Evil grin

Just thought folks might like to have the full-size version of my DW icon (file size approx. 165KB). Click on the link pic below and it's yours!



This image really makes me chuckle: grinning and rubbing his paws together, he looks so devious and evil! Always makes me wonder how they got the otter to bare his upper canines like that, as those teeth almost never show. Can't recall exactly where this image came from. I think there was a link to it posted on alt.animals.otters back in 1998 or 1999. If anyone knows whose pic this is, let me know and I'll be happy to give proper credit!

 

The players

On this journal's info page, I've put up some pictures of the major players in the ongoing drama at Trinidad Bay. Five generations of otters can be hard to visualize using only names and narrative descriptions. These photos should help flesh out the characters as the story unfolds...

 

No pups this year?

Until this evening, I was sure Scoots had given birth to new pups this spring. Now I am much less certain. Normally, new mothers are very intolerant of the presence of other otters, especially males, but tonight, Scoots was friendly and playful with both of the young males she encountered. She also showed no sign of lactation whatever; her belly is totally flat. This by itself isn't terribly surprising - mothers don't usually start to really 'show' until July, but they should at least have some visible paunchiness by now. Scoots shows none at all. And that combined with her amicable behavior with the two males... well, it's enough to cast some doubt on there being new pups this year. I'll know for sure one way or another about 1 week from now.