RIVER OTTERS

MATING AND RAISING YOUNG

• River otters tend to mate in March or April.
• A litter of 1-5 young are born in February or March.
• The otters make a den out of a beaver dam, a hollow log,
• Or wherever they can be creative.
• They are polygamous, so they mate with more than one partner

HIBERNATION/ MIGRATION

• Otters do not hibernate or migrate.
• They have two coats to keep them warm in winter.

GROUPS

• River otters do not live in big groups. They usually live
• with their current partner and their litter, which
• the female lives with for about a year after the male leaves.

COMMUNICATION

• The otters communicate by chirping,
• chattering, and chuckling.
• When one is frightened, it will scream a
• hair-raising scream that can be heard
• 2 kilometers away.

BY EMMA FRITZ