Love you too!

Wish more otter lovers could find their way here. I've written up a little piece about Otterchat for IUCN news, but I don't know if it's good or not. What do you guys think, would you change anything?

>>2723
I think it's good to go! Hopefully it'll attract some new otternons to join this great community!

>>2724 I hope so too, I'll probably go ahead and submit it around the weekend.

>>2675
yes ;-;

>>2677
For future reference, in case you didn't know, you have to either enter the thread by hitting the reply button or by clicking the numbers of the post to enter the reply posting mode

>>2678
I know, I couldn't read the verification string so I tried to reload the page to get a new one but that didn't work and when I relaunched my browser I forgot to click back into the thread

>>2682
Sorry for the trouble :/ The captcha system is pretty basic, I just changed so it gives you a new string if you type it in wrong. Also is it easy enough to read? Because I can make it bigger if not.

>>2685
No trouble, it's definitely a me problem so no need to change anything of my accord! It's already far more visible than the ones on Anon Cafe which I regularly have to reload to get one that is legible for me. The generation of a new string after failure is a nice touch though, makes it a bit easier if you get a difficult to read captcha. Thanks Ottmin!

I feel like, with how modern life is going, conservation is always going to be a necessary thing. Unfortunately, I don't think that modern industry and existence will allow otters, or most animals for that matter, to return to their previous existences, and conservation is going to need to exist to protect otters from evil men in top hats

>>2517
Yep. Otters are still being poisoned to this day. As they once were almost driven to extinction by pesticides, now rodenticides in the water are literally causing otters to bleed to death internally.
https://archive.ph/9QsMG

The political and legislative efforts to combat pollution have evidently only succeeded in somewhat mitigating and reducing the effects, and never to address the cause. Reform can never be a solution to the suffering industrial society has imposed on the planet. It has pumped the water, ground and air full of chemicals, metals, plastics, radiation, carcinogens, genetic manipulation, and every dark and wicked concoction thought up in the depths of the laboratories that serve the vain economic interests of man. We don't even realize the full extent of the consequences this system is having yet. Plants and animals are now feeling the full force of it, but in the end it will end up in our food, our own bodies. Yes, humans have plastic in our blood now too.
The law doesn't make a difference, notice how the deadly poisoning of the earth has not stopped, it only continues in countries where regulation isn't as strict. Just look up where the most polluted rivers are today. Where regulation is stricter it finds ever new ways to manifest itself that can only be retroactively addressed when the damage is already done.
Is there any escape? Is there even any way that the next 100 years can pass by without worldwide catastrophe the extent of which we have never imagined?

Male otters have moustaches. Every time I learn something new about otters they just keep getting better.

Love the way otter fur looks

I tried something else. How's this?

>>2598
The inline style makes it look more like a banner than a logo, but it does look good.

>>2589
Yes! it looks sharper, if that makes sense. More defined.

I like this.

I made a banner with that Giant Otter video anon posted here a while ago.

>>2600
I don't know where to put the otter relative to the text, but having an outline around the speech bubble also looks quite alright in my opinion.

I'm imagining otters with fur thick enough to work as a space suit

>>2607
They can trap air under the outer layer of fur, so in theory it could work.

>>2617
It would need to be a hairy nosed otter so he can breathe the air under his nose hairs

Like a blazing torch go forth
Oh otter spotter volunteers
Go where no one else will go
See what no one else can see

The queen of rivers has returned
The page has turned and spring appeared
Her home is graced by silent tread
Her kingdom welcomes her again

Be the bearer of good news
Be the light that lights our hearts
For you no water is to deep
For you no riverbank to steep

Be as an otter
Unheard, unseen
Be as an otter
Swim up the stream
Be as an otter
Just for a day
Be as an otter
Enjoy the play
Be as an otter
Enjoy the fun
Be as an otter
Never outdone
Be as an otter
Sharp claws and teeth
Be as an otter

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Mustelid, animal of such beauty
Diving, entry into the water
The fish swims away, hopelessly
Trying to preserve its life
Alas, a useless goal
Ripping and tearing
The otter hunts
Comes to land
Lies down
Eats

We're coming home
coming home
coming home to otter lands
where we once throned
we once throned
we once throned and tasted clams

We advance
we advance
we advance with every step
and build our holts
build our holts
build or holts like architects

What we gained

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otters in my head, otters on my mind
otters every day and otters every night
otters at the office, otters in the car
otters in the home, otters near and far
otters when I sleep, otters when I eat
otters when I cook and otters when I clean
otters in the morning, otters before bed
otters in my attic and otters in my shed

>>2219
I imagine that it would be hard to get any breeding programs going for those otters whose noses are hairier than average without at least two in captivity. That being said, there are probably attempts to get some program of that sort started

>>2221 Not sure how recent that information is. Maybe there are more otters with a bit of hair on their nose in captivity now.

