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Giant otter interactions
Topic Started: Dec 19 2012, 02:08 AM (5,178 Views)
Fishfreak
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Has anyone got any accounts/videos/photos of giant otters interacting with other large animals in the area (anacondas, caiman, arapaima, etc.)
there are a few on the forum already:

Giant otter killing arapaima
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Giant otter killing small caiman
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I found some on the internet as well:

Giant otter eating medium-sized catfish
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Giant otter and anaconda facing each other
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if you guys have any accounts/videos/photos please post them.
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Dec 19 2012, 06:07 AM
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its one of my most favourite animals. and this thread makes me more excited since i havent seen any interactions between Giant otter and its coexisting predators. its wonderful to see it in action. i have to visit amazon atleast once in my life!
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bitisgabonica
Dec 19 2012, 02:45 PM
ManEater
Dec 19 2012, 06:07 AM
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its one of my most favourite animals. and this thread makes me more excited since i havent seen any interactions between Giant otter and its coexisting predators. its wonderful to see it in action. i have to visit amazon atleast once in my life!
yes it's a truly amazing creature, but if you wanna see em you better hurry up, because they won't be alive much longer.
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Giant otters showing no fear of the caiman
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Giant otter eating black piranha
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Giant otter interaction with a ray:
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Fishfreak
Dec 20 2012, 12:52 AM
bitisgabonica
Dec 19 2012, 02:45 PM
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Dec 19 2012, 06:07 AM
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its one of my most favourite animals. and this thread makes me more excited since i havent seen any interactions between Giant otter and its coexisting predators. its wonderful to see it in action. i have to visit amazon atleast once in my life!
yes it's a truly amazing creature, but if you wanna see em you better hurry up, because they won't be alive much longer.
well i tihnk that they will be in plenty in the coming years. we have to raise awareness on this issue.
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Giant otter eating:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/GiantRiverOtterEating.jpg/1280px-GiantRiverOtterEating.jpg


Giant Otter killing a spectacled caiman:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4114/4929167961_d18479f5df_z.jpg
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omg the gators they kill are the same size or bigger thats insane
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Impressive hunting performances...Do they hunt in packs? The bigger caimans for example...
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From the research some of the photographs featuring predation on the young caiman originate(Link)
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Footage i've seen seems to indicate they will mob even the small species of caiman in non predatory scenarios as well. There is one video of otters killing a large(r) black caiman that was likely a subadult individual, but this was not predatory and was moreso a defensive action iirc.

Relevant predation & competition information from an overview article on the species' biology
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Large tegu are probable predators of young otters, at least if this research is anything to go by
http://www.otterspecialistgroup.org/Bulletin/Volume25/Weber_Rosas_et_al_2008.html
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