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Otter - The fidget animals. Rarely keep still. I think I would quite like one as a pet!!Related content
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Not only did he stand still for you ... but you also captured perfect lighting and pose. Well done
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Glad caught this at [link] and a fave of course
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Thank you so much 
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I feature this wonderful work in my journal. [link]
Hope that is okay with you. If you don't want it there please inform me and I will remove it immediately. Bye Sunny
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Thanks Sunny. Glad you like it 
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Incredible shot! I like the way you have captured this animal in these natural surroundings and with such details!
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Thank you
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I know the feeling. I've wanted an otter for a pet ever since I read Okee; the Story of an Otter in the House by Dorothy Gross Wisbeski. I highly recommend it, or either of the other two books she wrote, to anyone with similar urges. It's out-of-print, I believe, but may be in libraries. It's isn't really a kid's book, but it's written in a style youngsters can understand, so it may be in the children's section.
Not being able to have an otter, I eventually got ferrets, which are basically a smaller, drier, less smelly version, but with the same big personalities and playful, go-go-go attitudes. I highly recommend them, too, although I'm aware that people overseas tend to keep ferrets in outdoor hutches, which totally defeats the purpose, in my view. (Unless you're keeping them for hunting.) They lose their socialization when you do that, and then people complain that they nip.
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we have neither here in NZ, I think i've seen ferrets once before but not for ages.
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Yeah, I know your government has gotten very leery of allowing non-native species into the country, now that the damage has been done. Ironically, ferrets are traditionally used to hunt rabbits, because they can go down the burrows and get them.
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we need them then - we have another rabbit explosion problem down south
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Yeah, without predators, that's bound to happen.
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I would think foxes, and/or coyotes, rather than wolves. Wolves tend to go for larger prey, including livestock. But ferrets might be even better, because they can get the babies in the nest, before they've had a chance to make more bunnies.
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they're ruining the countryside - rabbit holes everywhere - perhaps we need to bring in wolves?
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I hate when I reply in the wrong place
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Yep. If you look a few replies above in this chain, I replied to myself.
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LOL - okay. I'ts nice to talk to yourself from time to time though
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Yeah, at least I understand me.
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What a great series Robyn. This is my favorite of the lot. A definate cutie!
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He is
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Have you ever read "Ring of Bright Water".. you would love it
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Yep - I have - and it gave me my love of these critters - I also saw the film
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It is rather LOL
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I have a creek just by me
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get a duck then 
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I'll steal one from the zoo and keep it in my bath
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should provide for extra pleasure when you are in it too
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haha - yeah - those sharp teeth
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you stil have your boob after that bite??
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he was only 5 months old and fvery playful. He just went for what was sticking out - like most males
cheers
Robyn
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no actually males like to "hide" whatever is sticking out of their body
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True - but they go for anything ssticking out on a female
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yes that is true, usually women don't mind though
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