Adult Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) eating freshly caught fish in a mangrove river, Singapore

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One of a series of images documenting a morning in the life of a family of Smooth-coated otters in Singapore. These wild otters live in a mangrove forest on the coast. The family consisted of adults and cubs. The images explore the parenting behaviour of the otters. All the adult family members participate in hunting fish together. Sometimes they deliver the fish to their young, other times they need to feed too and are reluctant to relinquish the fish to the young cubs who beg for food.

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Size: 4896px × 3264px
Location: Pasir Ris Singapore
Photo credit: © Tim Plowden / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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