Otterly adorbs

August 8, 2017 5:14 AM

Here are some otters playing in a river, and three going round in a pool, and here is one playing like a dog. Elsewhere, a young otter tries to sleep on mom because otters like their sleep quite a lot. Otters have their own language and like talking to each other, sometimes quite loudly. Finally, a baby otter is introduced to water. [MetaOtter thread]
posted by Wordshore (18 comments total)

Thank you, I really needed this today.
posted by prismatic7 at 5:18 AM on August 8, 2017 [6 favorites]

(Minor derail: I sat through a lot more otter videos than those listed in this post, but quite a few were ruined by an adult shouting things like LOOK AT THE LOVELY OTTER ISN'T THE OTTER CUTE LOOK AT IT at glass-shattering volume right next to the microphone of whatever they were recording it on. Ah, humans and their sometimes lack of self-awareness in the moment.)
posted by Wordshore at 5:41 AM on August 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

the correct term is "water doggos"
posted by entropicamericana at 5:57 AM on August 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

Otter? Damn near killed 'um!

wait ... I don't think I did that right.
posted by yhbc at 5:58 AM on August 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

I'm going to share this with my significant otter.
posted by Room 641-A at 6:15 AM on August 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

THIS IS GOOD YOU ARE GOOD THANK YOU
posted by cooker girl at 6:20 AM on August 8, 2017 [3 favorites]

If I may link to my own previous post - if you enjoyed Otterly Adorbs, you may also enjoy Otter Enrichment.
posted by ChuraChura at 6:31 AM on August 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

"I will crush your skull like a clam on my tummy."
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 6:43 AM on August 8, 2017 [5 favorites]

You never see beavers doing any of this nonsense, which is why they get so much work done.
posted by vverse23 at 7:10 AM on August 8, 2017 [4 favorites]

Damn beavers.
posted by Room 641-A at 8:01 AM on August 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

Damn beavers.

One of the comments over on the MetaOtter thread has just been favorited by a quite new MeFite and I am wait what hmmm...
posted by Wordshore at 8:43 AM on August 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

adorbsent
posted by Glomar response at 9:25 AM on August 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

.... and they shit all over my boat. Cute, but assholes.
posted by humboldt32 at 9:54 AM on August 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

MORE BIG OTTER NEWS!!!
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:58 PM on August 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

Hardy, the Vancouver Aquarium's rescue baby otter, has an extremely adorable live cam that follows him as he splashes around in his little pool, rests in his pen, eats ice cubes, and is tended to by his caretakers.
posted by delight at 7:23 PM on August 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

I am keeping this tab open for the foreseeable future.
posted by Space Kitty at 9:43 AM on August 9, 2017 [2 favorites]

MORE BIG OTTER NEWS!!!

I really thought your link would have something to do with this town.

I drove through it once and saw no otters, of unusual size or otherwise. Deeply disappointing.
posted by DingoMutt at 11:36 AM on August 9, 2017 [1 favorite]

I want to pet them all and shake their little hands! I love otters--and really all the fuzzies--so much!
posted by Excommunicated Cardinal at 12:20 PM on August 9, 2017 [3 favorites]