Do otters chew wood?

Question

My mother and I were talking and came upon the question, Do otters chew wood? I say no because I don't think they have the teeth for that. My mother says they have buck teeth like beavers and they have to chew wood because their teeth constantly grow. I can not find anything on the web that says they do chew wood. I was hoping some other yahoo members would like to prove me right lol.

Answer 1

Well, here's the score---you are kind of EVEN---Otters HAVE teeth----they are CARNIVORES (meat eaters)--not wood. They have been known to use STONES to break open shell fish to eat but NO WHERE did I read a thing about chewing wood...

Answer 2

Do Otters Eat Beavers

Answer 3

HELLO SONYA,
YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD QUESTION AND HERE'STHE PROOF OTTERS DON'T EAT WOOD.
http://maxpages.com/otters/Diet
ACTUALY BEAVERS DON'T EAT IT JUST CHEW ON IT WITH THEIR HUGE TEETH.
THE ONLY CREATURE THAT ACTUALLY EATS WOOD IT THE TERMITE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termite
THIS IS WHY A TERMITE INSPECTION IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN BUYING A HOUSE.

Answer 4

Otters don't have buck teeth like beavers, actually. They also don't chew wookd like beavers.
Here's a link with some pictures to show you.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ottercam/images/otter_big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ottercam/&h=240&w=310&sz=21&tbnid=NYJc_tD9maUjJM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dotter%26um%3D1&start=2&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=2

Answer 5

I have no idea...ask someone in the animal section