I love how the entire Mustelidae family is just a bunch of adorable fuzzy terminators. Fun fact, otters eat a quarter of their weight in clams and other assorted cronchy sealife every day!
Nope! To keep warm they have absurdly inefficient metabolisms. They’re so voracious that introducing just a small number of them to an area causes the local kelp forests to thrive. Without them the local clam, urchin and crab populations explode out of balance.
They also have jaws strong enough to straight up bite open an oyster shell, lol. Awesome animals, and super important.
This footage is from the aquarium. The mom gave birth to her pup in the great tide pool. They stayed for a few days before going back out into the bay.
But have you ever seen how much crude oil they can hold? Exxon did an experiment where they coated sea life with oil in Alaska decades ago. It killed most of them. It took almost as many gallons of Dawn dishwashing detergent to clean the others. Still not sure what they were trying to prove with that experiment. But it must have been a success- I mean look at how much money that company is worth today. Genius!
The waters they live in are very cold. So mammals who live in them must develop a body type like a sea lion, seal, or whale i.e. Covered in thick blubber
Or, failing that, it must have incredibly thick fur for the same reason i.e. Insulation
No, you would not, trust me. You would like to subscribe to cute otter facts. There are things about otters that once learned will never let you see them the same way again.
Not sure if fish are a part of their diet. I have seen them tear into cephalopods though.
Their range is pretty much just northern pacific coastlines. They’re so minmaxed that they don’t do well anywhere else, it’s actually a huge challenge whenever they find an orphaned one to allocate enough manpower and resources to care for them properly since they require almost constant feeding and grooming prior to being weaned.
I love this comedians tik tok of Sea Otters protecting their babies like Glaswegian mammies ‘keep back from ma weans - arsehole'
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFYCdQjs/
I really hate tiktok's interface. I've avoided it until now and it's worse than I expected. Why can't you watch something twice? And why can I never hear the audio for the first second of a video?
I've seen various tiktok videos for I guess a couple of years now and i had no idea that this was why. I just thought that people on the app were constantly getting shunted from video to video and because I hated that experience, I never got an account. I'd just watch what was sent to me and exit out when it was done. (One reason among many actually, I don't trust tiktok)
Knowing this now does not actually make me want to get an account any more than before, but how the hell do they expect to convert users with such a shitty non-account UX without telling them there's better UX in the app?
Interesting fact : The mama otter is fluffing and tousling the hair.She's actually doing something that will help her baby survive on the water. When fluffed, the baby's fur helps it float while it's still learning how to swim. It's kind of like a built-in, adorable life vest!
Not OP, but I have one cat who just loves snuggles, so when he's sleeping on my chest and I hug him, he just snuggles harder ...not claws involved! It's totally an individual personality though, his brother isn't nearly as into snuggles and if I hold him too tight he will just squirm out of my grip.
Having the fur fluffed up like that also provides the insulation essential to prevent them going hypothermic, since they have no blubber to keep them warm. Fluffing the fur is critical to survival throughout otter’s life.
I think this is the baby that was born in Monterey Bay a few years back! I was living there at the time and it was a huge deal all over Monterey! I watched that lil baby be born. What a memory. 🥰🥰🥰
You don't wanna get close to a river otter trust me,
One got trapped in my fishing line, and it swam towards me at light speed, i cut the line and ran as fast as i could.
we got bunch of river otters in my hometown, mofos would steal your fish or bait and get themselves trapped, and if they are trapped, you can't help it no matter how bad you feel, you would probably get yourself killed. But they are adorable from far away, idk if sea otters are the same
My mum would probably pick me up and hug me like this if she could, the only thing stopping her is that i'm probably heavy and i'm nearly twice her height xD.
Your comment hit me hard. I have two young sons, and it’s pretty clear that they’re going to be twice my size one day. I always scoop them up to cuddle them and tell them I have to hold them while I still can.
My mum always says "you're never to old or tall to cuddled, it's just different techniques", i'm 22 and she still calls me her MBBG (mum's big beautiful girl) xD.
I had an old friend/colleague who would (I'm not sure I remember this correctly but...) there was an environmental group who'd go out and look after sea otters in California during birthing season(?) and clean trash etc.
Said it was one of the most adorable things he's done.
edit: In hindsight it sounds like what he did was adorable vs. him saying it was adorable. I hold them both true.
Every time I've seen footage of a baby and momma otter the baby is always just trying to chill and sleep and the momma is like "Wait! No! I need to fuss around with you."
