These Otters Are Popular Pets in Asia. That May Be Their Undoing. Asian small-clawed otters are increasingly popular as novelty pets, particularly in Japan. Now international trade in the species may be banned. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:‘Alien armada over Jupiter’ First contact with ALIEN LIFE will be welcomed by humansGünter Blobel, Nobel Laureate Who Found Cell ‘ZIP Codes,’ Dies at 81Oldest supernova EVER DETECTED found by UK scientists in GROUNDBREAKING discoveryTooth 1,000 years old 'shows first natives to meet Columbus have descendants in Caribbean'8,000-year-old HUMAN SKULLS found impaled on poles underwater, leaving experts baffledAsteroid to skim past Earth this week: When will Asteroid 2017 DR109 pass Earth?