Day 179/18. A cooling al fresco lunch.

An Asian small-clawed otter enjoys a cooling al fresco lunch in the summer sun today at Marwell Zoo.
Asian small-clawed otters will eat smaller animals, including crabs and molluscs (such as snails), fish, small mammals (such as mice), snakes, insects and frogs.
They use their paws to dig around in mud or move stones to find their prey. They are even known to leave crabs and snails out in the sun, as the heat will cause the shell (or exoskeleton) to open up slightly, making it easier for the otters to eat them. Smart little critters.