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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(240527) -- SINGAPORE, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters are seen in Singapore's Marina Bay Promenade on May 12, 2024. World Otter Day is celebrated on the last Wednesday of May, which falls on May 29 this year. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(240527) -- SINGAPORE, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters are seen near the Singapore River in Singapore on May 18, 2024. World Otter Day is celebrated on the last Wednesday of May, which falls on May 29 this year. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(240527) -- SINGAPORE, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters are seen in Singapore's Marina Bay Promenade on May 9, 2024. World Otter Day is celebrated on the last Wednesday of May, which falls on May 29 this year. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(240527) -- SINGAPORE, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters are seen in Singapore's Marina Bay Promenade on May 12, 2024. World Otter Day is celebrated on the last Wednesday of May, which falls on May 29 this year. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(240527) -- SINGAPORE, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters are seen in Singapore's Marina Bay Promenade on May 12, 2024. World Otter Day is celebrated on the last Wednesday of May, which falls on May 29 this year. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(240527) -- SINGAPORE, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters are seen near the Singapore River in Singapore on May 18, 2024. World Otter Day is celebrated on the last Wednesday of May, which falls on May 29 this year. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(240527) -- SINGAPORE, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters are seen in Singapore's Marina Bay Promenade on May 12, 2024. World Otter Day is celebrated on the last Wednesday of May, which falls on May 29 this year. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(240527) -- SINGAPORE, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters are seen in Singapore's Marina Bay Promenade on May 9, 2024. World Otter Day is celebrated on the last Wednesday of May, which falls on May 29 this year. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-SINGAPORE-COOPERATION (CN)

(231012) -- BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wild smooth-coated otters are spotted next to Singapore's tourism icon, the Merlion, on its 50th birthday at the Merlion Park in Singapore, Sept. 15, 2022. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity was launched in 2015. It is the third such cooperation initiative between China and Singapore. Through the cooperation project, exchanges between Chongqing and Singapore in the business, leisure tourism and culture sectors have been deepened in recent years. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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California battles to save sea mammal victims of red tide

STORY: California battles to save sea mammal victims of red tide DATELINE: July 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: SAN PEDRO, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of sea lions STORYLINE: Vacationers visiting beaches of U.S. state of California this July Fourth weekend are likely to encounter an alarming sight: sick sea lions recovering on the sand. Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) called it a large-scale stranding event. Scientists suspected that it was caused by red tide, another name for an excessive bloom of certain phytoplankton -- tiny sea veggies that most fish and sea mammals feed on. They noted that with global warming heating up California's waters, red tide has become a reoccurring problem off the coast, posing health concerns for much marine life, including sea lions, seals, otters, dolphins, and even whales. The sick and dead wildlife started showing up in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties several weeks ago, and the numbers have since incr

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(230531) -- SINGAPORE, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wild smooth-coated otters make their way around Singapore's Marina Bay area on May 2, 2023. Wednesday marks this year's World Otter Day, a special day aiming to raise awareness about otters and their protection. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(230531) -- SINGAPORE, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wild smooth-coated otters make their way around Singapore's Marina Bay area on May 2, 2023. Wednesday marks this year's World Otter Day, a special day aiming to raise awareness about otters and their protection. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(230531) -- SINGAPORE, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wild smooth-coated otters make their way around Singapore's Marina Bay area on May 2, 2023. Wednesday marks this year's World Otter Day, a special day aiming to raise awareness about otters and their protection. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(230531) -- SINGAPORE, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wild smooth-coated otters make their way around Singapore's Marina Bay area on May 24, 2023. Wednesday marks this year's World Otter Day, a special day aiming to raise awareness about otters and their protection. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WORLD OTTER DAY

(230531) -- SINGAPORE, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wild smooth-coated otters make their way around Singapore's Marina Bay area on May 2, 2023. Wednesday marks this year's World Otter Day, a special day aiming to raise awareness about otters and their protection. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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Sea otters in coupling bid

OSAKA, Japan - Sea otters Kutan (R), an 11-year-old male, and Pata, a 15-year-old female, swim together at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in the city of Osaka on June 12, 2012. The aquarium the same day showed to the general public its attempt at creating a sea otter couple, placing Kutan and two female sea otters, including Pata, in the same enclosure.

