A party of inquisitive Asian small-clawed otters seems to pose for one of the camera traps set up in Deramakot Forest Reserve. Using remote cameras and nighttime surveys, the study team recorded all three otter species native to Borneo.
Photograph courtesy Andreas Wilting
Telling the otters apart wasn't easy, however, said study leader Wilting. "The problem is that when you see them, you usually just have a short glimpse," he said. "Even in our camera-trapping photos, the otters are very hard to distinguish."
The pictures were sent to the world's top otter experts for independent identification, Wilting said. (Related: "Eagles 'Cannibalizing' Other Birds as Otters Disappear.")
The pictures were sent to the world's top otter experts for independent identification, Wilting said. (Related: "Eagles 'Cannibalizing' Other Birds as Otters Disappear.")
Source : National Geographic Daily News
Published July 26, 2010
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