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LIVE OTTER DEN WEBCAM AT MELBOURNE ZOO

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  • Location: Melbourne Zoo, Elliott Ave, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
  • Source: Zoos Victoria
  • Info: Live streaming webcam showing otters in their den at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria, Australia. The camera gives views of the four Asian Small-clawed otters which were born in February to parents Paula and Odie. The otter parents were the first of their species to breed at Melbourne Zoo.


More Info: In the wild, Asian small-clawed otters are in areas of India, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Taiwan and southern China. They live in a variety of wetland habitats, such as lakes, streams and rivers, coastal wetlands, marshes, mangroves and rice fields.

Melbourne Zoo is located within Royal Park in Parkville, approximately 4 kilometres north Melbourne city and is home to more than 320 animal species from Australia and around the world

Additional Information:
  • Aonyx cinerea, Oriental small-clawed otter - Animal Diversity Web - animaldiversity.org
  • Asian small-clawed otter - Wild Welfare - wildwelfare.org
  • Biology and Ecology of Asian Small Clawed Otter - iucnosgbull.org