Photo of two Southern River Otters taken in the Pantanal, Brazil. They're sitting on a mound of mostly dead plants surrounding and covering a fallen tree trunk at the edge of the muddy water of the Cuiaba river - the mound was, in fact an Island in the river channel. The left hand otter is on the tree trunk looking down , the right hand one is facing the camera with its mouth open showing its teeth in a somewhat aggressive pose although they and the rest of the group were not bothered by our presence out of picture on a bot and played happily around us for the hour we were there. At one point a Cayman approached them at which point they did display truly aggressive behaviour calling loudly and coming together to face down this potential predator who then left.
Canon 5Dmk4 189mm f/8 1:1000s ISO800
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The river otters came to this fallen tree trunk to roll in the dead grass, fish and seemingly just have fun playing. But also #Fearless seeing off a Cayman who got too close.
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