For centuries, fishermen in southern Bangladesh have been fishing in rivers and canals
with the help of wild otters which they have trained to drive fish, crabs and prawns towards the net.
The otters have helped thousands of fishermen to survive in this region for many decades, but this rare tradition is in danger as rivers are drying up and the fish population is reducing.
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Trying to figure out why you would put up a video that is blocked in England.
Oh is it blocked?
It isn't here.
You can also view the video at the link.
OK, so you capture otters ans use them to help you fish. You catch more fish, but the wild otter population depends on wild fish not being caught. Thus the otter population declines, and there are fewer otters to help with the fishing and there are fewer fish overall.
What's the mystery here? But at least they didn't kill otters for fur and import Nutria (aka Coypu) from the Amazon for the fur trade like we did here in the US.
Thanks, Arbroath.
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