[MR] otter/sea otter (fwd)

[Peters, Rise J.]

That's very odd, because I saw some kinds of big old otters on Skye.  Maybe they aren't the same as our west-coast sea otters, but they were definitely otters.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Levin [mailto:clevin at ripco.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 11:07 PM
> To: Merry Rose
> Subject: [MR] otter/sea otter (fwd)
> 
> 
> Dalkr:
> 
> > could someone send me a link or pic, where i might find pics of a 
> > heraldic otter and sea otter.
> 
> Try:
> 
> http://www002.upp.so-net.ne.jp/saitou/parker/jpglosso.htm#Otter
> 
> According to the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, the sea otter
> wasn't known to Europeans until the 1700's, which puts it out of
> use in SCA heraldry. Sad-they're nifty animals (not to say that
> freshwater otters aren't).
> 
> Pedro
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