Here's some news:
UKWOT are coming out with their own magazine publication, with the first issue being available for free.
https://ukwildottertrust.org/ukwot-supporters-club-magazine

>>2974
Money has been received, and our very own supporter board is now in the making!

They've got two new young otters at the sanctuary! Hansel and Gretel were taken in as orphaned cubs a couple of weeks ago. Aren't they the cutest pair of otts you ever did see?

>>3161
Aww, they're so cute! I'm sure they're gonna be getting the best care with the UKWOT

More UKWOT news, a kind soul has donated land so they will have more space to care for otters. It'll take a few years to have it up to full speed, but it looks like it will more than double the amount of enclosures they have which is fantastic https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5p4yngzno

What's an otter's favourite kind of leaf? What's the optimal leaf shape for an otter?

>>4007
Hmm, I think it would be reniform as they remind me of otter noses.

Autumn is officially here.

(Photo: Graham William Hughes)

So we have leaves on heads, but what about flowers below noses? Could be worth additional research.

>>3459
Does a pile of all piles contain itself?

What if you look down and instead of the floor, it's otters?

>>4098
If the floor was otters i would be scared to step anywhere. I guess I would have to call in sick to work and hang with the otts.

>>4101
Oh, I imagine they'd carry you wherever you wanna go. Floating on a cloud of otters...

>>4102
Hmm, good point. though id feel bad making them carry me anywhere. maybe we could take turns, they carry me for a while, i carry them for a while. Then in the end we celebrate a day well lived with fish.

>>4071
These are great finds, thank you!

>>4069
Sad you couldn't make it, I hope you have safe travels

Hello otterfriends! I am once again coming up short with stuff to watch and that makes me sad.

This is about sea otters, shorter than the one I found last month, not sure if we want to do 2 sea ott things in a row.
https://youtu.be/94NJ6ckrKEg?si=UIPcPGzbM0Ysa70o

This one is about giant otters. I don't think we have seen it before, but a lot of the giant otter docs I skim are the same one with different titles so I might have just forgotten we saw this one since it isn't that one
https://youtu.be/xV00kpnFzzU?si=w4xDLHM4t2RWbWzD

This is about weasels, they're related to otters and also very cute! It's broken in two parts and I don't know if they will be available everywhere, prob depends on licensing.
https://youtu.be/7c2zCGY5v4w?si=Fw4gotUcnEB5TMup
https://youtu.be/7c2zCGY5v4w?si=JZrX50m-tiX22olC

These two are footage of otters being ottery. They aren't documentaries and both look like zoo footage to me. not really our normal fare, but it is cute to watch otters play

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>>4089
Thank you for the meal

Its ottercine weekend, yay! I found some things not all of them areo tter specific but they are decently long

This one documents the rescue efforts around a baby sea otter pup
https://youtu.be/5QPjOjxTnzw?si=875w-VXGY_5L82Ty

This one is about beavers
https://youtu.be/JR_XvjhuQHc?si=7V_0pzZO0dLkU8k2

This popped up yesterday, isn't otter specific, and is a whopping 3 hours long. maybe we could just watch some of it or spread it over a few months? I'm not really sure but it looked nice.
https://youtu.be/XrOVBHlnfhA?si=NQ530bwoLRV5sJ4_

I think we also talked about maybe watching the mink one that we didn't get to last time?

>>4099
Note to self, we didnt get to the last one, also adding this to the pile
https://youtu.be/6_Ed2QMHfS8?si=306YpZlGsupvgMqW

>>2250
This otter has a bowling ball

>>4024
woah, they look very skilled. I was never very good at bowling, but otters probably would be.

>>4025
You can see him here, having vanquished the pins

>>4095
Woah! What a cool looking fish! Nature never ceases to amaze

Why hasn't anyone posted a pic with an otter in it in this thread yet?

>>4002
Otters are very sneaky, I have confidence we will get to see one someday!

Tolga peeking

These otters have disguised themselves as salamanders, but they cant fool us because they have "otter" in their name. Silly otters! https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240904-hellbenders-saving-the-threatened-lasagne-lizard-from-extinction

Too bad nobody came. Maybe I should just do it on Saturday. Hopefully there will be more people then.

>>4085
I'm sorry for not showing, I just have less and less time these days. Unfortunately it's also looking like I won't be able to make it to the videos on Sunday. I promise that I can be counted among the ranks of Otterchat lovers!

I feel really bad that I only just saw this post now ;-; Sadly I do not have game pass and crossplay looks to be limited to PC and xbox players, but I will totally get the game on steam if I can still join in tomorrow? This seems like a really cute idea and I love it but it is also kindof short notice, we dont get a ton of daily traffic. Would love to see more stuff like this!

>>4085
I thought you were going to run it again on Sunday, I missed out on that too.

>>4078
I tried to join on saturday but there was a tutorial and it took longer than expected and then i was five minutes late and then I couldn't find a lobby. i probably should have posted here but I didnt because I was silly

I have been really busy lately but I hope you're all having a great day today! Don't forget to get in the water and remember to find the fun, just like an otter would.

