epa00167267 The hand of an animal keeper presents an Asian short-clawed otter (aonyx cinerea), which is only six weeks old, for the first time at the animal park in Neumuenster, Germany on Tuesday, 6 April 2004. The little snappy otter is one of four siblings and can grow up to a size of 50 to 60 centimetres weighing around 3,5 kilogrammes. The zoo has specialised in the breeding of these particular animals. EPA/Wulf Pfeiffer