I guess basic biology and zoology are things that happened to other people - those other people being the ones not invovled in journalism.
It is an otter. Likely Lontra Canadensis. The Shape of the paws, dentition, muzzle shape and location of the ears, as well as the 'rat-like' tail.
The 'boar like tusks?'
http://digimorph.org/specimens/lontra_c ... is/female/
ps: Note how they ask bloggers, passersby, etc; rather than experts; biologists, zoologists, museum staff. For fuck's sake - why has no on pulled a Hinterland Who's Who and called the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa!
(Yes, it was a rhetorical questions as Canadian Montaulk Monsters sounds a lot more interesting than uneducated douchebags drag dead otter onto shore and have a hissy fit.)
It is an otter. Likely Lontra Canadensis. The Shape of the paws, dentition, muzzle shape and location of the ears, as well as the 'rat-like' tail.
The 'boar like tusks?'
http://digimorph.org/specimens/lontra_c ... is/female/
ps: Note how they ask bloggers, passersby, etc; rather than experts; biologists, zoologists, museum staff. For fuck's sake - why has no on pulled a Hinterland Who's Who and called the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa!
(Yes, it was a rhetorical questions as Canadian Montaulk Monsters sounds a lot more interesting than uneducated douchebags drag dead otter onto shore and have a hissy fit.)