Because they use their long front teeth to graze on tree bark, thus destroying trees, they are sometimes considered a nuisance. They have tiny claws and their toes are only partially webbed, this adaptation gives them a highly developed sense of touch. Their long whiskers help them to find prey underwater and are often more useful than their eyes. Zoo Atlanta is home to three male otters, Larry, Curly and Moe. They were captive born and are on loan from the Wildlife Conservation Society in Bronx, New York.
Otters are very intelligent and curious animals.
When they aren't sleeping, they are playing, swimming or digging. Small-clawed otters reside in the rain forests of southeast Asia where they live in family groups of four to 12 animals. Otters can have two litters of pups a year. The pups don't learn to swim until they are two months old. In the wild, their main diet is fish, crabs, frogs, mollusks and crayfish.