Stunning fossil discovery: Giant otter was size of wolf

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Millions of years ago, a wolf-sized otter swam around ancient swampy China, scientists have discovered.

The huge otter would have weighed about 110 pounds, and lived about 6.24 million years ago, according to a new report. The fossilized remains of this now-extinct ancient otter— one of the largest otters known— were discovered in a mine in China’s Yunnan Province, and part of what makes it remarkable is that the find included a nearly-complete cranium.

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