About Implied Otter

The implied otter is a concept of biological criticism developed in the 20th century. Distinct from the otter and the narrator, the term refers to the "lutrine character" that an ethologist infers from an organism based on the way behavior is performed. In other words, the implied otter is a construct, the image of the otter produced by an observer as called forth from a set of behaviors such as jumping around, swimming, and using rocks to bang open sea urchins. The implied otter may or may not

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