Sea Otter


Sea Otter
Originally uploaded by MadeleineS.

The Antwerp sea otter does lots of "hydrobatics" and the glass sided pool let him show off to everyone. Yes that's my replection in the corner of the glass. Never thought I'd take my own photo with a sea otter :-)

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