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3rd June 2012
Love Is... by michelleyoung

Love Is...

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There is something magically wonderful in seeing two animals in love.. Otters are fascinating to watch, they are playful, skillful and exceptionally cute.
I will add some blurb about these type (European).. But firstly can I please say thank you so much for all of the comments & faves on my Owl shot.. I will address all questions on there within the next few days. Right now I have company at my house so I don't have chance to comment etc, but I will catch back up soon xxx
The shot is sooc.

This species (Lutra lutra) inhabits Europe, and its range also extends across most of Asia and parts of North Africa; it is also called the Eurasian otter. In the British Isles, they occurred commonly as recently as the 1950s, but became rare in many areas due to the use of chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides and as a result of habitat loss and water pollution (they remained relatively common in parts of Scotland and Ireland). Population levels reached a low point in the 1980s, but are now recovering strongly. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan envisages the re-establishment of otters by 2010 in all the UK rivers and coastal areas they inhabited in 1960. Roadkill deaths have become one of the significant threats to the success of their re-establishment.
Comments
I saw ring of bright waters as a kid and Otters have certainly remained of my favourite animals,great pic
posted June 3rd, 2012  
Ahhh they are soooo cute.
posted June 3rd, 2012  
those are beautiful otters, and aren't they a species that mates for life - I love seeing them - was in Dorset as they were reintroduced locally
posted June 3rd, 2012  
they are so very sweet :)
posted June 3rd, 2012  
Wonderful capture!
posted June 3rd, 2012  
They are cuddly and adorable!
posted June 3rd, 2012  
This is so cute - I love the playfulness that otters always seem to show - great capture, Michelle!
posted June 3rd, 2012  
Awww! Otters are so sweet!
posted June 3rd, 2012  
So cute and well captured!!
posted June 4th, 2012  
awww they are indeed so cute!
posted June 4th, 2012  
Such a precious moment!
posted June 4th, 2012  
They are so cute!
posted June 4th, 2012  
Very cute capture of the two of them together :)
posted June 4th, 2012  
Nice shot.
posted June 4th, 2012  
I love otters and those look so cute :)
posted June 4th, 2012  
Such cute little faces!
posted June 4th, 2012  
Awww I saw Ring of Bright Water too Howard @steeler I'd say it's probably the very first film I blubbed over. This shot almost has me blubbing now xx
posted June 4th, 2012  
So adorable... very nice capture and thanks for the interesting info!
posted June 5th, 2012  
they are so cute....i could stand forever watching otters at the zoo.....although the enclosure is very, very stinky!
posted June 5th, 2012  
@trude Oh Trude, they are so adorable, so funny to watch, playful and cute.. I too could stand for ages watching them. And did on Sat lol

@bugik Thank you Bugik :)

@psychographer OMG I wont watch that film then lol

@momsta MIchelle, they are sooo cute :)

@sabrinaromahn Oh Sabrina, I fell instanty in love with them :)

@clarkafb_brat Thank you John

@alia_801 Thank you Alia, they were together the whole time i was watching them :)

@orangecrush Jerry they really are :)

@swguevin Tank you Sheila :)

@danig Dani, they are adorable :)

@bdb3471 Thank you Brian :)

@dlo Dawn thank you :)

@sparkleplenty1 I so agree Joyce, they were incredibly playful :)

@espyetta Mary Beth, thank you so much :)

@ruthmouch Thank you Ruth

@northy Northy thank you :)

@shanne I think they are Shanne, they had 4 babies and were both very protective over them.. Beautiful to watch.

@shuterfly Thank you Sondra :)

@steeler I have decided not to watch that film lol
posted June 5th, 2012  
Cute shot.
posted June 5th, 2012  
So cute, my favorite animal!
posted June 6th, 2012  
poor little cute creatures, i wish they would develop some road sense. it's great that the water quality has improved over the past 40 years!
posted June 6th, 2012  
So cute - they do look in love!!
posted June 7th, 2012  
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