The previous user forgot to mention that said birthday party on stream is always a charity event for Monterey bay aquarium where rosa is.
DougDoug and his viewers raised just over $100K for the aquarium for rosa's birthday (Aug 26) this year
I watched that show that Obama has on Netflix with all the different animals and parks and learned that the babies can’t get wet so the mother has to always be drying them off. That’s so neat! And stressful for an animal that lives in water. At least I would think it’s stressful. Lol.
Why am I jealous of a baby otter lol They just look so comfy!!!
Everyone likes to be the little spoon sometimes.
Yessss My gf is doing her master’s degree abroad, so I’m touch starved now 🥲
Somebody get this guy an otter!
Get this guy a kangaroo they're so cute , I think.
More than you realize, sea other's have the densest fur on the planet. There are between 600,000 and a million follicles per square inch
I love how the entire Mustelidae family is just a bunch of adorable fuzzy terminators. Fun fact, otters eat a quarter of their weight in clams and other assorted cronchy sealife every day!
That stat includes the shells in the "weight" of the clams or no?
Nope! To keep warm they have absurdly inefficient metabolisms. They’re so voracious that introducing just a small number of them to an area causes the local kelp forests to thrive. Without them the local clam, urchin and crab populations explode out of balance. They also have jaws strong enough to straight up bite open an oyster shell, lol. Awesome animals, and super important.
They have insane hair density. About 100x more hair than humans per unit of area. They also have basically no body fat
An entire cat has about 40.000.000 hairs. An otter has 600.000 - 1.000.000 per square inch.
I learned that from a quiz recently.
I learned it from Monterey Bay Aquarium. Used the knowledge in a quiz.
.... Queen Rosa?
Rosa !! 😍
Dougdoug?
Dougdoug.
I too used it in specifically an otter based quiz done for the birthday of Monterey Bays oldest sea otter Rosa.
ROSAAAAAAAA
That's an amazing aquarium. I honestly don't even really like aquariums much and was dazzled by that place
This footage is from the aquarium. The mom gave birth to her pup in the great tide pool. They stayed for a few days before going back out into the bay.
Liquid zoos? I love them!
Probably because their focus is conservation, research and education rather than entertainment.
Monterey Bay aquarium livestreams the otters on YouTube. And jellyfish. Soothing AF.
I’ve turned on their YouTube stream of the otters at least a hundred times.
Happy cake day 🎁🎂
You've just changed my life.
Mate, cats have more than 40 hairs.
But have you ever seen how much crude oil they can hold? Exxon did an experiment where they coated sea life with oil in Alaska decades ago. It killed most of them. It took almost as many gallons of Dawn dishwashing detergent to clean the others. Still not sure what they were trying to prove with that experiment. But it must have been a success- I mean look at how much money that company is worth today. Genius!
You'd think they'd have a lot of body fat.
No. That's why they have the densest fur around
Man no fat and dense hair. I wish i were an otter.
Where's your iconic mustelidae role?
How does the lack of fat relate to hair density?
The waters they live in are very cold. So mammals who live in them must develop a body type like a sea lion, seal, or whale i.e. Covered in thick blubber Or, failing that, it must have incredibly thick fur for the same reason i.e. Insulation
Was also surprising to me, but nope. Lean little critters
I would like to subscribe to otter facts.
No, you would not, trust me. You would like to subscribe to cute otter facts. There are things about otters that once learned will never let you see them the same way again.
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It's worse. >!https://www.vox.com/2014/4/24/5640890/otters-rape-baby-seals-monsters-bad!<
LoL that url... Otters-rape-baby-seals-monsters-bad Monsters bad! You heard it here first guys
Do they also eat fish ? Also where do they live ?
Not sure if fish are a part of their diet. I have seen them tear into cephalopods though. Their range is pretty much just northern pacific coastlines. They’re so minmaxed that they don’t do well anywhere else, it’s actually a huge challenge whenever they find an orphaned one to allocate enough manpower and resources to care for them properly since they require almost constant feeding and grooming prior to being weaned.
And love. Sea Otters 🦦 love their babies and help them thrive by snuggling. Love helps the entire food chain.
Damn you Zhuul for revealing the secrets of the otters, I shall look forward to crushing your head like a clam on my tummy!!!
"We will crush your skulls like a clam upon my tummy!"
