Serving as the official successor to the 2020 thread What is your favorite species of otter?; which was one of the first threads I ever posted on this site. This thread, like its predecessor, asks the simple question as to what your top five species of otters are*.
As usual, here’s my answer...
Asian small-clawed otters have been gone for a fews years, and in the time since then, the enclosure has been frequently unoccupied. Various species have been held in the space, but only ever for small intervals. On Zoochat, the enclosure has been called "the pit of shame," apparently because it...
Highlight: The keepers had mixed fish (presumably some common market food fish) in the pool, which allowed us to see Asian small-clawed otters fishing in the water!