Does that long tail seem heavy at the base? There are lots of teeth in this bite. Webbed hands hold the fish just as we would. Not your ordinary rolly poly dark brown otter,... Part of a family of five or six.
These are not your ordinary playful chocolate smiley otter. They seem to be a heavy duty version of otter. I closed in to these while they were eating a fish on the rocks at Kin Beach in Comox.
Junior shares a secret with Mom, left corner, while a brother gnaws on fish above and big sister gives me the quizzical look. Notice the long skinny and powerful tail. Quite thick at the base though.
These otter are larger than the more familiar chocolate brown sea otter. This family was finishing up fish dinner when I inched my way along the beach rocks.
