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A photo of some cute otters playing on a wharf in West Kelowna got a lot of attention on the Kelowna Cap News Facebook page as many residents seemed shocked these little mammals live in Okanagan Lake.

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Despite the disbelief online, a local conservation officer says they do indeed call the lake home.

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Mignon Fritschi was the one that captured the photo of the romp on Feb. 12, 2017. The family was playing on a snow-covered wharf in front of her home on Angus Drive, above Gellatly Road in West Kelowna.

Fritschi said she has lived at that home for 19 years and has never seen river otters before this year.

sa国际传媒淔our or five days before I took that picture, there were two on the wharf, they were there for a bit feeding on fish. Then I was in my kitchen a few days later, looking out over the wharf and I saw them sitting out there so I had to get a picture,sa国际传媒� said Fritschi.

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According to Fritschi, some of her neighbours have seen them in the past, but to her it was a surprise.

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Unfortunately, the otters have not been back since she took the photo and Fritschi does not expect to see them again anytime soon.

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