"Otter enters water without falter – what a supple slider out of holt and into water", starts the Otter spell.
One otter enters, two otters leave.
The den typically has many tunnel openings, one of which generally allows the otter to enter and exit the body of water.
Te'o's father gave Toma the nickname Otter, because he was a slippery player — only 5 feet and 100 pounds entering high school — and his buzzed hair looked like otter's fur.
The river otter's nostrils and ears close during submersion, inhibiting water from entering them.
They found saltpans, baked mudflats, areas of scrub - and flooded regions with luxuriant vegetation and returning populations of marble teal, pelicans, pygmy cormorants and the otter species Lutra lutra that entered the literary pantheon of animals in Gavin Maxwell's classic Ring of Bright Water.
It also in 2014 entered a joint venture, Otter Media, with the Chernin Group to invest in media businesses, and has rolled out video streaming services.
Based on a 1977 Jim Henson television special, it tells the story of a mother and son (both otters) who desperately want to give each other special holiday gifts and enter a talent contest to win enough money to buy them.
As cruise ships enter Glacier Bay, you'll often see orcas, dolphins, sea otters and more, all cavorting.
In comparison to cetaceans, sirenians, and pinnipeds, which entered the water approximately 50, 40, and 20 Mya, respectively, the sea otter is a relative newcomer to a marine existence.
