Singapore’s Urban Otters

Singapore’s Urban Otters

One of the hallmarks of Singapore’s success at becoming a ‘city in a garden’ is the return of a native otter population which were thought to have become locally extinct, and is now estimated to exceed 70.

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Because of Singapore’s lush greenery and clean water, these otters are living in public gardens and waterways in the centre of one of the densest cities on earth. I finally saw the otters recently at the Gardens by the Bay and filmed this video!

Images and Video by Jonathan Choe.