River otters occupy older beaver-formed ponds

Not just the beavers take advantage of the pond ecosystems they form, other species appreciate the pond habitat as well. River otters can be observed in the older and deeper beaver-formed ponds that we study in the Talladega National Forest. Take a look at this video of river otters playing in an approximately 60 year-old beaver pond during one of graduate student Thomas Olinger's angling surveys (fast-forward to 1 minute in the video to see the otters):