Talk:Lake Waihola
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I have lived in Waihola since 1985 and have explored the wetlands extensively as I was growing up - as young boys like to do - and have never heard of nor seen any species of otter. I would suggest that this is an urban legend (or rural legend as Waihola is). However I stand to be proven wrong! :-) TimGrin 05:58, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I lived in Milton from 1975-80, and have lived in Dunedin ever since. I can remember a couple of hunts for the otter - one from the time I was in Milton, and one that a friend of mine from the University of Otago zoology dept. was involved with in the early '80s. Don't know whether they concluded that it never existed or not - I don't know of much interest in it since - but it was definitely investigated!
James Grutness 06:16, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Amazing things one learns everyday
It is amazing what people learn each day about things and places they think they know everything about.
I will have to investagate this further now. Thanks for the info. TimGrin 06:34, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