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Oriental small-clawed otter cubs put on pubic display

FUKUI, Japan - Three-month-old oriental small-clawed otters are put on public display at Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in Fukui Prefecture on Aug. 21.

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Four otters frolic in icy river in NE China

STORY: Four otters frolic in icy river in NE China DATELINE: Dec. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: HULUNBUIR, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of otters STORYLINE: Four otters, a national second-class protected wild animal in China, were spotted frolicking in the Zhadun River in the Greater Khingan Range. The ecology in the Greater Khingan Range has continued to improve in recent years, and more otters have been spotted in the forest. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hulunbuir, China. (XHTV)

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SINGAPORE-MERLION-50TH BIRTHDAY

(220915) -- SINGAPORE, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A family of wild smooth-coated otters are spotted next to Singapore's tourism icon, the Merlion, on its 50th birthday at the Merlion Park in Singapore, Sept. 15, 2022. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-MERLION-50TH BIRTHDAY

(220915) -- SINGAPORE, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A family of wild smooth-coated otters are spotted next to Singapore's tourism icon, the Merlion, on its 50th birthday at the Merlion Park in Singapore, Sept. 15, 2022. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-MERLION-50TH BIRTHDAY

(220915) -- SINGAPORE, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A family of wild smooth-coated otters are spotted next to Singapore's tourism icon, the Merlion, on its 50th birthday at the Merlion Park in Singapore, Sept. 15, 2022. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-BIODIVERSITY-PARK

(220522) -- SINGAPORE, May 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters come up on land at Singapore Botanic Gardens in Singapore, on May 21, 2022. Singapore's National Parks Board (NParks) held the Festival of Biodiversity from May 21 to 22 as part of the observance of International Day for Biological Diversity. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-WILDLIFE-SMOOTH-COATED OTTER PUPS

(220315) -- SINGAPORE, March 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wild smooth-coated otters of the Bishan family are seen in Singapore's Kallang Basin, March 15, 2022. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-SMOOTH-COATED OTTERS

(220113) -- SINGAPORE, Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters, famously known as the Bishan family, are seen in the Gardens by the Bay East in Singapore, on Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)

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SINGAPORE-SMOOTH-COATED OTTERS

(220113) -- SINGAPORE, Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters, famously known as the Bishan family, are seen in the Gardens by the Bay East in Singapore, on Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)

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SINGAPORE-SMOOTH-COATED OTTERS

(220113) -- SINGAPORE, Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters, famously known as the Bishan family, are seen in the Gardens by the Bay East in Singapore, on Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)

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SINGAPORE-SMOOTH-COATED OTTERS

(220113) -- SINGAPORE, Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Smooth-coated otters, famously known as the Bishan family, are seen in the Gardens by the Bay East in Singapore, on Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)

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Oriental small-clawed otter cubs put on pubic display

FUKUI, Japan - Three-month-old oriental small-clawed otters are put on public display at Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in Fukui Prefecture on Aug. 21. (Kyodo)

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Sea otters popular with visitors but headache for fishermen

KUSHIRO, Japan - A sea otter swims holding a sea urchin near Cape Nosappu in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Feb. 2, 2010. (Photo courtesy of the Habomai fisheries cooperative) (Kyodo)

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Sea otters popular with visitors but headache for fishermen

KUSHIRO, Japan - Photo taken March 4, 2010, of empty sea urchin shells in the Sea of Okhotsk just off Nemuro, Hokkaido, indicates sea urchins were devoured by sea otters. (Photo courtesy of the Habomai fisheries cooperative). (Kyodo)

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Sea otters in Hokkaido

Sea otters are pictured off Cape Kiritappu in the Hokkaido town of Hamanaka, northern Japan, on June 17, 2021.