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Field record · PE-2026-004 · Series I
Bashful Otter
Lutra plushia verecunda
The riverbank, first light
Specimen mid-float; correspondent writing standing up, having sat down once already.
From the notebook
Otters are the only creatures I have catalogued that appear to be enjoying themselves on purpose. This one floated past twice, the second time slower, which I take to be showmanship.
I recorded the river temperature, the light, and the precise moment I stopped taking notes and simply watched. The last of these is not, strictly, data. I have kept it in.
— The Explorer, Field correspondent, Plush Explorer Society
Archivist's note
Filed under Otter. The correspondent's original submission read “the good one”, which is not a taxonomic rank.
— Keeper of the Collection, Plush Explorer Society
The record
Habitat
Riverbanks & the ends of beds
Native range
Rivers of the British Isles
Family
Jellycatidae
Rarity
Catalogued
First catalogued
Expedition Vol. II — The UK Indies
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