Chauffour Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 we live in dept 24, in the north not far from the Charente border. Whilst walking yesterday early evening we saw what looked like a very large otter. It wasn't a coypu, it had a long tail which tapered towards the end, the size in total was about half a meter long. It moved in a cumbersome way across the track in front of us into the shelter of the woods. Of course we didn't have a camera with us! It seems otters are only in the Massif Central and the Atlantic coast, so what was it?any ideas appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 According to a French wildlife book we've got, otters are sometimes found outside the areas you mention - Charente anyway, though not particularly in 24. Even so, the distribution map I have is 1995 so they could have extended their area in the last 12 years. If it looked like an otter... perhaps it was. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 ""It moved in a cumbersome way across the track""That coupled with where you were makes it a bit unlikely that it was an otter in my opinion.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheminot Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I went canoeing on a sidestream of the Charente at Bourg Charente last thursday.I got within 15 metres of an otter before it swam to the bank and disappeared.It didn't seem peturbed by my presence. I think its fair to say that I was the one most suprised by the encounter!cheminot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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