Otter Habitat and Distribution
Otters are found on all continent except for Australia and Antarctica. Otters enjoy the being in the fresh water so they live in rivers, oceans, steams and lakes. They don’t like deep water so they tend to stay around shallow water so they can easily access land if needed.
Otters live on land in close places to water which are called a holt. They like cold water so they end to live in places where the water is extremely cold.
Otters have designed layers of hair to cover there bodies so their skin is kept warm in the process, this is rumored to be why otters have stayed alive for so many years.
They are able to stay well hidden in their habitats which makes them less likely to be found by predators on land. When swimming they stay close to land to avoid water predators.
They mark their habitats with there dropping as they are then able to find there habitats when they come back
Otters main source of food is small fish and crabs. Otters are carnivores and will mainly eat anything that they can catch in the water or even on land.
Otters live in small family groups when they have babies, but Otters have strict territories that they protect from others of the same sex. Male territories will cross with female territories at some points but two male groups will not cross.
http://tracker.cci.fsu.edu/otter/about/where/
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/otter
http://www.otter-world.com/otter-habitat/
Otters are found on all continent except for Australia and Antarctica. Otters enjoy the being in the fresh water so they live in rivers, oceans, steams and lakes. They don’t like deep water so they tend to stay around shallow water so they can easily access land if needed.
Otters live on land in close places to water which are called a holt. They like cold water so they end to live in places where the water is extremely cold.
Otters have designed layers of hair to cover there bodies so their skin is kept warm in the process, this is rumored to be why otters have stayed alive for so many years.
They are able to stay well hidden in their habitats which makes them less likely to be found by predators on land. When swimming they stay close to land to avoid water predators.
They mark their habitats with there dropping as they are then able to find there habitats when they come back
Otters main source of food is small fish and crabs. Otters are carnivores and will mainly eat anything that they can catch in the water or even on land.
Otters live in small family groups when they have babies, but Otters have strict territories that they protect from others of the same sex. Male territories will cross with female territories at some points but two male groups will not cross.
http://tracker.cci.fsu.edu/otter/about/where/
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/otter
http://www.otter-world.com/otter-habitat/