Mary Ellen reports spotting an otter in the marsh/pond in between VFW Parkway and the old West Roxbury Education Complex today - and that she watched it eat a frog.
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Nice teefs!
By SwirlyGrrl
Sun, 05/21/2023 - 9:22pm
Nice teefs!
Boop >>
By BobGoblin
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 10:22am
And that nose!
Really?
By anon
Sun, 05/21/2023 - 11:10pm
Do you mean "teeth"? It's disrespectful to animals as well as to people with speech issues to assume that if animals could speak English they would say "teef", "mouf", etc. I don't know why people do that. They treat adult animals like baby children.
Actually
By Lecil
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 8:21am
Studies show that at least cats respond well to baby talk.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cats-react-to-baby-talk-from-t...
But don't let that interrupt your umbrage.
Disrespectful to the animal?
By BostonDog
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 9:00am
You think the otter cares about human social norms and the way humans communicate with one another?
As someone who speaks with a lisp, I couldn't care less about how humans spell or pronounce animal sounds. If you make fun of my lisp, I'll think you're an idiot and disregard anything you say.
thufferin thuccotash
By anon
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 12:56pm
I hate those meeces to pieces!
Oh Noes!
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 4:54pm
I guess I'm perpetuating ethnic stereotypes by saying orange cats are dumb too!
Note that one of the lessons that the update from the Tale of Jorts and Jean has taught us is that it is demeaning to equate comments/silly babytalk/stereotypes about animals who don't care to stereotypes about people who do.
So, anon? Please don't apply margarine to any of your coworkers. Thanks.
(Hey there BostonDog - I'm a lifelong lisper, too!)
When was the first documented
By anon
Sun, 05/21/2023 - 11:23pm
When was the first documented sign of otters here?
I Otter Know...
By John Costello
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 8:51am
but can't say exactly.
By 1977, however, they
By cinnamngrl
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 9:23am
https://biodiversityworksmv.org/programs-projects/...
*First* documented?
By Tim Mc.
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 8:31pm
Thousands of years ago, no doubt.
Borderland
By Cool Chris
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 7:19am
I’ve seen a pair of them at Borderland twice now
I'm collecting signatures for PAOISOF
By anon
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 10:01am
People Against Otters In Support Of Frogs
It would have some time for
By Rwgfy
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 11:29am
It would have some time for its haircare if it didn't spend so much of it building bridges and dams.
Then it has a lot of time to groom!
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 4:55pm
This is an otter, not a beaver.
Is that a frog?
By MrZip
Mon, 05/22/2023 - 8:20pm
What's hanging out of its mouth? Looks like a pair of frog legs!
Tastes like
By Dave
Tue, 05/23/2023 - 11:51am
Tastes like chicken.
My compliments
By lurchie
Tue, 05/23/2023 - 8:26am
To Mary Ellen. That is an excellent photo.
River doggies are so cute.
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