Page for genus Lutra is up.
https://otterwiki.net/wiki/Lutra
Hoping to complete these species' articles soon.

https://otterwiki.net/wiki/Japanese_Otter
Started the Japanese otter page!
What surprised me about this is that the last sighting was in 1979, but apparently they found spraint in 1999 so they're still looking for it, despite it officially being declared extinct. Sightings were also super rare before that, so we still aren't giving up.

>>2572 Still need to expand sections on distribution, habitat and behavior btw.

Otters live in loving families, they care for each other more than we do I'd even say.

If you really want to see some loving otts, just look at sea otter mothers and pups

>>2482
So true! There's no love like mother's love.

Otter mums are the best! Maybe that's why otters are so amazing, because they have such wonderful parents.

Otters' love is unconditional

Otters come, otters go...

>>2439
RIP Rocky, the world is all the lesser for his loss.

>>2440
But they are always present in our hearts

>>2440
They've got a new otter! her name is Hazel and she's one year old.

>>2448 Long live Hazel!

>>2420
Based as fuck lol

>>2419
Otter feet have to look like this. If they didn't, otters wouldn't survive so well.

>>2422
True but the point is otter feet aren't cute. With all I've done for otters over the years, I think I can at least say otter feet are ugly lol.

>>2423 maybe they're not cute but they're not ugly either. They're cool.

>>2423

>With all I've done for otters over the years, I think I can at least say otter feet are ugly lol.

That not how it works

Interesting question, depends on the mood I suppose. If a Eurasian and a Marine met on the beach, I think they would play. But only if they don't have a territory or a female to defend.

Interestingly the Marine otter is longer than the Eurasian otter, but the Eurasian is heavier. Can't be easily said who would win the play wrestling match.

>>2428
so much depends
upon

the mood of
otters

soaked with clear
water

beside each other
playing

Here's a shitty adaptation of "The Red Wheelbarrow" made to fit otters

>>2430 Very nice anon

>>2349
African clawless otter?

>>2363
No
Shall I reveal the answer?

>>2365
I’m gonna take one more shot: is it a North American River Otter?

>>2370
It's actually a giant otter!

>>2372
That was a tricky one. Compared with other otters >>2166 the giant otters ears are really small for its head.

Otters like eggs too.

>>2336
But do they eat them? Or just play with them?

>>2337 Eggs and small birds are part of otter's diet

>>2337
It sure looks like the ott in >>2336 is about to munch on that egg he’s holding

>>2343 About to take a big bite for sure

>>761
His ottery qualities are more condensed this way.

>>824
What if too much otter is concentrated into a too small space? Do we get an otter black hole?

>>845 Quite the opposite, my friend.
More like a new star birthing.

How does a small otter catch a big fish?

>>2024 It compensates with viciousness.

Truly heartwarming, and nice footage too. I hope the otters will survive

>climbing down cliffs to help otters
>carrying boulders to help otters

This man is a hero for otters

It's certainly nice to know that Chile is being successfully ottered.

>>2301
Chile first, next the world

Heaven just got another angel

February news just dropped
https://mailchi.mp/otter.org/your-latest-in-otter-news-crdm0yff7s-2634369

>>2226 Holly is such a beauty, happy she's doing well.

>>2226

>Their fish comes by ferry from the mainland and unfortunately this has been cancelled a few times due to the storms.
>Luckily, our dedicated supplier has managed to get someone to drive all the way round to Skye to keep the otters' fish stockpile topped up.

Thank God. Fish for the otters.

This guy can rip crabs in half

When he swims he doesn't get wet. The water gets otter

>>1995
He's like the eye of a storm!

It's winter now. Otters love the winter.

>>2052

>>1995
It also brings happiness to my brain.

What do otters think about the spring?

Imagine the nicest most beautiful river flowing through untouched nature.
Imagine lots of big, nutritious, delicious fish swimming all through it.
God decided there needs to be a big weasel in there to chase and eat them.
This animal is great at swimming, but lives on land. It only goes into the water to hunt or play.
This animal is called the Otter.

>>695
God knows best.

You don't explain otters because you can't. If you want to teach someone about otters, you simply show them.

>>1148
^^^Real wisdom

"Otter" isn't something you learn. It has to be felt, experienced. You can study it in textbooks, even look at pictures. But nothing beats truly experiencing it.

>>2194
RIP Micas.
You're busting shells in the seas of Heaven now, buddy

>>1261

>https://savethegiants.org/

Yeah this is pretty cool.

This website, full of otter stuff, launched recently
https://ottered.com/

This
https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.otternet.com/

http://www.loveotters.org/

https://riverotterjournal.org/index.html

Fines are just cost of doing business. If you're a big enough company you can get away with murder.

Video of a marine otter unsuccessfully trying to clean oil from its fur by rubbing in the sand. Otters are difficult to capture and so many can't be rescued. Many have already been found dead.

Is anyone working to clean the spill up?

>>2171 Yes, reportedly they've got some ragtag volunteer groups working to clean up the oil. it could take months though.

>>2172
Do you know of any organizations to which one could donate to help with the cleanup effort?