Local resident Wren Gilgan caught this little guy playing at the ferry landing on Francois Lake.
Otters are active hunters, chasing prey in the water. Most species live beside water, but otters usually enter the water only to hunt or travel, otherwise spending much of their time on land to avoid their fur becoming waterlogged.
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