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Nature / Close encounter with hungry otter caught on camera

THIS video shows an unusually up close and personal encounter with an otter eating a fish in Lerwick at the weekend.

Gillian Mowat took the video at the Clickimin Loch on Sunday afternoon.

She said her dog stumbled upon the otter eating a fish – and it seems the animal was not interested at all in the canine.

Gillian said she was “amazed at how close we got”.

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