Otter at Semakau!

Had heard of reports of there being an otter sighted in the Semakau mangroves some months ago and had also seen what looked like otter footprints on the beach but had never seen other signs of it.

Fortunately, a recent visitor (YYJ) to Semakau was lucky enough to not only see the otter but she manage to take a picture of it carrying off it's dinner of a snake!



This could mean that Semakau's mangroves and seagrass lagoon are indeed capable of sustaining larger mammals and hopefully eventually a resident family of otters.

However, perhaps there should be a formal restriction on long nets used by visiting fishermen especially in the seagrass lagoon and areas surrounding Semakau. This would help ensure that the otter does not end up being entangled in the nets which are often left abandoned or discarded irresponsibly.

other sightings of an otter at Semakau :-
http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/news/index.php?entry=/education/20051203-public_semakau.txt
http://www.wildsingapore.com/news/20070506/070511-2.htm
http://www.wildsingapore.com.sg/wildfilms/blog/archive/2006_04_01_wildfilms_archive.html