Freshwater otter plays piano

[Biklingchan85]

Play 'em off, Keyboard Otter. :3

[BobBarkerIsAGod]

how dumb, i can play so much better, and i dont need treats every 5 seconds

[Harapekoguma]

A musician starving for his art.

[dragonShredder]

Crikey, that otter is better than me at piano o.O

[FjordMusic]

OTTER WANTS SYNTH

[goldiefrost]

This is a smart otter! Around 0:55, you can see him thinking, "Hmmm, maybe I don't have to work so hard for this food...*ding*..."

[hollybearyhaleystar]

awww so cute! I love otter paws! Used to work with them at SeaWorld and this really brought me back! Great enrichment idea!

[Eaglefly124]

This could be made into a CD called "Otter Jazz" and proceeds from the sale could go toward otter-related conservation efforts...

[MontereyBayAquarium]

This was created as a behind-the-scenes “enrichment.” Our husbandry staff created this activity to give Dua something interesting to do, extend his feeding time and make use of his incredible dexterity. The goal is to keep the animals healthy and stimulated!

[greenie2600]

That's not a piano.

[panther451]

It might be interesting if they actually taught it to play 3 harmonious notes in a row or maybe even 5...AT LEAST let it play for more than 2 seconds. Thank YoOOuUUU~

[OddFacade]

Stop feeding the guy ever three keys. x.x That's not really "playing" anything, but just doing a single action for a single treat.

[ShirleyMcGreal]

Dua is living at IPPL in Summerville SC and now has a retired zoo girl as his mate, she is named Bubbins! They're a cute couple but we don't have a piano!

[XxAfroCoreBassxX]

Amazing. True skills cept i wish they would stop feeding him while he played, still it was cool

[ESOPUSTHEDRAGON]

Pawsome.

[TonyTHEponyCONS]

I'm better than that otter.

[helmholtz]

Meng. Instead of steadily breaking his Concentration let the Maestero finally get to Playing!^^

[xcgxparawhore]

Those are the cutest paws I've ever seen!! xDD

[Garlannd]

When you guys produce Mozotter let me know.

[Dreamerific]

Any animal in that situation would play the piano. -_-

[ouchlasers]

it would be nice if he was left to play for longer than 2 seconds

[franzkillergreens41]

@ouchlasers to be fair he's an otter

[Treemeadow]

@ouchlasers

That would have confused him. He played it to get the treat, he would have become uniterested if they didn't reward him

[nasreenrana]

that otter's got skillz

[AnetaAnarchy]

He has adorable little hands

[luckyowl249]

Funny but most of all I love the intelligent Californian otters swimming on the back & cracking shells!

[pixledemon]

Thats one jazzy otter.

[colinstu]

HAI! IF I PLAY PINAO IZ GET FOOD!

[Chargersman77]

At around 35, did is sound like the mario64 theme to anyone?

[221b]

Stop interrupting it! Every time it started to get a groove on the handler would distract it with food.

[saberwing505]

the otter would probably only do it if he got food.

[nasreenrana]

love this guy. He's got skillz.

[eegphalanges]

play him off, freshwater otter

[therightspeaker]

tHE REAL KEYBOARD CAT ۞_۞

[Pineapplegirl25]

i am sad that they are not in the wild but THe aquarium is simply helping the animals they already have. Its better for them to have a good life then be hunted to extinction for their coats like the otters of san diegp. :(

[Jayjones20]

hes not very good

[nanazinhaamaral]

It's an otter dude... not ray charles...

[Duderman99]

I just quite can't put my finger on it, but after listening to song over and over again, I think the Otter is just a wee bit out of key. hhmmm.

[itsthekeri]

Conditioning at its best!

[XxwuddxupxhottiexX]

hahahahahhahahahah lolololol

[sports89man7]

how the hell is he suposed to play the piano when THEY KEEP GIVING HIM STUFF TO EAT???!!! try playing the piano and eating at the same time!!!

[coasttocoast15]

@sports89man7 i actually lol'd really hard at this. great point, sportsman.

[darlene1029]

This makes me sad. I used to watch these beautiful little creatures in the bay. Protecting them is one thing turning them into clowns is quite another.

