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Recent Examples of otter
Local experts say that the recent otter attack in Santa Cruz could be Otter 841 returning to claim her territory, but the otter cannot be confirmed as Otter 841, since 841's tracker is no longer active and may have fallen off.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
On Wednesday, an otter snagged a board from a surfer at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Fire Department Marine Division said in a statement to this news organization.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
As the two boys leaned over the dock to watch, Lee threw his arm down into the water and the otter jumped up and bit his hand.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
—Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
On Wednesday, an otter snagged a board from a surfer at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Fire Department Marine Division said in a statement to this news organization.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
As the two boys leaned over the dock to watch, Lee threw his arm down into the water and the otter jumped up and bit his hand.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
—Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for otter
Noun
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The beaver moon will be just 221,817 miles from Earth, the closest full moon of the year.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Hummingbirds have long beaks for sucking nectar from flowers, polar bears have thick skin and fur to keep them warm from the Arctic tundra and beavers have big, wide tails to propel them through the water.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The farmer, his son and grandson were still collecting mink, with more than a dozen live traps deployed and checked routinely, Hobbs said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The sweater is constructed using mink wool and doesn’t showcase any visible seams.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Originally bred in Germany to hunt badgers, these small canines are energetic, bold and stubborn.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Texans may also have run-ins with wildlife, such as raccoons, opossums and squirrels, during the winter months, according to 855 Bugs.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.—
Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
Noun
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There’s a haunted corn maze, marigold fields, bounceland, Jurassic Fright, a tractor ride and sheep, goats and rabbits.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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The farm is home to goats, Holstein cows, potbellied and kune kune pigs, donkeys, sheep, rabbits, llamas, alpacas, guinea fowl, guinea pigs, geese, chickens, a Shetland pony, and a Shire horse.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Most of these migrants were fisher-hunter-gatherers and belonged to numerous ethnic groups who left vital evidence of their presence in stones, burial sites, and artifacts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The lights themselves are also heavy, can make the nets sag, and not easy for fishers to work with.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Otter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otter. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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