WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kiana Lucero with Tanganyika Wildlife Park stopped by KSN News at Noon on Wednesday to introduce us to Buttercup, a baby Asian small-clawed otter.
Buttercup, who is 4½ months old, was not born at Tanganyika but has lived at the wildlife park for most of her life.
“She still has some growing to do,” Lucero said. “She’s going to get to be probably about two-thirds this size bigger, so she’s going to get a little bit bigger.”
Asian small-clawed otters, native to the rivers of the Indochinese Peninsula, are one of 13 otter species — and the smallest otter species in the world…