I wonder if the trainer can jump through a hoop for her food. : (

Cannery Row is already ruined with Strip Malls and outlets. Good Grief!

[Dadevster2]

If the otter enjoys doing it, what's wrong with it?

[sleekweasel]

You're unlikely to have seen this species of otter in the bay - this is an Asian Small Claw otter, and they normally live in rice paddies where they use their sensitive paws to find things to eat in the mud with the same sort of motions he was using to 'play' the keyboard. This species is very active during the day and most folks find them very cute, so they're commonly displayed in otter exhibits.

The sea otters would be better with maracas or something percussive - they bang clams on stones.

[MUSICANDNOISE08]

Aw!!!! He's (or she) is soo cute!!!!

But I really don't understand the meaning of it. Teaching an otter how to play the piano was a cute idea but I really don't understand how pressing keys on a plasic little piano is going to help it in the wild. It's not like in the wild it'll get a treat afterwards.

[areitu]

It's to keep them from getting bored

[sleekweasel]

This animal isn't native to the US, so it seems unlikely that it's for release: The piano playing makes use of this species of otter's natural food-finding habits - they fumble around in the mud in rice paddies for things like crayfish with their sensitive fingers.

I can't comment on how much fun the animal has doing it, or whether it just likes being fed, but it's obviously not distressed or injured by the game, which is a variant of its natural behaviour.

[emilyblum]

Yay what a fun video, those otters are so cute and it must be so fun to work with them!

[iwant2binmiami]

cute little paws <:3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[valkyrio]

Cute, except the only reason he's touching the keys is because he knows he'll get food after he does.

[dreamynights]

This isnt enrichment, its teaching him a trick. Enrichment would be giving him different toys, foods, sounds or sights he's never seen before and letting them explore these objects themselves. It's not "hey do this and i'll give you a treat!"

[stupidpablo1]

This may be one of the best videos of the internet.

You guys should have him play avant-garde jazz so he can do one of those obnoxious solos of holding one note for half an hour.

[RmfsOtter]

Play him off, keyboard-Otter.

[HimeNoKuri]

I'm OTTERLY amazed! LOL

[chinesemusicDJ]

I was at the Monterey aquarium, on friday, June 26. I saw a show at like 3:30 about feeding otters and the volunteer who was talking to us about the otters was victor from the underworld series lol!!

[BonTonSwan]

this made me laugh so much. xD his little paws are so cute

[motivatedsoda]

move over keyboard cat

this is the new internet phenomenon :)

[1aaaa10]

cool

[wrathofme03]

poor slave animal

[Octavarium55]

Those little paws are so funny

[RobXAnimations]

OMNOMNOMNOM!

[NoNoBearProductions]

i hope this otter dies

[Saohesc]

You could possibly get an animal to play longer if each time you would wait ever so slightly longer to give the treat. An animal could get used to the larger increments of playing, and grow to expect to have to play longer. You could get them to play for a minute or minutes, depending on how comfortable they are playing in the itself, because at that point you're testing the limits of their attention span. Don't you want that? PLAY, MR. OTTER!

[toxxys]

Exactly, less feeding, more playing.

I wanna hear more of those interesting otter rhythms.

[micafonist]

no skillz

[Terrum]

omg i got that exact keyboard! :) It's so many years old!!

[pjwithbread8]

me too. still such a very good one for being such an old model

[jax1492]

lol

[jffersontube]

So stupid. It's just smashing on the keys, because you bribe it with food.

[kdixon7783]

We are all smashing on keys mostly out of boredom and not getting treats for it, so who is the smarter one after all.

[boxcarracer565]

stupid. this otter has no idea what he's doing, it sounds retarded too.

[Terrum]

Can you train an animal to do that..? I don't think so.

[chikifree]

well its an animal not a human....

he has no idea what music is....

all he wants are those treats...

people thinks its cute...

ok....

i keep doing this "....."

[PetiteMouse]

That's what i would assume. It doesn't seem as interested in the piano as it does the little sweeties being given it.

[WCarnation]

Humans are animals. We likely discovered music by noticing things make sounds we like. I'm pretty sure the otter has ears.

