However, not all is well in otter paradise. The otters adapted quickly and many soon learned how to navigate five-lane roads and cars since their return.

In the ‘70s, the tropical country’s pollution and deforestation warded off the otters, but over the years, the city-state made triumphant moves to clean its waters and reforest its surrounding areas, according to the Washington Post.

Smooth-coated otters may be few in the wild but they’re thriving in the Singaporean metropolis.Ĭlash of the clans: Beyond a lack of natural predators, these city otters use Singapore’s waterways as an ideal highway for moving around and for access to an abundance of fresh fish, according to BBC Earth.