Example Sentences

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The otters were known to bite guests who paid $215 to swim with them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

He scaled up aggressively at what was then called Barn Hill Preserve, adding a safari park and animal encounters like swimming with otters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

She said no other otters have been found, but a “handful” of California sea lions are “in the queue.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Possibilities, subject to a public consultation, include badgers and otters as well as frogs, hedgehogs, barn owls and newts.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

It made a lovely clinking sound on the rocks, and the otters squeaked with delight.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown