Lead With Your Otter

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5 min readNov 13, 2021
River Otter Eating A Trout

The first time I ever saw her, she was chewing on a trout. It was a freshly stocked rainbow trout, a one pounder, and by the look on its face, its last moment had been one of surprise and dismay. Otter had caught the trout smack in its middle, and now she was hauled halfway up out of the lake, enjoying her breakfast con mucho gusto.

In fact, I heard her before I saw her, she ate that trout con so much gusto. There is a…

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Award-winning wildlife and nature photographer (https://mttamalpaisphotos.com), retired from California PUC, EPA, NOAA. Recovering journalist.