spitting feathers

Great fun with otters up at Thetford- thousands of pics must have been taken over recent weeks and almost all closer and better than mine.  But here's a few for the record of the splendid male, with his parti-coloured throat and muzzle in style of a Brazilian Giant Otter.

He seemed in a really feisty mood and twice took a shot at family of Mute Swans, each time sliding gently past them, then once they thought he had gone, leaping completely clear of the water to get up speed and then sharking them from below.   I'm thinking he was doing it out of pure devilment rather than trying to predate them, but he took out quite a mouthful of feathers this time around:

bad dog...

Then a nice orca impression as he dived for the exit..