RIVER OTTERS, TOLEDO ZOO OHIO, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: Toledo Zoo and Aquarium, Ohio, USA
- Source: Toledo Zoo
- Info: Live streaming webcam showing river otters at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio. Enjoy watching American river otters Tilly (mom), Winston (dad), Sutton, Tallulah, Kaya and Talon as they play and explore.
More info: The river otter is the largest member of the weasel family (Mustelidae) found in South Carolina.
North American river otters have long, muscular, streamlined bodies with short legs and fully webbed feet which makes them perfect for life in the water.
An otters dense, short under-fur is overlain by darker, coarse guard hairs that help repel water. The tail is highly muscular and comprises up to 40 percent of the otter's total body length and this propels them easily through water.
Adult river otters weigh 10 to 33 pounds (4.5 to 15 kilograms) and are about 2.5 to 5 feet (76 to 152 centimeters) in length. Females are roughly one-third the size of males.
In South Carolina, otters are found in each of the major river drainages but are most abundant in the coastal marshes and blackwater swamps because of the abundance of food and cover.