The River Otter eats after dusk and then again before dawn. They pray on rodents, rabbits, fish, fog, crabs, turtles, birds, muskrats, shrews and young beavers. They use their whiskers to find their food. River Otter are partly aquatic because they live near lake, stream, and rivers. They also have one or more homes and they usually leave their home if there isn t enough food for them to survive.
River otter are active all year around.
In the summer time the River otter sleeps most of the daylight hours in a den. River otter are mostly nocturnal, but than can be seen sometimes during the day when it is not hunting or trapping season for them. The only time that a River otter changes its habitats is if there is a low supply of food. Otherwise it s by the water or in its den sleep. The mating system the river otter has is a monogamous.