Otterly Adorable :-)
I came across a number of feel good articles about otters the other day … AND also found this fabulous site which shows an otter playing with what looks like a ping pong ball. My goodness it’s so dexterous!
Mind you, knowing how ferrets hold our fingers with their paws, I shouldn’t be surprised to see an otter playing so naturally!!
Otter at Play
You can see the otter happily playing with that ball here….
First Birthday for Orphan Otters
This article talks about 3 orphan otters in England which made it to their first birthday and are continuing to grow and stay healthy, thank goodness!
THREE otter cubs at Mole Hall Wildlife Park, near Widdington, have battled through losing their mother to celebrate their first birthday this week.Thanks to the sterling efforts of carers at the park, the trio are now well on their way to adulthood.Vicki Youens, animal warden, said: “Sadly a year ago their mum Ripple was found dead in her enclosure. At the same time, the staff came across three tiny otter cubs, sleeping in the box like little balls of fluff all curled up together.
The Saffron Walden Reporter – First birthday for orphan otters
Newborn responds to care at SeaWorld
Here’s another article about an orphaned otter over in California who is being nursed to health by the staff at SeaWorld.
Newborn responds to care at SeaWorld
By Terry Rodgers
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
August 2, 2007SAN DIEGO – A baby California sea otter found weak and starving on a remote beach in Santa Barbara County has been nursed back to health at SeaWorld.
Mark Bressler, a senior animal care specialist at SeaWorld, cradled a sea otter pup found July 21 on a beach in Santa Barbara County. The newborn has gained about a pound since she arrived.
The orphaned otter was about 5 days old and still had her umbilical cord attached when she came ashore July 21 at Jalama Beach. Wildlife officials don’t know why the pup was abandoned by her mother.
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro — Abandoned sea otter regains health
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Hahaha – yes, I know the feeling well
Have you read “Ring of Bright Water” by Gavin Maxwell? The book talks about how he brought a smooth-coated otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland.
If my memory serves me well, there was also a film based on the book made back in the 60s (I think).
I haven’t read the book but Philip has, and he said it was really a brilliant story!
I love otters…. second to ferrets. But I think they are both very loveable! I think that first otter was having a blast playing with his ball. If only I could get my ferret to stay that interested in one toy….