian Small Clawed Otters really did stay together and they ran so fast it was ridiculously hard to get a good photograph of them. Tony and I had a lovely day at Twycross Zoo and these enchanting little beings were zooming about all over the place !
The smallest otter species in the world, it weighs less than 5 kg. It lives in mangrove swamps and freshwater wetlands of Bangladesh, Burma, India, southern China, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its paws are a distinctive feature, its claws not extending beyond the fleshy end pads of its partially webbed fingers and toes. This gives it a high degree of manual dexterity so that it can use its paws to feed on molluscs, crabs and other small aquatic animals.
The Asian small-clawed otter lives in extended family groups with only the alpha pair breeding; offspring from previous years help to raise the young. Due to ongoing habitat loss, pollution, and hunting in some areas, the Asian small-clawed otter is deemed vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Here's Tony's photograph - for once, one on his/her own !
www.flickr.com/photos/28429128@N05/29645095950/in/datepos...
And here's some music you might like to go with this ! It gave me the inspiration for the title :o) Anyway, I like it !
So I hope you like this and thank you, as always, for your faves and comments. Have a lovely weekend everyone ! Please open each link by right clicking and opening in a separate tab. Thank you !
My own texture used here.