Ancient otter of unusual size unearthed in China
![illustration of giant otters](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ticker_otter_Siamogale_melilutra_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
OUT OF THE SWAMP Six million years ago, giant otters (illustrated above eating a clam and walking) may have lived in the lush swamps of what is now China, and coexisted with tapir (one illustrated in background).
Art by Mauricio Antón