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Giant otter
Giant otter
(Pteronura brasiliensis)
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Giant otter cubs
© Nick Gordon / www.osfimages.com
Giant otter at rest on sandbank
© Nick Gordon / www.ardea.com
Giant otter lying on ground
© César Luis Barrio-Amorós / Fundación AndígenA
Giant otter resting on branch
© James Brunker / www.magicalandes.com
Giant otter walking across sandbank
© Pete Oxford / naturepl.com
Giant otter
© Pete Oxford / naturepl.com
Giant otter portrait
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
Giant otter swimming
© Pete Oxford / naturepl.com
Giant otter amongst aquatic vegetation
© Pete Oxford / naturepl.com
Giant otters playing
© Nick Gordon / www.osfimages.com
Giant otter family swimming in river
© Lee Dalton / www.nhpa.co.uk
Giant otter feeding on turtle
© Nick Gordon / www.osfimages.com
Giant otter feeding on piranha fish
© Konrad Wothe / www.osfimages.com
Giant otters mating
© Danny Ellinger / naturepl.com
Giant otter entering holt
© Nick Gordon / www.osfimages.com
Giant otter family group crossing riverbank
© Keith & Liz Laidler / www.osfimages.com
Giant otters sleeping
© Nick Gordon / www.osfimages.com
Giant otter calling
© Fabien Bruggmann & Bruno Fouillat / Biosphoto
Typical giant otter habitat
© Nick Gordon / www.osfimages.com
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