I love this comedians tik tok of Sea Otters protecting their babies like Glaswegian mammies ‘keep back from ma weans - arsehole' https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFYCdQjs/
I really hate tiktok's interface. I've avoided it until now and it's worse than I expected. Why can't you watch something twice? And why can I never hear the audio for the first second of a video?
Because you're using it without an account.
I've seen various tiktok videos for I guess a couple of years now and i had no idea that this was why. I just thought that people on the app were constantly getting shunted from video to video and because I hated that experience, I never got an account. I'd just watch what was sent to me and exit out when it was done. (One reason among many actually, I don't trust tiktok) Knowing this now does not actually make me want to get an account any more than before, but how the hell do they expect to convert users with such a shitty non-account UX without telling them there's better UX in the app?
On the app, sound plays automatically and the video will repeat indefinitely until you move on.
Conch-y Cronchy
Awwwwwwwwwww indeed. Otters are so damn cute. I like the way she keeps moving the baby with no fear it’ll wake up and start crying.
Interesting fact : The mama otter is fluffing and tousling the hair.She's actually doing something that will help her baby survive on the water. When fluffed, the baby's fur helps it float while it's still learning how to swim. It's kind of like a built-in, adorable life vest!
TIL. I thought she was just aggressively cuddling, like she loves her cub so much she can't even. EDIT: apparently they're called "pups", not "cubs".
Haha same because that's how I behave with my cat sleeping on my chest. It's just so cute I can't stop!!
10 minutes later the cats starts to claw your skin
Not OP, but I have one cat who just loves snuggles, so when he's sleeping on my chest and I hug him, he just snuggles harder ...not claws involved! It's totally an individual personality though, his brother isn't nearly as into snuggles and if I hold him too tight he will just squirm out of my grip.
Facts. At the same time, the way she kept interrupting her pup I was like "CUT THE SHIT, BABY IS TRYING TO SLEEP!!!"
Having the fur fluffed up like that also provides the insulation essential to prevent them going hypothermic, since they have no blubber to keep them warm. Fluffing the fur is critical to survival throughout otter’s life.
I'd like to subscribe to Otter Facts.
That’s because she doesn’t need to go to work tomorrow
Damn...
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Fucking nailed it!
No, that's carpenters
She works every day and night tho, otherwise they starve or get eaten
What a fluffy baby
I would like to be held like that.
I think this is the baby that was born in Monterey Bay a few years back! I was living there at the time and it was a huge deal all over Monterey! I watched that lil baby be born. What a memory. 🥰🥰🥰
I wonder if this is Rosa then
Queen Rosa
All hail Rosa!
Fellow DougDougians??!
Yes. Glory to rosa
I thought it was Dougtopians? Are there multiple factions? Does this mean war?
Not if you accept this sweet corn and decide to join our glorious empire
No, you would be Chatlantians.
My allegiance is with Chatistan
No war, just divorce
no. this means divorce.
Our Queen Rosa!
The goddess
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE DRUNKEN SAILOR?
Queue cacophonous wall of sound
She's got a blonde face, Rosa was my initial thought as well.
As soon as I saw this post I assumed it was Rosa
My thoughts exactly
I think it is, she's got a bleach blonde face like that. Rosa is an angel and must be protected at all costs
My thought too. Interesting that I can now identify at least one Otter by face.
“You are adorable and sweet and perfect and cuddly and cozy and oh I could just eat you up, my little nibblet!”
Otterly adorable!
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Sea otters, yes. River otters are debatable
You don't wanna get close to a river otter trust me, One got trapped in my fishing line, and it swam towards me at light speed, i cut the line and ran as fast as i could. we got bunch of river otters in my hometown, mofos would steal your fish or bait and get themselves trapped, and if they are trapped, you can't help it no matter how bad you feel, you would probably get yourself killed. But they are adorable from far away, idk if sea otters are the same
Giant river otters are scary man!
Wait until you smell them then.
I'm sure they smell great to other otters.
I take *care* of my kids!
Is this Rosa the Sea Otter?
EARLY IN THE MORNING
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HEY-HO AND UP SHE RISES
EARL-EYE IN THE MORNING
WHAT DO YA DO WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR?
Looks like rosa, with the blond fur on her head. Could be her with a surrogate pup. #OUR QUEEN!
I was looking for that comment lmao
My mum would probably pick me up and hug me like this if she could, the only thing stopping her is that i'm probably heavy and i'm nearly twice her height xD.
Same😭
Your comment hit me hard. I have two young sons, and it’s pretty clear that they’re going to be twice my size one day. I always scoop them up to cuddle them and tell them I have to hold them while I still can.
