What is it?
RIVER OTTER

How big is it?
3-4 feet long, 10-30 pounds

What does it eat (forage)?
Fish

Where does it live (habitat)?
Rivers and large lakes

What does it do (behavior)?
Otters like to slide down river banks, and in snow

When they see you, they will stick their heads above the water and make little barking noises

Most active in early morning or evening

Signs:
Look for mud slides on river banks

Scat:

Usually has fish scales and bones in it

Scats may be in scent mounds, or places that the animal poops again and again, probably to send a message to other otters