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ScienceOtter-like creature swam lakes and rivers in the age of dinosaurs

About 165 million years ago, a furry animal swam and hunted in lakes and rivers in what is now China. It swam like a platypus, hunted like an otter and had a beaver-like tail, representing the oldest known semiaquatic lifestyle in mammalian evolutionary history.

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RReuters★★☆☆☆2026-10-08 16:00Original

Otter-like creature swam lakes and rivers in the age of dinosaurs
Otter-like creature swam lakes and rivers in the age of dinosaursScience