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Otter greetings card
This A6 Otter greetings card is blank inside so you can add your own personal message.
The back of this A6 greetings card includes the following:
The otter is a semi-aquatic mammal that lives in the UK’s freshwater habitats. Elusive in nature, it’s most likely to be spotted at dawn or dusk. It’s a powerful swimmer, thanks to its elongated body, thick tail and webbed feet and builds its nest—known as a ‘holt’—in old cavities and tree roots along the riverbank.
Other semi-aquatic mammals greetings cards include: Beaver greetings card, Grey seal greetings card and Water vole greetings card
This greetings card is also available as part of a set
Otter-ly Awesome Facts from the UK Wild Otter Trust
- The average otter is 1–1.3 metres in length, and weighs up to 9kg.
- Otters primary senses are hearing, smell and eyesight although their eyesight is not the strongest sense.
- Otters are mostly solitary, meaning that they live alone.
- They have sensitive whiskers around snout to help detect prey.
- Otters are strong swimmers. They have many adaptions for swimming – long streamlined bodies with strong tails, webbed feet and they can close their ears and nostrils whilst underwater.
- Its eyes are placed at the top of the head, so it can remain alert whilst the rest of the body is underwater.
- They have 2 layers of fur: a thick waterproof outer one and a warm inner one with 50,000 hairs/cm2.
- They live in holes in river banks called holts; a holt will have a few different entrances to protect against flooding, with at least one entrance being above water level.
