#American river otter

[keskeaa]

Olive the otter got a revamped outfit too!

[mothpawbs]

redrew the group photo from echo! top ten photos taken moments before disaster

[whats-this-mustelid]

What are these (sorry theyre dead). Found in central texas, my mom thinks theyre otters but theyre not native to our region to my knowledge? They were REALLY big though. easily five inches to seven inches wide and over a foot long

Oh man... These are North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis).

There are otters in Texas - they're rarer in some regions, but it's still possible to find them. But it's strange to find so many of them dead like this, in such close proximity to each other. As far as I'm aware, it's legal to hunt them, but they're usually hunted for their fur, so I'm not sure why someone would just dump the bodies.

[jojoseames]

Skulltober day 26: American river otter

Ink, 7 x 5 inches JoJo Seames, 2023

[thedisablednaturalist]

Here's the otter! The stream is right in front in the darkness so he must've jumped out and went running by.

[coywolfcollections]

Mustelids! (Prints available here)

[moomeecore]

a love letter to weasels ❤️🩷

[helmip]

original Godzilla always looked like an otter to me :)

(text on the upper left reads "kaiju" and the bottom text reads "Gojira")

[antiqueanimals]

Otter and Teal, Sallie Middleton. Wildlife in North Carolina. November 1982.

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[kitthefoxkin]

another self-indulgent moodboard lol! north american river otter alterhuman moodboard with water-related xenogenders :33

the flags are:

top- seaic: a gender connected to seashells, seafoam, seaglass, and other things found by the shore

left- genderaqua: a gender that is connected to the ocean, water, and everything in it. this gender feels deep, mysterious, and maybe even nonhuman

bottom- biolumien: a gender connected to bioluminescent plants, animals, and bioluminescence as a concept; a bioluminescent gender

right- deepseaian: a gender relating to the deep sea and being calm and peaceful

[vuelode-irbis]

The love given to the first piece inspired me to do another one with more flags!

ID: a digital drawing that features seven members of the Mustelidae family, colored with the palettes of different pride flags. From left to right and top to bottom: a wolverine with the theme of the intersex pride flag, behind it, there are purple and yellow circles; a chinese ferret-badger with the genderqueer pride flag colors, and some sparkly onomatopoeias in the same colors; a black-footed ferret colored with the genderfluid pride flag, a heart in blue, pink and white and a line with the flag colors besides it; a river otter with the aroace pride flag colors, as well as exclamation onomatopoeias; a steppe polecat in the demiboy pride flag colors, a crown and a heart over his head; a striped polecat colored with the demigirl pride colors, which also has a little crown and a heart around; lastly, an american badger colored in the queer flag, and holding a little one. End ID.

[keskeaa]

The gangs all here

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic weasel tournament

Family: Mustelidae

Subfamily: Lutrinae

Genus: Lontra, Hydrictis, Lutra, Lutrogale, Aonyx, Enhydra

pictures: 1, 2, 3-4, 5, 6

[whats-this-mustelid]

Huh, I didn't expect to see so many cool mustelids while I was here. Guess I'm just super lucky.

Just kidding! Of course, these are all taxidermy from the American Museum of Natural History. I'll be posting some more photos soon, but I could only fit so many in one post. Enjoy these for now!

[andradrawsstuff]

Finally got back to my drawing tablet so here’s Otto 🦦

He’s a Dr Blowhole henchman I came up with bc I thought it would have been cool to see more villains

Some stuff I thought of

He’s an unhinged North American river otter with slight murderous intent

Fun fact, otters can be pretty sadistic and kill for the thrill so I think it would fit his character (also going for the classic scary dreamworks villain style oop)

Otters are also pretty strong and they’re hunters, so I think it would be pretty neat to have his fighting style be all claws and teeth rather than kick and punch, which is what the penguins are used to

So he’d be one of the first villains that can put up a proper fight against them and give em a good ol’ scare, since they never rlly had a villain that outmatched them before (would create some great internal conflict for the little guys, especially for Skipper who’s mr always wins)

Since Marlene is also an otter I feel like she could put up a good fight against him bc she’d have a similar fighting style (although she’d be reluctant to hurt anyone but I mean she’d defo do it when someone’s trying to ctrl alt delete her friends, especially late-show Marlene who joins them on missions more frequently and starts taking after them a bit)

Also notice their contrasting colour palettes, it’s on purpose haha I love character design

Uhhh that’s it for now I think lmao

[warcrimesimulator]

Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) eating a catfish. Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador

Photos © Lucas Bustamante