Otters
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among other animals.
Quotes
[edit]- Why, she’s neither fish nor flesh; a man knows not where to have her.
- William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 2, scene 1 (Falstaff)
- Yon otter, sleek-wet, black, lithe as a leech.
- Robert Browning, "Caliban upon Setebos", in Dramatis Personae (1864)
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Otters on Wikipedia
