Giant otter kits

Indoor enclosure, Chester, 29th November 2012

Superb !! Makes up for not having seen them yet ...

This is a really nice photo gentle lemur. What is the group composition of Chester's giant otters? Do these kits have older siblings living here with the parents also, or is it just the parents and the kits?

DavidBrown said:

This is a really nice photo gentle lemur. What is the group composition of Chester's giant otters? Do these pups have older siblings living here with the parents also, or is it just the parents and the pups?

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Just the parents and pups, which are the first born to the pair and, indeed, the first giant otters born at Chester.

I got an awful lot of blurred shots because it was all action when they were fed. At least this one is fairly sharp.
They are roughly the size of oriental small clawed otters now, but still quite clumsy and babyish on land. Look how big their feet are

Alan