Paradise Park

Wildlife Sanctuary • Cornwall

Events and things to do throughout the year including Easter Egg Hunts, summer flying displays, Quiz trails around the Park, Halloween Pumpkin Trail and more.

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Make it a birthday to remember with your choice of four themed party rooms with the birthday child’s name displayed on the door.

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One of the main jobs for our Keepers is creating fun, interesting, interactive enrichment activities which are key in encouraging a range of normal behaviours that birds and mammals find rewarding, providing them with mental stimulation, social interaction and exercise.

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Latin Name: Aonyx cinerea
Status: Vulnerable
Food: Fish, meat and crab
Population: Declining
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, South China
Interesting Fact: The smallest otter species in the world, usually weighing about 5 kilos or 11 pounds.

Asian Short-clawed Otters

These otters, also known as Short-clawed Otters, are very social and form large family groups where brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles all help in rearing young.

They communicate in little squeals and are very playful often rolling around with a pebble in their ‘hands’ or digging around a rock.

They are the smallest otters, usually weighing about 5 kilos or 11 pounds. Their diet includes fish, meat and crab which they love. They like to eat little and often with short naps between meals.

They are seriously threatened by rapid habitat destruction, hunting and pollution. Their population trend is decreasing despite being a protected species.

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New Otters April 2023 – Love at first sight

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