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Otter, population drop?
greenhead_killer:
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--- Quote from: pianoman9701 on February 09, 2025, 01:38:45 PM ---I didn't know otters hunted ducks. :dunno: :chuckle:
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That is funny but seriously otter do hunt ducks at times and about anything else. Water wolves.
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this is how I’ve described them to people potentially opposed to managing them. They are water wolves. Kill everything and anything available to them
Cougartail:
A few human swimmers have found out what kind of beasts they are. Water wolves describes them well.
Sandberm:
I haven't seen any this winter on my walks along the Snake or Columbia rivers but last winter I sure did.
I had one memorable day where I saw a family in a small pond off the river swimming along and to what seemed like every dive came up with a small fish in their mouth.
boneaddict:
I’ve been looking for a family of them on the Yakima for about 4 weeks. I haven’t seen any sign. I assume they were trapped.
I know Pman was trying to be funny, but they hunt and eat ducks all the time. Might be the one animal that keeps Mergansers in check. I wonder which species eats more fish ;)
UrbanTrapper:
I haven't seen any shortage of otters in the Seattle area. If you're worried about pollution it is not a pollution affecting Seattle drainages. I caught more last year but this has been my second-best year ever. I also caught doubles for the first time this year, one pair in a regular cage and another pair in a Hancock trap. The doubles were juvenile siblings, so they are reproducing well.
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