I got an email yesterday from a friend who is also a ferret owner giving me the URL to a video of a baby otter playing.

It was just so adorable, I had to share it.

The lady who owns Sidney, the otter pup, works at a marine park so obviously has ample experience with otters and other sea creatures. It comes as no surprise to find that otters are illegal to own personally but I admit I was surprised to see that she said they don't make good pets.

I remember the book "Ring of Bright Water", an autobiographical book written by Gavin Maxwell, who had a pet otter called Mij which he brought back from Iraq and raised on the west coast of Scotland.

I remember *trying* to read the book when I was a kid but failing miserably because it made me cry and I couldn't finish it!

Needless to say, when the film came out 9 years later, I refused to go and see it. I never have enjoyed watching movies about animals as I always end up sobbing, either from happiness or sadness!

I am a serious wuss :D

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