The Giant Otter

“T he charisma of these huge, Amazonian ‘ river people ’ burns through even the most factual descriptions, emphasi z ed by an abundance of photographs. ” — BBC Wildlife   The aptly named giant otter is exceptionally well adapted to life in rivers, lakes and wetlands in tropical South America. Known in Spanish as lobo del rio or ‘river wolf,’ it can be as long as a human is tall and is the most social of the world’s thirteen otter species. Each individual is identifiable from birth by its pa