He OTTER Look For Justin Beaver
by Lingfai Leung
Title
He OTTER Look For Justin Beaver
Artist
Lingfai Leung
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
I caught this otter portrait at Metro Toronto Zoo in December 2010. His reaction amuses me as I often see them floating and play in the water; yet this cute one sits in the tree trunk looks like searching for something. Since today is 11/12/13 and the picture was posted at 1400 hour in military time, it gave me idea to have a fun title.
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Edited from National Geographic Magazine
These aquatic otters do more than sleep while floating on their backs. They are often seen with a clam or mussel and a rock that has been deftly snared from the ocean floor. Otters will place the rock on their chests, and repeatedly smash the shellfish against it until it breaks open to reveal the tasty meal inside. They also dine on such aquatic creatures as sea urchins, crabs, squid, octopuses, and fish. Sea otters are the only otters to give birth in the water. Mothers nurture their young while floating on their backs. They hold infants on their chests to nurse them, and quickly teach them to swim and hunt.
Sea otters are meticulously clean. After eating, they wash themselves in the ocean, cleaning their coat with their teeth and paws. They have good reason to take care of their coats-it helps them to remain waterproof and insulated against the cold. Sea otters have thick underfur that traps air to form an insulating layer against the chilly waters (they have no insulating fat). This coat is invaluable to otters, but it has worth to some humans as well.
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November 12th, 2013
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