Giant Otter
38.0 x 45.5 cm. (14.9 x 17.9in.)


The giant otter subsists mainly on fish. It is more aquatic than most other otters; it can hold its breath under water and it has webbed feet for swimming. It has no serious predators except humans who poach it for pelts, kill it to reduce competition for fish, and is subjected to mercury and other toxins in the river from gold mining.

Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is a planetary nebula. Its sun-like dying star is in its heights. Regular convulsion is probably the cause of the outer layers of dusty concentric shell, though its complex inner structure is not well understood.


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