1. Hurry they’re getting hotter! Rachel #15 The Endangered Giant River Otter

2. Giant Otters have lots of useful and amazing unique characteristics. Some of the Giant Otters have a white on their necks to their bellies. Even though the Giant river otter has short stubby legs they have strong claws and webbed feet. They have a reddish brown water proof velvety fur and a rudder like tail used for swimming in the water. But their built in nose plugs also do help under water.

3. The Giant River Otter is located in the tropical rainforest of South America by the country of Brazil. The population of the Giant Otter was once wide spread from Venezuela to northern Argentina. But, today they are only found in South America due to fur hunting and habitat destruction.

4. Giant River Otters live in fresh water lakes, creeks, and rivers. But, Giant River Otter is occasionally found in unusual places like in agriculture canals and reservoirs of small dams witch is unusual place because they prefer gently sloped river banks with over hanging vegetations. Giant River Otters are found throughout the Amazon witch ranges from the east of the Andes mountains in northern Argentina.

5. The Giant River Otter diet consists of many types of fish. They prefer to eat perch, catfish, and other members of the characin family. If the Giant Otter's food becomes scares they feed on small caiman, crustaceans, and small snakes. Sometimes when the Giant otter eats it eats on the water.

6. Poachers were and still are a big threat to the Giant River otters and they had helped them to the present status of Endangered. Poachers catch them and take there fur to sell. But poachers and poaching isn’t the only reason that the Giant Otter Is only endangered. Jaguars could take young or lone otter pups. Also pollouting water is helping the giant River otters go Endangered.

7. I think that we could stop polloution water and stop hunting Giant River otters for there fur. We could all try to work together and make preservers around them and a few no hunting laws. I think that we should preserve giant river otters population because in the next generations won’t be able to see these wonderful and beautiful animals.

8. “GIANT OTTER HABITAT” http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Zoology/ClassMammalia/Mam mals/OrderCarnivora/Mustelidae/GiantOtter/GiantOtter.htm {2/26/07} University of Michigan Location 2/20/2007http://animaldiversity.ummz.edu/site/acounts/information/Pteronura_br asiliensis.ht... Pteronura brasiliensis> 2/20/2007 Gant Otters of Peru location http://www.puruperu.com/giant-otters.htm 2/20/07