Otter

City of Louisville v. Silcox, 977 S.W.2d 254 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998). In City of Louisville, plaintiff paid a fee identified as an “Entrance Fee” at $2 per car regardless of the number of passengers, to park at the Otter Creek Park. City of Louisville v. Silcox, 977 S.W.2d 254 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998). Plaintiff injured his foot jumping into the Creek and cited the $2 as a charge that would waive the immunity granted by KRS 411.190. Id. The Court disagreed holding that…

Governor Butch Otter vs. King Arthur, introducing King Arthur he was known to be a mythological figure, he was the ruler of the round table and the camelot. He was known as one of the best knights, also an excellent ruler/emperor for the late 5th century and early 6th century. He was the son of Uther Pendragon no one knows when he was born. Governor Butch Otter, was elected as the governor (32nd) of Idaho in November of 2006, later was re-elected in 2014 for second term. Otter served in the…

A. den Otter examines the contrasting perspectives on the definition of “civilization” and “wilderness”, in relations to Canada, throughout history. “Civilization as a term dates back to the mid-eighteenth century” (Otter 2012, xiii) and “most writers perceived the concepts of civilization and wilderness as opposing poles” (Otter 2012, xii) and as such defines each other. “There is no perception to wilderness that does not take its meaning from whatever we believe civilization to be” (Otter…

People in Shasta Lake City, California make it impossible for otters to be able to live in peace. Daily, they encounter humans trespassing into their territory. Every time a human would pass by mother otter would say, “They’re testing my patience!” Mother 's frustration would only build as the days went on. But, one day things changed, when two obnoxious teenage boys decided to cross the line. “I got the otter!” Galvin Tuffs said breathlessly as he rushed to his friend Andy Craven who was…

Crack! The shell of an abalone breaks upon a rock after a sea otter repeatedly bangs the shell against the rock in order to retrieve the meat inside of it. Conducting an observation that validates sea otters’ use of tools would have to include the time and duration of the observation, the number of specimens to be observed, and a method of observation. The time and duration of the observation of the animal is a crucial element in the experiment. In “The Great Crow Fallacy,” the author states,…

As usual, the direct answer is non. Specifically, mankind continues to have a negative effect on marine mammals such as sea otters, and whales. Mankind's negative effect on marine mammals traces back to the time mankind learns to efficiently kill whales in the 1800's since mankind learns to effectively hunt whales; additionally, in the 1900's mankind begins to hunt sea otters in California. Thankfully, as Tom Garrison states, a science professor, "In 1994, the International Whaling Commission…

capitalism has led to the unraveling of animal life- specifically Alaskan sea otters. Collard has studied the sea otters’ life course in Alaska since colonization. She studies topics such as the near extinction of sea otters during the fur trade and the Exxon Valdez oil spill that resulted in the death of thousands of sea otters. Collard explains the relationship between capitalism and the near extinction of the sea otter species. She studies capitalism intensely, and believes that it is a…

spring time and more frequent in the winter. The communication they have between its own species are a scent marking called sprainting.This behavior is seen as coordination of sexual activity. The spraints inhere food remains such as Fish bones. The otter secretes two of its anal glands onto this food remains. To spraint it uses various locations that are solid, high, dry or at a water edge such as logs, roots from a tree or under the bridges. After selecting its location to place the food…

their range encompassing almost all of the 49 continental states and a healthy population, finding signs of the presence of minks isn’t difficult if you recognize what to look for. Is it a Mink, Weasel or Otter? Minks are members of the weasel family and look very similar to weasels and otters. When attempting to identify the animal by sight, if you don’t know the basic physical differences between the species the animals can be mistaken for the other. Though they live in similar habitats,…

they live in will have a domino effect that will change the ecosystem or destroy it all together (Nancy, 2013). The Sea Otter (Euhydra lutris) are remarkable creatures in that they help keep their environment in check (Konar, 2000). The genus name Euhydra and the specific name lutris are both translated into otter, Greek and Latin respectfully. There are three subspecies of sea otter two in Alaska (E. l. lutris, E. l. kenyomi) and one in California (E. l. nereis) (Folkens et al. 2002). They like…