{"id":64936,"date":"2022-05-03T16:42:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T08:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=64936"},"modified":"2022-05-03T16:46:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T08:46:38","slug":"otters-enjoy-facilities-at-reflections-at-keppel-bay-condominium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2022\/05\/03\/otters-enjoy-facilities-at-reflections-at-keppel-bay-condominium\/","title":{"rendered":"Otters enjoy facilities at Reflections at Keppel Bay Condominium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The video below by CL Ching was taken on 7 April 2022 at Reflections Condominium at Keppel Bay, Singapore.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-64936-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/otter-sp-7.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/otter-sp-7.mp4\">https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/otter-sp-7.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The video captured the moment when a group of five smooth-coated otters,\u00a0<em>Lutrogale perspicillata,\u00a0<\/em>frollicked in the swimming pool and got curious about the swimming goggles and foam float. The otters were not afraid of the humans chatting by the side of the pool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nparks.gov.sg\/gardens-parks-and-nature\/dos-and-donts\/animal-advisories\/otters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read<\/a> this advisory by Nparks which educates the public on otter encounters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/singapore-otters-wildlife\/2021\/10\/22\/9e85c3ac-2afd-11ec-b17d-985c186de338_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This post by Washington Post<\/a> describes the comeback of the critically endangered otters in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>The following post about a\u00a0 family of otters inflicting injury on a monitor lizard showcases the swift and cooperative response of these wild animals <a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2019\/07\/26\/smooth-otters-attacked-malayan-water-monitor\/\">https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2019\/07\/26\/smooth-otters-attacked-malayan-water-monitor\/\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/singapore\/otter-population-sharply-still-manageable-say-experts-who-urge-public-learn-co-exist-them-1767076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read<\/a> this post that conveys the mood and attitude of the public towards the otters&#8217; presence in unexpected places.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2020\/07\/history-of-otters-in-singapore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2020\/07\/history-of-otters-in-singapore\/\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a>relates the disappearance and then the successful re-establishment of the otters in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BESGroup thanks CL Ching for her generosity in sharing her video with our readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video below by CL Ching was taken on 7 April 2022 at Reflections Condominium at Keppel Bay, Singapore. The video captured the moment when a group of five smooth-coated otters,\u00a0Lutrogale perspicillata,\u00a0frollicked in the swimming pool and got curious about the swimming goggles and foam float. The otters were not afraid of the humans chatting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":64967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1392],"tags":[1394,1395,1076],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}