[AbbeyNormal]

I think it's catchy. He probably just likes hitting something that makes noise.

[sillynanny44]

mom??

[ikilledxxxx]

LOL nice

[Imperialnews]

have the otter play piano man

[arbiter1991]

if he.s fresh wats dirty

[RoanDoppel]

obviously the owner taught it like they teaching dogs and parrots.. with treats! which shudnt an otters should be treated of.. but its cute though :P

[meatissodumb]

did he die?

[afisd]

Pretty good, but they should only give him treats when he plays in the right key ;-)

[VinillaFarmer]

YES THAT IS A WIN!

[flutterygal]

this is one cool otter :)

[BatuSmoka808]

lolol

[BSKP98]

Cool

[aspentreehugger]

aw so cute!

[WillTavlin]

I went to this aquarium a few years ago, it is really nice

[abcsmart]

Just another example of Pavlov's classical conditioning. Nice

[bananafix]

poorly directed

[shywebsurfer32]

Um when did otters join the ranks of circus animals? Let's try to domesticate all living things so they can put on a cute little show for us, common we already have a cat that can do the same thing. I just didn't realize that the aquarium was going the way of Seaworld, I bet I'll see hoops there soon.

[sumfinunique]

why that tiny space for its hand?? ): looks squeezed..

[AlbinoChocolateMufin]

he's so cute, does he give lessons? XD

[AlbinoChocolateMufin]

Does he give lessons XD He's so cute!

[LenntBear]

Play them off Keyboard Kat...and Otter ;^)

[23ephlax]

that's going to be one fat otter if he keeps doing that

[TheUndert0ker]

Believe it or not, I'm actually a river otter who has been trained to post redundant comments online.

[wooliesboi]

Just a little bit sad really.

[wooliesboi]

Just a little bit sad really.

[joycieket]

STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY!

[n0time2spare]

He must be thinking

"I love this guy. He gives me food to smack my hands around"

[AmethystStar94]

So cute ^-^

[bralen24]

It's possessed!!

chop it's evil paws off!

[kaRleEkCZ]

I dont like this video because it has nothing to do with playing on piano

[Syeno]

u guys should just put that piano in there with um and see what genius emirgeses...... yeah i cant spell lol its late n stuff

[SystemOnCrack]

did he died?

[mrblingblingking]

more playing less feeding

[staphinfection]

He needs to be trained to lift his paws dramatically at the end of his performance...... that's how the pros do it.

[serveTHEservants]

Well, obviously no animal will conciously play the piano (or even DO anything a human requests) unless there is something it knows it can get if it does such a task.

Otter plays piano, he gets a treat. Dog fetches a beer from the fridge, he get s a sip.

Why the hell would an otter want to play piano for the hell of it?

[bignickm27]

I don't think anyone would think the otter is playing the piano as a hobby, or at least I would hope nobody would.

[drunkenthirteen]

cause otters are cool, have you ever heard of a walrus pop?

[Nemia111]

Gosh, yer sooo smart^^

[frekijsimpson]

Play him off keyboard Otter..!!

LOL

[luckystrike1]

Has to be done.

[anthonycarl2020]

LOL

[Liv12394]

aw! Plays piano better than me =)

[OxygenBurglar]

Amazing - he/she plays much better than I do and without music too :)

[raymur]

keyboard cat has better tunes !!!

[MunkyZero13]

Play them off, keyboard otter!

[h666a]

Hey, don't feed him all the time, let him play :(

[Duderman99]

I thought I heard a few bars from Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'". I knew it, he's an 80s kind of otter...sweet!

[bruce5544]

MICHAEL JACKSON JUST DIED THIS IS TREU

[Mandalorx10]

Press key = food

[ashikagasan]

oh my god I have that keyboard!!!

[Valbuenium]

Looks so fluffy! :D

[1991sincha]

ou this is something new :D that means you don't give him eat, but when you give, you give piano first :D !!

If you need subscribers just write and...OK I sub you :) that's all

[warchildpb]

wow stop watching youtube and work on your grammer

[Zeraan1337]

I suggest you do the same. Grammar*

[heakboy]

u spelled grammar wrong =.=.

