Tibet Otter

Tibet is mystical and famous but yet a remote, distant and a hard to reach place，and the Tibetan plateau is a quarter of China. But this challenging place is the home to animals, no matter small spirits or large creatures. Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency, and today introduce a Tibet animal- otter to you.

When you pay a visit to Tibet, you often find some otters are taking childlike enjoyment in sliding around on muddy banks or in snow. Bubbles of air trapped in their fur give them a silvery appearance underwater.
The otter is semi-aquatic mammal which can be found in a number in some holts around water edges of countries including: Africa, Asia, and China, Europe, and some nature reserve. It mainly lives in streams, lakes, and river shore with lush forests. They like to dig a hole in the bushes, roots of the water’s edge, or weeds and alcoves. It is fast but an agile swimmer.
Otter has a long, slim body and relatively short limbs with webbed paws, but it is inquisitive, playful and intelligent, mainly feed on fish and invertebrates. Most have sharp claws on their feet. The length of the adult otter can reach from 0.6 to 1.8 m, and the weight of the otter can reach 1 kg to 45 kg.
Otter species like to live in cold waters and they have high metabolic rates, which can help them warm. Besides, its outside has an outer layer of long guard hairs, which protect the inner soft, insulated under fur. So it can keep dry and warm under water even in cold place.
Otter pelts being worn around the world has a long history. Only those people in high status can afford it. In ancient China, only royalty can wear robes made from otter. Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency, offers earnest invitation to you to Tibet.