My brain tells me these are not real and otters don't get this big, but they definitely exist!
I am actually very surprised that I have never heard of these before. Thank you!
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
215 points (95.7% liked)
Mildly Interesting
20140 readers
1098 users here now
This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
these things will, if turned undead, absolutely annihilate a dwarf fortress
Maybe Ewan McGregor will like them.
Went camping for a night out in the remote Amazon jungle, accompanied by local guides. The next morning we were trekking and heard a strange buzzing and hissing sound. It filled the rainforest and sounded like we stumbled into a witches coven or something. There was loud whooping and whistling, but more than anything - this ominous chorus of sustained droning.
Turned out it was a pack of giant Amazon river otters in the water. These guys get as big as 6 ft. The sound was freaky and they were bearing their fangs at us trying to intimidate, swimming in an agitated manner. No doubt they could have ripped us to shreds if they wanted to. We had higher ground and kept our distance. I managed to take a short video.
After a couple minutes they climbed out of the water and galloped into the jungle. And I mean it when I say galloped. We couldn’t believe how fast they could move on land.
I firmly believe that these are the last animals you would want to come face to face with in all of the Amazon. I would rather face a jaguar than a mob of angry giant river otters.
Short Video (OC): https://files.catbox.moe/phsta3.mov Wish the phone picked up the low end of the droning better.
That's amazing, simultaneously cute and terrifying
Are all those different noises coming from the otters? That's so scary
Thanks for sharing, that was a cool encounter!
That is a wild experience, closely followed by what just happened when my cats heard that video.
Don’t fuck wit mustelids.
I honestly always thought Giant Otters only existed in D&D.
Could you imagine if Brian Jacques had added six foot river otters into Redwall?