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African spotted-necked otter and Allen's swamp monkey at San Diego Zoo

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This magnificent enclosure provides great environmental enrichment, both for the otter and the monkeys. In this footage you see the different levels in the enclosure available for the otter. There's an encounter between the otter and two swamp monkeys – not exactly a friendly encounter by the way. Besides this otter-friendly part of the exhibit, there's another part on higher grounds where red river hogs and forest buffalo roam around. As far as I could tell, the monkeys could venture up into this area as well. I reckon the otter will not seek for contact with the hoofed species. It is a very agile swimmer, but its large webbed feet makes it very clumsy on land – in its original habitat in Africa it will rarely go far from the shore.

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