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Sentence Examples He was more like a flounder than an otter, though, as he made his international debut in the 400m freestyle at the Aquatics Centre yesterday. The powerful tail is also fully furred, and is shorter in sea otters than other otter species. However, only incomplete information is available about the origin of most of the founders of European captive populations of the Eurasian otter. The island is a natural habitat for abundant wildlife, with alligators, fallow deer, river otter, and armadillos. A member of the waterworks department shot a fine dog otter on the lower Rivington reservoir. The big dog otter probably got as much of a fright as he did, it about-turned and leapt into the water. The male dog otter measured 41.5 inches in length with a girth of 26 inches. A male, or dog, otter can range over six to eight miles, far further than a female. Major predators of the otter include sharks, killer whales, coyotes, brown bears and even eagles. A greedy otter has left a Preston grandfather scratching his head for a solution to stop the animal slinking into his pond to eat his fish. The big dog otter probably got as much of a fright as he did, about-turned and leapt into the water. The jaguarundi has been called the weasel cat, because it does not look like a typical cat. In parts of Mexico they are known as otter cats. I had netting up to stop herons getting in but the otter is a different kettle of fish and has got through the netting. The Cape clawless otter derives its name from the fact that there are no claws on the digits. The bear, wolf, coyote, fisher, wolverine, otter, and lynx prey upon the beaver who is, nevertheless, a powerful antagonist when at bay. In general terms, the yapok can be thought of as a sort of marsupial otter. Currently, we are aware river otter restorations are only occurring in New York. Close to the thigh bone, archaeologists found a group of butchered Mesolithic animal bones, including aurochs, roe deer and otter. There are also gibbons, leaf monkeys, jungle cats, forest deer, otter, hornbills and argus pheasants. A sea otter has some fun with an Australian Cattle Dog that seems less than amused. Show More Sentences Mud crab exoskeletal remains were abundant in the scat of river otter of the upper Parker River estuary. We went whale watching and saw two grey whales spurting in unison, dolphins, more sea lions and a sea otter. Hunting during the 18th and 19th centuries greatly reduced the distribution of the sea otter. Attempts in 2003 to delist the southern sea otter as threatened were not successful. In the north, the sea otter is thriving in areas off Alaska and British Columbia, and a translocated group off Washington State is growing. A few other carnivores, such as the sea otter, are also specialized for life in the oceans. The same holds true for the bendlet and the otter and the wings of the crest and the atom and the shield itself. Darwin had already cited the mink and the otter as transitional in conversion of land carnivores to aquatic habits. At the first level, the Mide priest would have a medicine bag made from the skin of an otter, marten, mink, or weasel. The shirt was trimmed with sea otter fur along the side gussets, the neck, and around the cuffs. Other wildlife one can encounter in the winter includes moose, deer, fox and otter. The Neotropical otter has short, dense, sleek pelage, which is described as a lustrous grayish-brown. The region teemed with muskrat, beaver, wolverine, otter, wolf, fox and bear. Where sea otters are present, the urchins are limited by otter predation and kelp forests are abundant. The Sanderson collection contains such rare and scientifically interesting smaller mammals as otter shrews and solenodons. Fishermen have kept records of catches over the years and many naturalists and field sports people recorded sightings of mammals like the otter. Although demand is no longer as high, raccoon pelts may still be sold as imitation mink, otter, or seal fur. The body of the mother otter was sent for post-mortem examination to try to establish how old the cubs might be. Next to this is an entire room filled with more exotic animals, including a monkey and baby, a pronghorn antelope and an otter. The Rivington otter has been sent to a Liverpool taxidermist to be stuffed. Show More Sentences Wild bird cover crops, an otter holt and boxes for owls, kestrels and bats all contribute to wildlife diversity. The existence of chinkara, flying fox, wolf, clawless otter, leopard cat and long-tailed tree mouse is doubtful, says the report. Philip was officially opening the new attraction, one of the UK's largest otter enclosures. The construction of the snake house, the otter enclosure and the panther enclosure has been half completed. Ambulocetus apparently