>>4075
I hope comfy times return to you soon and don't forget to play once in a while.

i discovered this place using wiby and have been on such a ride through all these nostalgic sites, i hope whoever sees this has a good day and heres to the old internet and the many gems out there

Otterchat is one of my favorite places. You have all brought so much joy to my life, I hope you're having a great day. Thank you for keeping the lights on Ottmin, I cant express how much this little place means to me

>>4088 it wouldn't be the same without you here

Wow that gif is way too big. Here, optimized

I've seen videos of otters hugging people, but you probably shouldn't try too hard for it. If an otter wants to hug you, then he will. If he doesn't, then you're in for a world of hurt!

This isn't quite a full hug, but it's kinda like one

This be kind of a hug ? (Zoo Lodz)

Whatcha squeaking about?

This is good wisdom

>>207

>What do you think?

Agreed 100% The inquisitiveness of otters is what drives them into so many "stupid" situations, whereas simpler animals just don't have the same curiosity about the world. A fish, for instance, is going to live its simple fish life and not be overly curious about changes in their environment past how it immediately relates to their capacity to find food or be safe from predators. On the other hand, when an otter notices that his environment has changed somehow, he immediately jumps to investigating it, even if it doesn't at all impact his ability to hunt or stay safe. And this is why fish are otter fuel, and otters are not fish fuel.

^This! Otters are curious and thus mischievous. They live in complex habitats with a lot of varied food sources where they benefit from being curious. Sometimes I suppose their curiosty gets the best of them lol

>>3926
Curious
Mischievous
Piscivorous
Mischipiscicurivous

>>4032
Gotta add in voracious now

Mischipiscicurivororacious?

Really lovely photo! Thanks for sharing it.

Are you into photography?

It's a very good picture. They look so smooth.

>>4052
Why would they want to? Civilizations are yucky.

>>4053
not if they're good societies and civilisations

>>4054
And otters seem like they would make good civilizations

Otters have a good civilization

It's called otters

Already perfect the way it is

>>4056
I can think one way way to improve it, though, with more otters
https://youtu.be/4De_rISpW0s?si=80l_1bqJ3rIBqsX5

Otters are usually very busy, it's good to see they also get some time to rest

>>4004
That depends on if it's in the water or on land,

In the water sea otters swim on there backs, so a sea otter on its stomach would be an upside down otter

But on land sea otters walk on their feet, so a sea otter on its back on land would be an upside down otter

An otter is an upside down otter if it would usually be the other way up in the given context

>>4045
What about an otter doing a headstand?

>>4046
That's a spiral shaped otter, a category into itself

>>4047
Otters come in so many shapes, they are really quite amazing!

Happy world otter day everyone! I just got off work and I ordered pizza, it's gonna be an ottery day. I hope it's a great one for you all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_piztkBGo

>>2516
Oh, that's still a nice theory though, and it does make sense. Maybe there's another explanation though.
You were studying to become a neurosurgeon? That's really cool, how's life been going since you dropped out? I hope you found your calling.

>>2518
I'm glad you think it's reasonable, it's the best explanation that I could come up with for why there'd be a ridge like that in that specific area. And technically, I wasn't studying to be a neurosurgeon, that's just the specialization that I was looking at before I dropped out of med school. But that's neither here nor there, I suppose. Life's been fine since then though, I'm looking at becoming a teacher of some sort, probably teaching English if I can do what I want.

Other carnivores have the same thing going on, I noticed
Dogs have it too, bears have it, raccoons have it, cats maybe to a lesser extent.

>>2901
Now I'd really like to know what's going on. Maybe this is just how the frontal/parietal bone grows in carnivores?

Found an interesting article on otter intelligence here. It even gives a brief bit on the brain structure
https://inotterwords.com/2019/11/07/life-through-the-eyes-of-an-otter/

The ottercine thread was right there silly...

>>2824
This is us

Turns out otts like our hands too

Can you tell which species of otter hand made these prints?

>>3998
That's tough! It looks like it has fingers so maybe one of the aonyx?

>>4029
You're on the right track!
(Assuming that I'm remembering correctly, that is. It's been so long since I asked that I'm not longer 100% sure what the right answer is, )

Otters: Small heads, big mouths.

>>1833
Like many humans.

>>1833
The smaller the head, the bigger the mouth in proportion.

>>1833 This is why they can AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA so well.

>>244

>fish inserted

Congo clawless otters got the fanciest makeup! They're not far away from being fit for a black metal band with those stripes :P

>>233
The stripes help them throw the football better. I thought this was common knowledge.

>>3982
See, this otter doesn't have stripes, and so he's not as good at football

>>3988
But he IS trying!

>>3997
True! It is possible to overcome disadvantaged starting conditions with sufficient effort. Any otter who tries hard enough can achieve their dreams! Though I wonder the NFL would think about an otter player. As much as I wish it would be an air bud situation I'm sure they wouldn't be cool with it. A local team probably would be though, who wouldn't want an otter teammate?

forgot the link https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jmammal/gyae009/7631689?login=false

>>3983
Holy crap, that's crazy! New otters still being discovered. Will humans ever really understand otts though?

Wow this is amazing! Soo cool new species are still being discovered, especially otters. Who know's what's next?

Elbow whiskers
Otters are amaaazing

More otter info from Cardiff. This time it's about fur.

>>1638
Gonna need to update this in light of >>3983

I struck me how I thought ASCO's range included Japan, but when I check the map they aren't even close. They just seem to be so popular over there.
Anyways, is there a manga where otters are featured prominently?

>>3974
Never forget the Japanese otter..

So sad they went extinct, maybe as cloning technology progresses there might be hope to restore the species if there are enough DNA samples left