Otters see the first snow of the year

February 13, 2023 11:30 PM

Otters see the first snow of the year. Happy otters enjoy playing with snow, and swimming in a warm outdoor tub and a cold outdoor pool.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (11 comments total)

Ooooh my goodness! This video is pure weapons grade cuteness. Catching snowballs with their little otter hands! Making little otter footprints! Hot tub squeaks and adorable ottery trepidation! Thank you for the link; I stopped watching pet otter videos because I was just oversaturated with them and I wanted to shift my recommendations so I would have missed out on this top notch example of the genre.
posted by Mizu at 2:22 AM on February 14, 2023 [5 favorites]

Kotaro & Hana! I love their antics, Kotaro's "one wet, one dry" tic is adorable & Hana's just so expressive.

I'm also glad that, near as I can tell, they're well cared for. There's a real risk of pet otters driving otter smuggling, but there's some room for properly licensed & tracked otters to perhaps create a domestic otter breeding pool.

They go out with Aty & Ui onto the river, & Hana is littermates with Komugi from Loutre. So sometimes there's a great Otter symposium on the river!
posted by CrystalDave at 2:26 AM on February 14, 2023

I want a real snowfall for them.

They are extremely cure, and I have enough French to read the subtitles, which adds to the fun.
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 2:55 AM on February 14, 2023

This video is pure weapons grade cuteness.

damn straight! posting this before breakfast is against the genawwwva cutevention
posted by lalochezia at 5:06 AM on February 14, 2023 [2 favorites]

That was otterly delightful!
posted by Termite at 5:19 AM on February 14, 2023 [2 favorites]

Oh this is perfect, just what I needed before I face another day of work. Thank you so much for posting!!
posted by sharp pointy objects at 6:47 AM on February 14, 2023 [1 favorite]

pure weapons grade cuteness.

the blanket snuggling bits, I just can't
posted by elkevelvet at 7:35 AM on February 14, 2023 [2 favorites]

So having recently seen films of river otters in Voyageurs National Park, I wonder if they have to remove the scent glands of otters to make them house trained. (Like ferrets.) Because they sure do like spraying and rubbing their funk all over the place.
posted by RedEmma at 11:37 AM on February 14, 2023

So cute!
posted by rpfields at 11:58 AM on February 14, 2023

They sure do like their baths and blankies.
posted by vverse23 at 12:17 PM on February 14, 2023

This. This I like.
posted by The otter lady at 12:51 PM on February 14, 2023 [4 favorites]