1.28.2012

Lontra canadensis


Excuse the very blurry picture.
These live in the pond directly behind my house! Our back yard is separated from the water by our fence and about 8 feet of brush and some trees. For the past couple of weeks, Malo has been getting out of the yard (we did finally find his secret escape spot and repaired it) and mucking around back there, getting into the water up to his chest. We had no idea why, it seemed like an odd behavior to suddenly develop.
This is why. 
Ricky came home, let the dogs out, and walked through the yard with them. Malo and Maggie started losing their minds at the fence. Ricky looked over, and there were 2 3.5-4 foot long otters up on the bank, making this weird hiss-bark noise at the dogs. They scurried off into the water shortly after.
I'm glad he got a picture! I was at the grocery store. =(
How have we lived here for 2 years and never noticed these guys before?
Sneaky otters.

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