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"Researchers identify 22 key areas for protecting struggling giant otters"
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Researchers identify 22 key areas for protecting struggling giant otters
“They’re big, like an overweight Peruvian dog,” is how photographer Santiago Romaní describes giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis). In 2022, on his trip to the Imiría Regional Conservation Area, a protected area in the Ucayali region of Peru’s east-central Amazon, he observed the aquatic river giants. That same year, the area’s administration confirmed the presence of […]

An alle Klogschieter, die meinen dass der Otter den Fisch ja hätte festhalten "müssen" - dazu hatte auch der auf dem Vorlagenfoto keine Zeit, und ich fand gerade das -neben dem Blick - so lustig.
(Das original #wandklex Bild ist im Moment auf #mammals #art #otter #otters #watercolor #fediArt #mastoArt #creativeToots #artforsale

"Giant river otter returns to Argentina after almost four decades"
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Giant river otter returns to Argentina after almost four decades
A family of giant river otters was released into the Iberá National Park in northeast Argentina on July 1. The endangered species, with no known breeding populations in Argentina over the past 40 years, was considered probably extinct in the country. The release, led by conservation nonprofit Rewilding Argentina, included a breeding pair named Coco […]