New Zoo trip, part 5: Otters

[dragoness_e]

New Zoo trip, part 1
New Zoo trip, part 2
New Zoo trip, part 3
New Zoo trip, part 4

On my previous zoo trip, I managed to get a few pictures of otters. This time I got quite a few more.



Otter ledge



This may look familiar from the previous zoo trip. This ledge overlooks one of the areas we tourists can look at the otters, and everytime there's someone with a camera standing in that area, the otters come up to the ledge and show off. Yes, they mug for the camera.

Otter muggings



See?

Look ma! More tourists!



Don't fence me in.....



North American River Otter



Otters are graceful swimmers

Comments

[ameban.livejournal.com]

Hola!
I knew about Audobun -the naturalist- and the assotiations that have his name, but I didn't know there were such zoos in States. Certainly important zoos' politics have changed, and now they aren't a plain collection of animals, but they're focused on preserving rare species. Still, even if I know many of those species, I find really surprising to see them in a Zoo. They're like little jewels.
No, the ibis I meant is the one of this photo: http://www.republicofnewhome.org/images/home/zoo/img_1531.jpg
About the pingeons with colouring feathers... have you noticed mostly of the bird species with most colouring and bizarre feathers are from India-to Australia? Even in SouthAmerica's forest, birds aren't like that.
I find amusing the English name of Screamers', certainly it fits the specie (and perhaps certain someone, too XD); in Spanish, it's "chaja".

Oh! I didn't noticed you said what kind of Otters were those. I saw they're different of European otters, which are darker coloured and hasn't those big mustaches. When you see those species together, is easier to find out their differences.