swam much like an otter, with an up-and-down motion of the spine, the precursor to the motion of the flukes of a whale's tail. You're likely to come across red fox, river otter, geese, and swans. The otter is supposed to have been in the district for some time, for depredations that are now being laid to his charge have been going on for some considerable period. National Wildlife Refuges have also helped some seriously depleted populations of birds and mammals, including beaver, wood duck, sea otter, and dozens of shorebirds. These conditions support a rich diversity of invertebrate life and important game fisheries, such as brown trout, brook lamprey, salmon, crayfish, and otter. There was otter scat on the bank, coyote tracks on the ice, and where the bridge had arched the flow in some lost age, a recently demolished beaver dam. Their latest data show that 38 percent of the live sea otter population and over half of the dead otters analyzed have been exposed to the parasite. I don't think mushrats eat fish but I know mink and otter do. In the pond where Otis, a Brazilian otter, once thrilled visitors with his spectacular antics, his orange beach ball floated, waiting patiently for Otis to take it for a spin. The otter swam around her barely clothed body and tickled her flesh. Other animals such as the great blue heron, American merganser, snapping turtles, otter and mink can prey upon black crappie young and sometimes adults as well. Whereas the largest are fairly well researched, knowledge of the fisher, wolverine, river otter, mink, lynx, bobcat, and raccoon is almost entirely from anecdote. It cut its teeth on water rat, badger, otter and fox in its native Yorkshire, England, then proved to be an excellent watchdog and retriever, too. They are carnivores like the stoat, weasel, otter and badger. They use beam and otter trawls or fine filament nylon driftnets, a form of gear used in the open ocean, suspended in the water by floats like a curtain. While few have actually observed a killer whale attack a sea otter, many believe they would based on the increasing loss of hooked fish to the hungry whales. Show More Sentences The Marsh Trail starts from the back side of the ranch's visitor center and winds its way around a series of sloughs where you may spot a river otter. It was a Spanish rendering of the Eskimo word kayak and apparently referred to the bidarkas of the Aleuts who were employed in hunting sea otter along the California coast. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Among threatened animals are the coastal California gnatcatcher, Paiute cutthroat trout, southern sea otter, and northern spotted owl. The islands also provide a habitat for other important species such as corncrake, hen harrier, golden eagle and otter. Red deer are numerous on the northern hills, and there are populations of red squirrel, badger, otter, adder and common lizard. Carnivorous mammals include the fox, badger, otter, weasel, stoat and elusive wildcat. The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter. Kodiak's native mammals are the Kodiak bear, northern river otter, short-tailed weasel, little brown bat, and tundra vole. The sea otter pelts they brought, soon judged to be the finest fur in the world, would spark Russian settlement in Alaska. There are populations of rabbit, red fox, grey squirrel, otter, water voles and deer. The fur of the Californian southern sea otter was less highly prized and thus less profitable. A dead grey heron found in the Pyrenees is thought to have been killed by an otter. In contrast, intact sweet receptor genes were found in aardwolf, Canadian otter, spectacled bear, raccoon, and red wolf. River pollution, housing development and trapping by water bailiffs along trout and salmon reaches have all all done for the naturally shy otter. For example, the river otter has a dense, water-repellent layer under a longer top layer, which keeps it warm. Featured are cardinal, turtle, otter, fox, raccoon, deer, duck, bobcat, rabbit, skunk, flying squirrel, waterthrush, and black bear babies. In North America, both species of otter have been known to be ambushed by brown bears when on land. These later surveys focused on the restoration of northern fur seal and sea otter stocks and management of cetacean and phocid harvests. The Russian northern sea otter ranges from the Kuril Islands to the Commander Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. Show More Sentences These include river otter, raccoons, beavers, green frogs, and western ribbon snakes. Hook-and-line gear, gill nets, fyke nets, and otter trawls were used to capture fish. Jenny DeGroot, the lead sea otter keeper at Oregon Zoo, trained Eddie to shoot a small ball through a plastic basketball hoop. As well as dormice, the PS945,000 project will look at the spread of red squirrel, otter, pine