Animal of the Day: Otter!

Off the top of my head: I don't know so much about otters other than the fact that they break mulluscs open with rocks to eat, they hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart, and there was a super awesome Disney show about otters called PB and J Otters.

With research: Otters also eat amphibians, birds, and small mammals. They are closely related to badgers, weasels, polecats, and wolverines.

The name Otter comes from an Old English word, otor or oter, meaning water. The otter's den is called a couch. Male otters are called meowters, female otters are queens, and babies are pups. A family of otters is called a bevy, family, lodge, or romp.

The whole otter family takes very good care of the babies; moms, dads, and siblings all pitch in until the otter reaches 1 year of age.

There are 13 species of otter, all have very strong tails except for the sea otter. Poor sea otter.

Otters are very playful and seem to perform some activities for pure fun. Sometimes they build their own water slides.Otters close their eyes and noses when diving to keep water out.

Otters communicate with squeals, chirps, chatters, chuckles, screams, and warning calls.

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