1. Life of an Asian Small Clawed Otter By Angel

2. Table of Contents

3. Habitat  Fresh water: rivers and streams  Indonesia, Southern China, the Philippines, Southern India, and Southeast Asia  Live in wet and warm climates  Sleep in tight spaces  When it swims it looks like a fish

4. Food and Water  Crabs  Mussels  Frogs  small fish  Crustaceans  Snakes  Pounds food with a rock  Drink 20 to 25%of water of their body weight

5. Daily Behavior SSleep during the day PPlay fetch by themselves CCan hold their breath up to 4 minutes AAre nocturnal MMore then 12 calls HHunted by humans for fur MMom cares for them up to a year TTaught how to swim, catch food, groom their fur, dive, and slide down slopes

6. Family Structures  1 born at a time  Within 1 day they are active  No teeth and eyes closed when born  Pups can swim at 2 weeks old  Feed on their mother for a year  Most mothers have 6 pups  Males stay with female for 3 days after mating  Mate at any time of year  Pups cry when mother is gone  Pups can float when they are born  Family groups of 12

7. Interesting Facts EEndangered but growing HHumans hunt them PPollution kills them GGroom fur every day FFur on feet and all the way up SSpecial muscles help close ears and nose SSmallest species of otters 660 days after mating female has pups

8. Bibliography Cinerea, Amblonyx. Asian small clawed otters. Nationalzoo. Si. edu/ animalsasia Wildlife and plants. Tarrytown: Marshall CavendishCorporation, 2002 Lepthien, Emilie U. Otters. Chicago: Children's Press,1994