Fish-flavoured ice lollipops! (Mackerel, trout, AND ... squid! )

[eppur_se_muova]

News from Portsmouth
Fishy Ice Lollies for Over-Heated Otters
18/07/06



Our family of otters are also going crazy for their very own versions - fish-flavoured ice lollies.

The lollies in question, each containing a mixture of mackerel, trout and squid, are part of a new environmental enrichment programme for the aquarium's trio of Asian short claw otters.

The fishy treats are frozen into blocks of ice with a large wooden stick attached and then placed in their diving pool.

Keeper Mat Clarke says the fishy lollies serve a double purpose of keeping the otters cool on sunny days and encouraging them to work harder for their food and utilise their natural hunting instincts:

"We wanted to create a way of feeding them that meant they weren't simply sitting around waiting for the food to arrive - the ice means they have to use their natural instincts just as they would in the wild to get to the food inside.
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more: http://www.bluereefaquarium.co.uk/news-from-portsmouth/otter-lollies.htm

Posted mostly for the aaaaaawww picture.

[BigMama50]

1. Awwwwwwwww

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. Good idea!

Great pic!

[Deja Q]

3. Well, nice to know I won't be able to find them in the

frozen dessert section of the grocer's, next to Edy's Grand Light Whipped ice cream... :9

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Wouldn't want the Edy's to pick up the 'catchet', would you? nt