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What's going on here?
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09-02-2014 2:29pm#1I'm guessing what's going on below is an Otter is using this young ash tree as a scratching post and/or a territorial marker?I spotted this on a stretch of the Grand Canal recently and haven't seen it before.I saw an Otter a fortnight ago, about a kilometre upstream,so know they're here.The Otter is not alone scratching the tree but would also appear to be chewing branches off it too!It could be a large male safeguarding his territory.I haven't seen any spraints along the well worn path to the water's edge,but I do know Mustelidae also use skin scent glands to mark their territories,so when he/she is scratching the tree it's no doubt leaving its scent there too.
It would be a great place to put a trail cam,but the area sees a lot of human traffic and I'd be afraid it would disappear if left there.
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