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Crew boats fend off otter attack
The Dartmouth ^
| 4/9/04
| By Marta Darby
Posted on 04/09/2004 3:43:01 PM PDT by mylife
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To: T'wit
About 10 years ago, I was mapping soils in a very isolated area of the Pee Dee River swamp in Darlington County, SC, when I came upon a large male otter clinging to a log in a slough. I just saw him out of the corner of my eye, at first, and he was so big, I thought he was an alligator...it was at LEAST 60 inches long...I won the staredown...he left in a hurry...but before he vanished, he gave me one of those "if looks could kill, you'd leave in a basket" looks.....
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04/09/2004 6:07:34 PM PDT
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Renfield
To: mylife
Never bring a megaphone to an otter fight.
To: Lijahsbubbe
> Although the record size for a northern river otter is 33 pounds and 54 inches in length
Unfortunately, that doesn't answer our question. "Largest" here seems to be the weight, not the length; or at least we do not know which. So, it's still quite possible that some can reach 60 inches, even if it weighs less than the 33-pound record.
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04/10/2004 5:13:32 AM PDT
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T'wit
("Now and then, an innocent man is elected to Congress" -- Will Rogers)
To: Lijahsbubbe
> What?! I'll have to do some checking on this one!
Please do. I don't remember my source, but that's what it said, 60 inches. The only reason I wasn't startled by that was that I'd just seen one, and it looked like the size of a log.
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04/10/2004 5:15:48 AM PDT
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T'wit
("Now and then, an innocent man is elected to Congress" -- Will Rogers)
To: Renfield
> he was so big, I thought he was an alligator
Exactly what I said to companions when I spotted something -- jokingly, because this was in northern Wisconsin, which doesn't have many alligators :-) It was in shadow at first so we could not be sure what it was. Then it swam away, and we all knew immediately we were watching a river otter.
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04/10/2004 5:27:51 AM PDT
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T'wit
("Now and then, an innocent man is elected to Congress" -- Will Rogers)
To: mylife
AAAWWW! Isn't he the cutest thing! And he attacks libs too!
To: Lijahsbubbe
>> short, powerful legs with webbed feet
Also from memory, not from personal experience: Their rear paws are webbed (for swimming), front paws are not (for catching and handling food).
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04/10/2004 5:31:13 AM PDT
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T'wit
("Now and then, an innocent man is elected to Congress" -- Will Rogers)
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