we have otters near us
theyre fab
( cr4, Fri 25 Oct 2002, 23:03, archived)

in the wild?
i'd get nothing done at all! i'd spend all my spare time out watching the otters. it's hard enough for me when i'm sitting at home watching the squirrels in the garden.
( freshlegs, Fri 25 Oct 2002, 23:05, archived)

Indeed
in the wild. They're very hard to spot being nocturnal, of course. But you can see their runs etc and fishy meal remains.
( cr4, Fri 25 Oct 2002, 23:08, archived)

we found the burrow of a platypus
when camping once. they're quite rare to see in the wild now (this was in australia). disappointed that i never saw the actual platypus, but i saw where it lived, saw its dam and spoke to some guys who'd seen it.
( freshlegs, Fri 25 Oct 2002, 23:12, archived)

That's marvellous
I've seen nothing else particularly interesting.

Awkward silence.
( cr4, Fri 25 Oct 2002, 23:16, archived)

"yeah, there was a platypus round here earlier

"it's gone away now though. nothing to see here, mate."
( spacefish portable wetnork graphic, Fri 25 Oct 2002, 23:36, archived)

you found it
!
( freshlegs, Fri 25 Oct 2002, 23:42, archived)

well
it's probably all their fishy meals what gives 'em the runs. poor little fellers. that's why you don't see otter laxatives, i expect.
(rikrak, Fri 25 Oct 2002, 23:15, archived)

the female otter
can be quite territorial - you don't want to be messin' with her man.


(rikrak, Fri 25 Oct 2002, 23:18, archived)