This document provides information about river otters, including where they live, what they eat, their predators, and fun facts. It discusses how river otters live in streams, rivers, and marshes, eating small fish, crayfish, and other creatures. Their predators include birds of prey and large fish. The document also includes a brief author biography and sections on vocabulary words and an index.

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2. * What is an Otter?
* Where do they live?
* What do they eat?
* What Are Their Predators?
* Fun Facts
* About the Author
* Glossary
* Index
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3. An otter is a animal that is a mammal but it lives in
the water. It does not breathe in the water. It can
hold it’s breath for at least four minutes. When they
jump in the water they hold the flaps of their nose
down so water will not get in them.
Otters are underwater acrobats. What I mean by that
is that they look like and acrobat as they swim
through the water. They are very graceful creatures.
They use their feet to steer as they swim. They live in
streams and rivers. Many of them are in North
America.
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4. River otters live in streams, rivers, and marshes. When the
mother otter is having pups she will crawl into a underground
den and rests their. They live in North America, South America,
Asia, Africa, and Europe.
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5. River otters eat small fish including crayfish,
small mammals, turtles, frogs, and other types
of fish. Sometimes they eat big fish and when
they do they have to hull them up to shore to
eat. Otters are carnivores.
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6. The mother makes sure to protect her cubs
from big fish, owls, eagles, and other birds of
prey. When one of those types of animals near,
the mother will tuck her cubs safely between her
legs. The mother designs her own habitat and if
an animal comes in it she will attack. If they live
with crocodiles or alligators they are huge
predators of the mother, father, and cubs.
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7. * Dark brown fur
* Webbed feet
* Sharp teeth
* Spend most of their time in the water
* Medium size feet
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8.  Otters can slide on their belly
 One slide can be 20 feet
 They are in a family with weasels, badgers,
and skunks
 They do not eat underwater
 When they dive the close up the ears and
nostrils so water does not get in them
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9. My name is Emmie and I am in Mrs. Marchant’s
3rd grade class. I am very interested in all sorts
of animals. One day my teacher told us to start
to write an expository writing. We all chose an
animal to write about. I chose the river otter
because I have never really cared about otters. I
have two brothers and two sisters. I live in
Hoover, Alabama.
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10. Acrobat: A gymnast
Carnivore: An animal that eats other animals for
it’s food
Expository Writing: Writing with true facts
Mammal: An animal that breathes through it’s
lungs
Marsh: Swampy area
Predator: What eats it
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11. Describing Pg. 5
Habitat Pg. 2
Otter Pg. 1
Predators Pg. 4
Prey Pg. 3
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12. Books I used:
Otters
River Otters
Websites I used:
National Geographic for Kids