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Dan an Dòbhran Mòr/Oscar the Giant Otter

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The tale of Oscar, a six-month-old giant otter who lives with his family in Cocha Salvador

This episode features Oscar, a six-month-old giant otter who lives with his family in Cocha Salvador, a freshwater lake in the Amazon Basin.

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Today's focus is on Oscar, a six-month old-giant otter who lives with his family in Cocha Salvador, a freshwater lake in the Amazon Basin in Peru, one of the most bio-diverse areas of rainforest in the world. Amazon giant otters really are giants. At nearly two metres long from nose to tail, they are the largest of the world's otters and the most sociable, living in noisy groups of up to 20.

Giant otters are experts at high-speed underwater pursuit. They live almost entirely on fish, and together Oscar's family eat an amazing 25 kilos of fish every day. However, the murky lake waters hide a formidable enemy: the black caiman, a South American crocodile. When there is a caiman about, Oscar learns the importance of family.

Sreath a tha a' toirt thugainn fiosrachadh a tha inntinneach agus iongantach mu chuid de na h-ainmhidhean as fheàrr leinn.

An-diugh, tha sinn a' coinneachadh ri Dan, dòbhran mòr a tha 6 mìosan a dh'aois agus a tha a' fuireach ann an Cocha Salvador, loch fìor-uisge ann an Srath an Amason ann am Peru, tè de na raointean coill-uisge as làine de fhiadh-bheatha air an t-saoghal. Tha dòbhrain mhòra an Amason dha-rìribh mòr. Aig faisg air dà mheatair, 's iad na dòbhrain as motha san t-saoghal agus bidh iad a' fuireach ann am buidhnean de suas ri 20.

Tha dòbhrain mhòra sònraichte math air sealg aig astar fon uisge. Tha iad beò air iasg agus ithidh teaghlach Dan 25 cileagraman èisg gach latha! Ach tha aon nàmhaid cunnartach am falach san uisge dhorcha, an caiman dubh, crogall mòr. Agus nuair a tha caiman mun cuairt, tha Dan ag ionnsachadh cho cudromach is a tha teaghlach.

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