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@ottertropy.bsky.social

A 30-something Vancouver Island Otter with a penchant for crab, forests, and chaos. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿพฮ˜ฮ”๐Ÿ”ž

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It's hard isn't it. One of ours passed two years ago, I've still not handled the paw prints and impressions or managed them into a shadowbox with his ashes. It still hurts. I'm sorry for your loss.

29.01.2026 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The stink, it brings us all together!~

28.01.2026 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More art for Tasha Greenwoodโ€™s Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants, published by Storey

Sea otters help protect kelp forests by snacking on sea urchin populations that would otherwise overgraze kelp.

#kelpforest #seaotters #illustration #natureart #seaweed

28.01.2026 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A random sign outside that says "are you tired of being human?" with the post author replying with "Monday thru Sunday, 365 days a year."

A random sign outside that says "are you tired of being human?" with the post author replying with "Monday thru Sunday, 365 days a year."

Monday thru Sunday, 365 days a year.

18.09.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 446    ๐Ÿ” 174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Took a drive out to my "home town" for the first time in 10 years to help my aunt out. It's weird knowing every turn in the road but not recognizing any of the landmarks.

27.01.2026 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A crow kicks a small ball of snow. They then start rolling it into a larger ball while saying "trust the process...". They kick more snow into a pile and stick a branch in repeating "trust the process" to itself. They place small stones. They say "Phew!" and stand back to look at its creation, which we see now is a mess of a project that looks somewhat like a melted bird. The final panel the crow says "haha it's terrible".

A crow kicks a small ball of snow. They then start rolling it into a larger ball while saying "trust the process...". They kick more snow into a pile and stick a branch in repeating "trust the process" to itself. They place small stones. They say "Phew!" and stand back to look at its creation, which we see now is a mess of a project that looks somewhat like a melted bird. The final panel the crow says "haha it's terrible".

Finished is better than terrible #oldknees

23.01.2026 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8040    ๐Ÿ” 1896    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
A wolf head snarling with a moon behind the head on the left side. The wolf has 9 pupil-less eyes.

A wolf head snarling with a moon behind the head on the left side. The wolf has 9 pupil-less eyes.

Multi-eyed wolf comm. from a couple years ago.

23.01.2026 06:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ok, I did a design for stickers with yesterday's drawing. Decided to include a simpler message this time.

Don't really have money to print them atm, but hopefully will do it soon ๐Ÿ˜…

23.01.2026 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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he must hunt
he must forage
but above all else he mustelid

23.01.2026 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 944    ๐Ÿ” 255    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Friendly reminder, so friendly, in fact, that it features a cute wizard otter.

21.01.2026 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 846    ๐Ÿ” 297    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Two river otters hanging by a river bank. One otter on the rocks has a green fish in its mouth.

Two river otters hanging by a river bank. One otter on the rocks has a green fish in its mouth.

River otter sketch commission from a minute ago.

19.01.2026 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 181    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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How did a toilet photo become a breakthrough for science? ๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿฆฆ

Scott Loarie of @inaturalist.bsky.social shares how a camper in a remote Colombian cabin snapped the first confirmed photos of a living Colombian weasel, a species once known only from 1800s museum skins.

20.01.2026 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A cartoon drawing of the rear of a station wagon. Inside, an eight-legged Garfield plush is suction-adhered to the interior of the rear window. Xenomorph-like figures are shown to be driving the car. The cargo area of the car is filled with cartons of milk. A parking pass with the Weyland-Yutani logo is on the rear window.

A cartoon drawing of the rear of a station wagon. Inside, an eight-legged Garfield plush is suction-adhered to the interior of the rear window. Xenomorph-like figures are shown to be driving the car. The cargo area of the car is filled with cartons of milk. A parking pass with the Weyland-Yutani logo is on the rear window.

30.12.2025 07:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1779    ๐Ÿ” 413    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's surely a North American River Otter and not a Sea Otter. Still cute(er).

19.01.2026 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alchemical Love

18.01.2026 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 232    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah pretty brutal that it feels like all the mid-size town โ€œnicheโ€ shops are shuttering. These folks are going to try and move next door into a unit 1/4 the size, but theyโ€™re not sure if itโ€™ll work out or not. Our art supply closed a couple years back too โ˜น๏ธ

15.01.2026 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The local fabric store is closing outโ€ฆ busiest Iโ€™ve ever seen it; no advertising, just word of mouth Facebook postsโ€ฆ haul incoming

15.01.2026 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

no new pictures
Where are you at mentally

15.01.2026 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
If I Were an Otter
YouTube video by Alice Di Micele - Topic If I Were an Otter

If? Hufff.

youtu.be/IprUsSZn-Ms

15.01.2026 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Otters of Buckfastleigh, Devon. Quite willing subjects when not eating fish.

#photography #scape #CanonPhotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #otters #otter #UKwildlife #BritishWildlife #wildlife #nature #Devon #Buckfastleigh #riverlife #animalphotography #naturelovers

31.12.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An inspiring little poem
from Kenneth C. Steven
accompanied by a beautiful
piece of art from
Charlotte Strawbridge
(@cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social)

15.01.2026 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 158    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Little comic about therianthropy ๐Ÿพ

13.01.2026 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 250    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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ใƒใƒƒใƒ—ใจไธ€็ท’ใซใ„ใ‚‹ใฎใฏใƒฉใƒƒใ‚ณใฎ็™พใ€…็›ฎๅดŽ๏ผˆใฉใฉใ‚ใ–ใ๏ผ‰ใ•ใ‚“ใงใ€ๅ…ƒใ€…ใƒกใ‚คใฎๆตทๆด‹็”Ÿ็‰ฉใƒ•ใƒฌใƒณใ‚บใฎไธ€ๅ“ก๏ผˆXrdใฎใจใใฏใƒกใ‚คใŒๅฌๅ–šใ—ใฆใŸ๏ผ‰ใ ใฃใŸใฎใŒใƒใƒƒใƒ—ใจใƒกใ‚คใŒใ‚นใƒˆใƒผใƒชใƒผไธญใงไปฒ่‰ฏใใชใฃใŸใจใใซๅฟ่€…ใซใชใ‚ŠใŸใใฆใƒใƒƒใƒ—ใซๅผŸๅญๅ…ฅใ‚Šใ—ใŸใจใ‹ใใ‚“ใชใ ใฃใŸใฏใš_(โ€˜ฯ‰โ€˜*_ )_

13.01.2026 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Woodcarved standing up otter on a workbench, next to a carving knife and a few wood chips.

Woodcarved standing up otter on a workbench, next to a carving knife and a few wood chips.

Another point of view

Another point of view

First otter of 2026

12.01.2026 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 851    ๐Ÿ” 185    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Armageddon, Ragnarok, the Apocalypse. So many different versions of the end of the world. The problem with all of them is they have a distinct lack of mustelids.
So I propose a new end of times.

The Bitenning

Endless hoards of mustelids will rain down from the heavens and they will bite everything

12.01.2026 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A giant pink pine marten in a city, heโ€™s looking at a taxi with his paws up ready to pick it up and licking his lips with teeth showing. There is people standing around watching. There is smoke in the background

A giant pink pine marten in a city, heโ€™s looking at a taxi with his paws up ready to pick it up and licking his lips with teeth showing. There is people standing around watching. There is smoke in the background

Taxi Hunting ๐Ÿš•

11.01.2026 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2571    ๐Ÿ” 543    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really hope when this SoW is over, they run out of money for us entirely. We've already tried to convince them to take another contractor from our team without much luck. Please, gods of labour, bring me something different.

09.01.2026 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm so over it. The virtual desktop that is like operating a computer with oven mits. The project managment that drags on and constnatly changes priorities. The stack and poor choices made long before me. The inconsistency of an ancient MUI 4.x app. The lack of control as an external contractor.

09.01.2026 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been working with the same client, on the same suite of products, for over 3 years now. This is the longest I've ever worked on any one project. The longest I've worked on any _one_ thing.

09.01.2026 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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