marten, polecat, harvest mice and bats. It is made of two narrow strips of otter fur, to which are attached six dragon side plates off of the old Northwest trade guns. This is drying watercourses, shrinking marshes and decimating populatons of Iberian Lynx, otter, Egyptian mongoose and the genet. Simply, pop-ups provide a clue to frontline staff to present a targeted product otter or service message to the customer they are servicing. Anyone who has watched, for example, a litter of otter cubs rolling about in an ottery tangle can hardly doubt that they're really having fun. The sea otter may pluck snails and other organisms from kelp and dig deep into underwater mud for clams. In some respects though, the sea otter is more fully adapted to water than pinnipeds, which must haul out on land or ice to give birth. Like a modern otter, Puijila had a long tail, short limbs and webbed feet instead of flippers. The response to an appeal for otter sightings in 2014 yielded more than 100 sightings. The otter is held to be a clean animal belonging to Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrian belief, and taboo to kill. From 1958 to 1963, the 11 otter hunts in England and Wales killed 1,065 otters between them. In some areas, this is a protected species, and some places have otter sanctuaries that help sick and injured otters to recover. Several otter species live in cold waters and have high metabolic rates to help keep them warm. Most have sharp claws on their feet and all except the sea otter have long, muscular tails. Both otter and frog seem to be extending their ranges to higher altitudes. Recent improvements in reducing the amount of pollution have led to the return of native wildlife, such as the otter and kingfisher to stretches of the river. American mink numbers have simultaneously decreased and this is thought to be related to the revival of otter populations, as these influence foraging and diet. Show More Sentences Participants will also explore the diverse flora and fauna of an oxbow lake reserve, Sandoval Lake, home of the endangered giant river otter and other rare animals. Its more famous endangered creatures include the jaguar, giant river otter, giant anteater, harpy eagle, green anaconda, Guianan cock-of-the-rock, arapaima, and tapir. The word otter derives from the Old English word otor or oter. As with other species of otter, they rely on a layer of air trapped in their fur, which they keep topped up by blowing into the fur from their mouths. There has been a long history of otter pelts being worn around the world. A decline in Aleutian Islands sea otter populations in the 1990s was controversially attributed by some scientists to killer whale predation, although with no direct evidence. After the northern sea otter was hunted to local extinction, maritime fur traders shifted to California until the southern sea otter was likewise nearly extinct. They are usually fished from beam trawlers, otter trawlers or seiners. Though endangered, the sea otter has a relatively large population. Otter cubs are fully weaned after three to four months, but stay with their mother for up to a year, during which time they learn to fish. Built on a narrow spit of land dividing Otter Lake from Goulding Lake, the cabin proved to be the perfect base. Otter hunting was the oldest organized sport in Great Britain in which packs of scent hounds were used for hunting. One evening we labored, stung by nettles and mosquitoes, to set up Sewell's camera blind on Otter Pond in the great marsh. We pulled dinner from below the lower falls and spent another day crossing Otter Lake and exploring the boggy headwaters of the Steelhead River. Day's tours have become so popular that two years ago she bought her own Dehavilland Otter floatplane. In its conception and concretion, the Otter Creek feeding facility was a monument to Horace Albright's philosophy of aesthetic conservation. We ate some breakfast and jumped into our rafts and rowed down to the southeastern end of Otter Lake. Paranitha was quickly transformed into Sea Otter, but without the ice plants and sea breeze. When the Commander's twin Otter left an hour later it also medevacked Sgt. There will be Russian orchestral repertoire with Russian orchestras and a further flavour of the baroque with Anne Sofie Von Otter and the Gabrielli Consort. Show More Sentences The loan of a USN helicopter for combat search and rescue duties in place of the obsolete Sea Otter biplane flying boat had an outstanding effect on aircrew morale. The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian 20-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air. Company CEO Thomas Tedder, who founded Alien Gear in 2013, accompanied Otter on the tour. Notable solo artists who have featured on LSC releases include Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenleyside, Felicity