Video reblogged from The Daily Otter with 239 notes
Last week we brought you news of a just-born otter pup at the Seattle Aquarium—and now we can tell you it’s a girl! Above is footage of mother Aniak’s handing off the pup for her first veterinary exam. Seattle Aquarium’s spokesman Tim Kuniholm writes:
Through positive reinforcement Aniak has been allowing us to weigh the pup and do some minimal handling the last few days. So this morning, our veterinarian, Lesanna, was able to do a physical examination on the pup poolside and confirmed it is indeed a girl. Her current weight as of (Tuesday) is 4.78 lbs (right on target!)
Via Seattle Times; submitted by Melissa!
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ADORABLE AWWW OMG
I LOVE OTTERS. Sooo cute how she kept scooting back to her mama!
Too precious!!! It works if you open it in another tab.
This is several times better than I anticipated. The baby otter is like some kind of aqua-wookie and the mom just eats...
“HERE! Let me chuck my baby at you in exchange for shellfish.No no, I dont want it back yet.”
I feel kind of bad for the little otter - nobody likes medical exams - but aaaaaaaaah cute!
OH MY STARS THE BEEB OTTER DAWW DAWWW AS;LDKFJA;SDLFKJ Except the part where they determine the sex is kinda … weird....
Mum brings it over and puts it on the deck like… “here’s my baby, do what you must, just give me some fucking treats now...
It’s a girl!!!