[MR] otter/sea otter (fwd)

[Tankred Bras-de-Fer]

Well, I have a friend of mine that has a PURPLE otter as the main charge 
of his arms! So, I guess someone else could have an otter.

Tankred
Windmasters' Hill Baronial Herald

Peters, Rise J. wrote:

>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.
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>>-----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)
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>>Dalkr:
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>>>could someone send me a link or pic, where i might find pics of a 
>>>heraldic otter and sea otter.
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>>Try:
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>>http://www002.upp.so-net.ne.jp/saitou/parker/jpglosso.htm#Otter
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>>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).
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>>Pedro
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