Sentences with phrase «river otters»

At the lake itself we can enjoy the spectacle of Giant River Otters.

[Adi Barocas et al., Coastal latrine sites as social information hubs and drivers of river otter fission — fusion dynamics.]

Visitors to San Josef Bay will often see river otters and mink in the river and estuary, as well as Canada geese, common merganser and, in the winter, Trumpeter swans.

Volunteers have helped catalog hundreds of thousands of photos, which have shed light on the activities of rare mammals like river otters and western spotted skunks — a species that may be in decline.

Steam and diesel - powered trains chug through the lush redwood forests of the California Coast Range, zigzagging along the Noyo River — keep your eyes peeled for deer, egrets and other waterfowl, and the occasional river otter.

Explore the lake by dugout canoe, and watch for endangered river otters, along with side - neck turtles, anacondas, black caimans, and boisterous red howler monkeys — appropriately named for their distinctive cry.

Among the wildlife in this remote and isolated canyon, we find river otters, bobcat, foxes, condors, torrent ducks and cormorants etc..

As might expected in such a wild and remote setting, wildlife abounds - Tayra, Neotropical River Otter, Kinkajou, Baird's Tapir, all five species of wild cat, and numerous snakes and reptiles.

Don't forget to greet the resort's resident octopus and river otters in the cove out front!

Along the way, keep an eye out for river otters, sea lions, and the northern or common minke whales that also call this area home.

[81] Readers may be surprised to learn that the much maligned foothold has actually been involved in a wildly successful river otter reintroduction program to much of their native range in the United States.

[81] Gail M. Blundell and others, «Capturing River Otters: A Comparison of Hancock and Leg - Hold Traps,» Wildlife Society Bulletin 27, no. 1 (1999).

[80] One study on river otters concluded that padded - jaw foothold traps were preferable to the Hancock cage trap because foothold trapped otters were less likely to break their teeth.

He came to Long Island in 1988 to work for the Group for the East End and started the Long Island River Otter Project in 2008.

Mr. Bottini has studied and worked with river otters since the 1980s.

Alaskan river otters can gain valuable information about one another by sniffing around their latrines.

«Based on its relatively large size, swimming body structure, and anterior molars specialized for [fish] feeding, Castorocauda was a semiaquatic carnivore, similar to the modern river otter,» the team writes in the paper announcing the find in today's issue of Science.

That's right: river otter society is organized around the bathroom.

To understand the factors that drive these social dynamics, Barocas's team, from the University of Wyoming and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, has spent decades spying on the coastal river otters of Alaska near Prince William Sound.

His first book of poetry, «Chronicles of a Bee Whisperer,» was published in 2012 by River Otter Press.

The breed got its name from an activity it excelled at — hunting river otter, initially as a way to keep them from destroying a fish supply, and later as a sport.

Canine distemper — Canine distemper has spilled over into several endangered species, including southern river otters, Siberian tigers and African lions.

Home to over 50 mammal species, including deer, elk, moose, cougar, lynx, wolverine, northern river otter, wolves and grizzly and black bears, Banff National Park offers once in a lifetime wildlife viewing opportunities.

Telegraph Cove has its own wildlife viewing opportunities with black bears and river otters regular visitors to the docks.

You are also likely to spot river otters; black - tailed deer; and mink.

Nature's abundance is everywhere with eagles soaring overhead, river otters playing on the docks and deer and bears roaming nearby.

Family Mustelidae: sea otters are the only marine member of the mustelid family, which includes land mammals such as river otters, weasels, and badgers.

Our guests were pleased to be able to view approximately 4 river otters before they even left the Cove!

Kayak to Robson Bight to view killer whales, or watch black bear, deer and river otter from our patio.

Lottie is a smart, sassy river otter who leads you in your new role as decorator in the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game.

December 26 - 31: Discover snow leopards, North American river otters, black bears, and reindeer during the Stone Zoo's vacation week programming (Stoneham)

Come see river otters, harbor seals, tigers and bears vie with their friends for attention and treats just three miles from the hotel.

For example, CyberTracker has been used in surveys of river otters, which are difficult to count.

Steam - and diesel - powered trains chug through the lush redwood forests of the California Coast Range, zigzagging along the Noyo River — keep your eyes peeled for deer, egrets and other waterfowl, and the occasional river otter.

This small acreage along the Columbia River tributary fosters more than one hundred species of birds, including Bald Eagles and Great Blue Heron, twelve native species of fish, western pond turtles, beaver, muskrat, river otter, and black - tailed deer.

Other wildlife found here include a variety of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals such as painted turtles, Fowler's toads, red fox, river otters, and at least 24 species of dragonflies and damselflies.

He found that river otters were populating the north shore of Nassau County and a small portion of western Suffolk County, most likely coming from Westchester County and western Connecticut.

«Martens are like the river otters of the woods,» Moriarty said.

The threat may not be limited to fish: Freshwater dolphins and river otters may also migrate along Amazonian rivers, and how dams affect their behavior is unknown, says Paul Van Damme, director of the Institute for Applied Research on Water Resources, a research center in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

River otters, a locally threatened species, have moved in, as has a threatened species of birds known as grebes.

River otters, like other social animals, have to carefully weigh the costs and benefits of hanging out in large groups.

«We often see the river otters sniffing at the latrines and also defecating, and before defecating they do a little ritualized behavior that we termed «the poop dance.»»

«The latrines, which are pretty much communal toilets that the river otters use, they seem to have an important function in the life of river otters.»

Her research group is developing the problem of domestication as an evolutionary event with the use of experimental models, including the silver fox, the American mink, the river otter and the wild gray rat.