Eels revenge

Trust staff discovered a young otter lying dead on the river banks of River Doon near Dalrymple this morning. Otters are common in this area, so sightings of dead ones are not unusual.

Except this otter was found with an extremely large portion of eel wedged in its mouth, causing the otter to choke and die. The eel was removed from the mouth showing thick rubbery skin and bones making it appear to be the head.

At this age otters generally still feed with their mothers, this one may have been playing with the remains of the meal or maybe it was still hungry and wanted more, whatever the situation eel turned out to be the otters last meal.