There are actually two otters in this tree. Admittedly it was a relatively short scrubby tree, but they had no trouble at all going up it.
This was at the Buttonwoods Zoo in Massachusetts a couple months ago. They have three otters who are just amazing to watch. They’d do backwards somersaults off the side of their pool over and over again, just for the fun of it. 🙂
More discussion on the subject can be found at the IUCN Otter Specialist Group.
