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Anche oggi una splendida giornata e quindi nuovamente al mare.
Today we had another magnificent day. Therefore, we have been again to the sea.
Con una sorpresa.
We had a nice surprise.
Penso sia una lontra, anche se da principio mi sembrava nell’habitat sbagliato. Infatti, non credevo esistessero anche quelle marine. Ora grazie a wikipedia, so che esistono, ma ancora non sono sicura che sia stato un avvistamento del tutto normale. Mi informero’, tu ne sai qualcosa?
I think it is an otter, even if it really felt like it was not in its right habitat. This because I did not know there were marine otter. Thanks to wikipedia, I now know they do exist. But nevertheless I am not completely certain it was an usual sighting. I will try to get more information. Do you know anything about otters?
E poi a mollo in piscina
And then a bit of serious swimming at the swimming pool
Un abbraccio e buona vita
busy bees 
Wow!!! I’ve never seen a marine otter. Nice holidays!!
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I even did not know they existed, Gerrit! Even more interesting, the day afterwards we heard that an orca had been spotted in the stretch of sea close to Port Elizabeth. Maybe the marine “atmosphere” was not so safe for small creature…
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Actually, it’s a seal, also called a sea lion and in Afrikaans a rob. Next time you come to Cape Town, we should all get on a boat at Hout Bay and go to the seal island where there are lots of them, basking in the sun on the rocks. This one seems a little bit lost.
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Tannie Herma
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Dear Tannie Herma, so nice to see you here! At first we also thought it might be a seal, but the tail is way too long, and it is very very hairy. I will post more photos and a video to show it better. But for sure we should go to Hout Bay. The little bees cannot wait to go on a ferry ride :). Big hug!
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We’d love to see the video and the other photos!
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Hello!
It most certainly is an otter – a Cape Clawless Otter to be exact 🙂 They are considered semi-aquatic, preferring freshwater but many species (there are 13 in the world) also like to have some seafood once in a while!
Great sighting – se ne vedi delle altre scrivici pure a africanotternetwork@gmail.com oppure mandaci un messaggio su Facebook (african otter network) che saremo felici di aiutarti nell’identificazione e di condividere il tuo avvistamento!
Have a lovely day
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Thanks for giving us these details! I do have more pics and video, do you want to see them?
Thanks for writing
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