Otter enrichment

Asian short-clawed otter using the enrichment device at Blackpool Zoo!

Pinniped Firehose Cube - Firehose cube with a 5 litre bottle inside to make it float.Put a handful of gravel in the bottle so rattles. You could experiment with different things to make different sounds

Students from UTC’s Psychology and Biology departments have teamed-up to participate in an ongoing project that provides environmental enrichment for animals at area facilities.

This fun enrichment activity took place at the UK's Dudley Zoo , which writes : Our Asiatic short-clawed otter mum and dad, Keyah and Buddy, and their two offspring were treated to a fishy feast – but it was all set in 10 litres of ice. Keeper Josh Luxton made the giant ice block in a washing up

One of the Keepers saw an idea for enriching a feed. Fern and Tracy decided to give the recipe a try: - Hollow out a melon - Make incisions all round the melon – Poke Sprats into the incisions so that their tails are protruding - Fill the rest of the melon with prawns Place into Otter enclosure, get ready with your camera …….. ready, steady, go! Above left: Intrigued and getting a closer look inside the melon. Above right: One paw inside melon, the other holding a sprat! Above left: Having…

High School Student Research Experience with Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Sea Turtles

Asian Short-Clawed Otter stretching to reach food in a hanging enrichment pipe @LivingCoasts #otter

Weymouth SEA LIFE Adventure Park invited members of Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue to launch their new otter feed experience, after working together on a new enrichment project. Aquarists at the park recently approached the fire service for donations of used hose to create puzzles for the Asian Short-Clawed Otters and the Dorset team…