Say fluffy flippers 10 times really fast

November 6, 2014 10:53 AM

Baby sea otter learns to swim; cuteplosion imminent.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide (21 comments total)

They give the otters numbers instead of names so they don't get attached to them, but how could you not?
posted by tommasz at 10:57 AM on November 6, 2014 [6 favorites]

Oh my goodness she is so adorable.

I swear I heard them call her "Amanda," but maybe they were talking to one of the crew. I was so wrapped up in squee that I couldn't really tell.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:27 AM on November 6, 2014

Every time I read about otters I think about the necrophiliac rapist otters of Monterey bay. They may look all cute and furry but some of them are twisted.
posted by rdr at 11:27 AM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

Mahhhhhhh

Mahhhhhh

Mah
posted by dismas at 11:30 AM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

If they won't give her a name, then I will! I call her Anneka, Princess of Tidal Pools, Mistress of the Oyster Beds!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 11:30 AM on November 6, 2014 [2 favorites]

singlelinkcute indeed!
posted by danabanana at 11:31 AM on November 6, 2014

Cute Overload is on the case with more pictures, some of them moving.

Little 681 was apparently found abandoned/lost for over 16 hours. Sounds harrowing for the little girl.
posted by MrGuilt at 11:45 AM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

God dammit again... (goes to change shirt)
posted by The otter lady at 11:48 AM on November 6, 2014 [11 favorites]

More from the Chicago Sun-Times.
posted by borkencode at 11:59 AM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

I've always thought otters were cute but I wasn't prepared for this.
posted by bonobothegreat at 12:12 PM on November 6, 2014

SHE DOES THE THING WITH THE PAWS ON THE FACE AND THEN SHE GETS THE FLUFFING UP WITH THE TOWEL


I AM DEAD
posted by louche mustachio at 12:12 PM on November 6, 2014 [11 favorites]

Oh my goodness, she sounds like an indignant squeaky toy.
*dies, is ded*
posted by Lemmy Caution at 12:26 PM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

Mother river otters are a little more forceful in their swimming lessons.
posted by sbutler at 12:57 PM on November 6, 2014 [6 favorites]

If any of you draw me in the secret quonsar... I'll have a baby otter. Thanks.
posted by Kerasia at 2:18 PM on November 6, 2014 [3 favorites]

Is it really necessary to towel-dry an otter? It's an otter. Those are supposed to be wet!
posted by Sys Rq at 2:59 PM on November 6, 2014

I just want to bury my face in the fluffiness and snorfle her!
posted by annsunny at 3:04 PM on November 6, 2014

Baby otters have different fur than adults. They get fluffed up in the wild, too.

I got to meet a baby otter at Shedd once, and it was about as indignant at this one regarding being put in the water. They both remind me of a 3 year old in a learn-to-swim class I taught many years ago-- poor kid had no fat on him, and so he'd go run and hide in the bathroom because he was freezing. I'd have to send a male instructor in to get him.
posted by nat at 3:13 PM on November 6, 2014 [2 favorites]

This was a nice contrast to Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies (which I just taught last week), in which otters are evil, murderous little epithets-of-your-choice-here.
posted by thomas j wise at 3:17 PM on November 6, 2014

It is a dangerous OCEAN GOING WEASEL that will BITE YOU and give you a DISEASE.
posted by jet_silver at 8:14 PM on November 6, 2014

PIEHOLE SHOULD BE QUIET
posted by louche mustachio at 10:29 PM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

DJ Otter
posted by homunculus at 1:27 PM on November 12, 2014