Palmer and Anne Sofie von Otter. During December 2011 I read the story of Tarka the Otter to Rudi as a bedtime story. A group of three beavers was spotted on the River Otter in Devon in 2013, apparently successfully bearing three kits the next year. King's opened in October 1831 with the cleric William Otter appointed as first principal and lecturer in divinity. You never know when a Whimbrel, a Red-throated Diver, Golden Plover, Common Seal or Otter may put in an unscheduled appearance. A similar reintroduction trial is being undertaken on the River Otter in Devon, England. Rivers that flow into Lyme Bay include the Exe, Otter, Sid and Axe in Devon, and the Lim, Char, Brit and Bride in Dorset. Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues. Otter populations are affected by the density of prey they hunt. In the valleys and lowlands of south and east Devon the soil is more fertile, drained by rivers including the Exe, the Culm, the Teign, the Dart, and the Otter. An extra Twin Otter aircraft was sourced for the beginning of the 2013 season following the cessation of helicopter services to and from the islands. Flying over the frozen Arctic Sea in an Otter, a blown gasket required a rapid, powerless glide to reach safety on a flat bouldery strip of shoreline on Axel Heiberg Island. Examples from Classical Literature Another member of the genus is the tayra or taira, about as large as an otter, with a range from Mexico to Argentina. You have denied that the vesicles of the otter are equivalent to castoreum. This was the beginning of the fur trade in sea otter with Americans and English. Though with habits of his own he has ways of the weasel and of the sea otter. To-day the pelt of a sea otter is worth its weight in platinum or palladium. There is no way in which the sea otter can be trapped and they are hunted only with rifles. The sea otter is among the swiftest swimmers of the mammals, but no air-breathing creature can compete in speed with a shark. The skins of the sea otter are much prized by the Chinese, who pay for them from seventy to one hundred roubles a-piece. A distinct species is found in the North Pacific, and is known as the sea otter. The fur seal and sea otter are so nearly gone that only the most watchful protection will save them from extinction. They are not as destructive to game fish as the otter, though, Ive been told. Others made a speciality of the beavers, others of the otter, and thus it went. So fast was the otter that the momentum carried her well into the shallows. So the otter sprang up with all his might, but he could not touch the heavens. While mink and otter are about, the trapper will waste no steel-traps on pekan. No animal, however, on land or sea can dive with the sea otter. Trapping season for bobcat, coyote, fox, weasel, fisher, mink, river otter, beaver, muskrat, opossum, raccoon and skunk opens today. The sea otter is found on the sea coast and in the salt water. The beam trawl, held open by a steel beam instead of otter boards and typically fitted with chains, has an empty weight of up to 13 tons. Tail of a beaver, bill of a duck, Feet of an otter, just his luck! Show More Sentences There could be no doubt that the shape and motion were those of an otter. He drew out his knife and ripping the otter up he began to flay him. Cut to a shot of a tiny, mewing little sea otter bobbing about in the ocean like a cork. But stick with it because the television moment of the week belongs to a baby sea otter. From this ram was descended the breed of ancon, or otter, sheep. Since scientists first spotted them in 1995, Glacier Bay's sea otter population has skyrocketed by an average of 42 percent each year. The hair seal, the otter, and the sea lion were found by the thousand. The sea otter and the seal were a lure to the men of many nations. The otter, however, as it proved, was well able to take care of himself. Presently the otter gained the shore and dragged himself up. Otter hunting in the summer along the swampy, muddy banks of the creeks of Ireland takes the place of fox hunting in the winter. Big Otter was to go with them part of the way, and then diverge into the wilderness. On June 15 in Otter Creek young darters were abundant in streamside detritus and in clear, shallow, rubble riffles. The semiaquatic Otter, and the still more thoroughly aquatic Enhydris, suggest an affinity in that direction. The Twin Otter is known for its sturdiness and its ability to take off and land in challenging terrain. White Otter, however, wore a single eagle feather in his scalp lock. It hasn't put me off caving at all and I want to get back into Otter Hole as soon as I can,' she said. At Otter Lake a much foliated and weathered phyllite was found. Find more words! 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