[mmrkk7194]

Grammar**

[rpxyt]

Dude, it's not cool to act like the grammar police if you couldn't even spell the word 'grammar' correctly.

[Amidity]

Grammar*

[abcsmart]

You mean 'grammar'?

[d0r3m1]

grammar ;)

[alandlum]

It's "grammar".

[Yimbie]

stop watching youtube and work on your spelling. grammar, not grammer.

[harfenuegle]

and by grammer i assume you mean grammar?

[qqstar999]

Fail.

[sillynanny44]

grammar?

[thingreen5]

Animal CRUELTY haha just kidding

[fakespotter]

its not playing the piano, its pressing buttons so food will come

[feitur]

exactly what i thought xD

[fortheloveofLDS]

Aw. Skills. I love otters. c:

[seakay95]

woo tax dollars at work

[V1et4lyf3]

training super piano playing otters lol

[ubentu]

Actually this would be donations... not so much tax dollars. Stop throwing that phrase around.

[PistolPetesIdol]

he's a regular beethoven lol!

[KakaDeman]

Enough of suffering animals

[mobilhomme]

Thelonious Mink.

[quicsilver]

play a crappy tune on a cheap piano for your master !!!!

MUHAAHAHAHAHA......

[dechagny]

that's cruel...

[damienlburch]

uh oh this Otter has more views of his piano playing skills than I do NOT FAIR lol look me up it's called I GOT THE BEAT funny

[IWannabeJew]

He should do a duet with the Geico gecko.

[marcusunlimited]

The power of Yamaha FM Synthesis UNLOCKED by Otter. First there was Vangelis, then Enya, then Chromaticus, and now there is OTTER!

[OIympus]

...poor otter :\

[StanK27]

He's getting food for playing the piano.. I think that otter has it pretty good.

[dkyromero]

AW very cute thanks for sharing...

[Micelli76]

It`s sad to see that animal.

[Swinkles5]

Our tax dollars at work...

[livinginsidemyhead]

lol

[AraBicboii]

hahaha

[Morndenkainen]

actually, the bay aquarium isnt funded from tax dollars, its funded by what it brings in from admissions, research grants, and donations.

[AlexaaBrain]

awesome

[DARKTURTLE06]

This activity was created to give Dua something interesting to do and extend his feeding time, while showing off his species dexterity. You can learn more by visiting.

This is directly from the video description. there is nothing wrong with this.

[vickomf]

LOL

[lilypads2008]

this is so wrong.

[MidnightRayn]

really whats wrong with it?

you think training animals is cruel?

[khalyd123]

teaching dogs to sit is wrong whats the matter with you?!

haha....

[bsol07]

wow that otter sucks at playing piano

[unuOarecare2008]

That and other animal training is sad...he has 2 play keys for food and some brainless human find that amusing. Animals should be free in their natural habitat. Thats where we should see them, thats where they are beautiful, not circus.

[yumchatakeaway]

No, he plays for treats, they give him food as such but treats are an insentive..

like how well behaved kids get a sweet or a cookie.

if he wasnt enjoying it he wouldnt be doing it, he isnt on a chain or being tasered.

its a harmless video.. relax a little

[balderdash707]

You can't criticize the zoos though, most of the animals there have had their natural habitats nearly destroyed by other people, and would just die if released back into the wild. Nobody is promoting habitat destruction, and these people are just doing their best given the circumstances.

[CaptainLutra]

AWESOME!!!!

[ItsToddsShow]

I play for treats too.

[Supersmurf62]

Key board otter. ahaha.

[puddrulesall]

this is crap... he didn't even play in key. 0/5.

[natedizzle83]

he's rubbish!

[piemonster4]

This is a case of classical conditioning. The otter has learnt that if it hits the keys it gets a treat. Every animal owns this function. It's not special.

[Rickder19]

It's called operant conditioning and fixed-interval reinforcement. There is nothing unique or amazing about this. It's cute, but not even close to out of the ordinary.

[Mrbaltimore108]

look at those sexy otter toes. she's probably taken..