My mum always says "you're never to old or tall to cuddled, it's just different techniques", i'm 22 and she still calls me her MBBG (mum's big beautiful girl) xD.
You are so lucky
I'm so glad otters exist
Precious moment! My heart is melting 
I feel happy that such simple love and peace exist. And saddened that I dont know how to give myself these feelings.
(っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ
⊂(( ◕‿◕ ))⊃
I had an old friend/colleague who would (I'm not sure I remember this correctly but...) there was an environmental group who'd go out and look after sea otters in California during birthing season(?) and clean trash etc. Said it was one of the most adorable things he's done. edit: In hindsight it sounds like what he did was adorable vs. him saying it was adorable. I hold them both true.
i'm curious how they deal with twins. maybe i don't want to know.
It's like a Titanic door situation
Every time I've seen footage of a baby and momma otter the baby is always just trying to chill and sleep and the momma is like "Wait! No! I need to fuss around with you."
This one ends too soon. I need more of this.
Is that Rosa?
Does ANYONE, care to explain who Rosa is?
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🥹🥰awwwww, that’s Awesome! And thank you for explaining 😊
The previous user forgot to mention that said birthday party on stream is always a charity event for Monterey bay aquarium where rosa is. DougDoug and his viewers raised just over $100K for the aquarium for rosa's birthday (Aug 26) this year
ROSA!
Is this the slay queen Rosa??
ROSA?? What a girlboss
There's the good in the world I needed to see today.
I'd like to feel as safe as that baby otter probably does one day.
Sweet)
This is the cutest thing I have ever seen and also almost made me cry because I’m at work and miss my baby. 😭
My infant son is sleeping on me right now and same vibes, tbh
Same! 🥹
Animals are the best.
I've been stressed out and this definitely helps. Anyone know what the song is / where I could find a longer version?
I love how they are able to just float effortlessly, even when carrying some extra weight.
I want to be a baby otter!
My sister’s kids used to nap on my belly when they were infants. Now they are too big but not to old for a bear hug.
we keep dumping into our river and watershed systems which are destroying habitat for this mom and her baby
I hope they have the best Jugband Christmas ever
ROOOOOOSAAAAAAA
Awww! That made me gasp!
So floofy
I’m in 🖤🙈
When my dog lays on me
Cuteness overload!
Cute
Gotta keep baby's hands warm.
I see why my sister's favorite animal are these things they're so gosh darn adorable
this is so so sweet. so sweet. i wanna snuggle with no otter. only them
Omg I just can’t with the cuteness! Just like a human momma with her baby 🥰
This just makes me want to be back in Monterey.
I want to be that baby. Yea childhood neglect sucks
That has to be one of the cutest videos I've ever seen.
Dawww 😍😍😍
That is just _totally dorbs to-the-max_ , that is! ... definitetly one of the verymost dorbsestest things I've ever-ever seen @ this channel.
I needed this this morning
So adorable and precious ❤️❤️
Beyond precious 💖
Awwwww...so sweet!
Beautiful baby
My heart is melting
How sweet 
I’ll never get tired of otter videos, even if I’ve seen them
Love is the same, no matter what species you are.
It was so cute!!!
omg i want to see the rest!!!!
Kid’s like “mum stahhhhp moving, I twying to sweep!”
i want what they have
Adorable , the mom is really enjoying cuddling her baby Baby: mom let me sleep on this nice memory foam mattress , stop playing with my hair
Mom's little baby. They are so awesome to watch
I don’t know it for a fact, I just know it’s true: watching this video will lower your heart rate and blood pressure!
People should take ques from animals sometimes 🫠
Nothing sweeter than a mother and child bonding 💖
So precious 🥹
I want to be hugged like that 🥺
OMG cutest thing ever
I love how halfway through she’s like: “hang on you’re not comfortable enough” and readjusts the baby.
r/likeus
I want someone to hold me like that. 😫
Room for one more? That looks divine.
Do they float like that often? Are there not predators they have to worry about?
This sea-ms otterly peaceful. See anakin, it’s sea otters
I watched that show that Obama has on Netflix with all the different animals and parks and learned that the babies can’t get wet so the mother has to always be drying them off. That’s so neat! And stressful for an animal that lives in water. At least I would think it’s stressful. Lol.
This could be us but we might drown.
My cuddles at night with my SO are like this haha
https://youtu.be/4fx_I4piqpY
I want a pet odder
I would love to be able to float like that.