Otter 'dances' for its lunch

[letsgo2marsdude]

press 5 for unlimited otter action

[billmonster6]

If you were raised on Hee Haw, had a crush on one of the Dukes, only watched cartoons on Saturday morning, played in the dirt, got your butt busted, your phone had a party line, had 3 TV channels, school started with the "Pledge", had a bedtime, rode in back of pickup trucks, recorded the top 40 from the radio on cassette tapes, drank from a hose, played in the creek, rode your bike all day without a helmet...and you still turned out okay, then re-post

[albertjester]

my face just collapsed in on itself from the cuteness.

[DreamerWings]

have you ever been so hungry...? lol yeah

[Maokaori]

Guess what im bringing home to my husband?!.....an otter! you know what he's going to do?? Face palm!

[ilikeoscars]

its more of a shuffle

[dewfall56]

What sweet little guy, or girl. Just wanna grab him, or her, up and give a big, warm snuggle.

[heathertreat]

could any creature possibly be any cuter than an OTTER? no!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dharmaseed]

More proof that 'cute' is a universal language.

[WeAreAcronym]

ITS SO FLUFFY I THINK IM GONNA DIE!

[SuperMatthew300]

Sooo cute it's unbelieveble

[AlexCutie19]

Why is the water green?

[sleekweasel]

It's floating water-weed, which you get in natural ponds around here. You can see the dark patches here and there where the tiny leaves aren't floating on the surface obscuring the fresh water.

[AlexCutie19]

Oh OK. Thanks.

[erikmann]

i love the way it squeaked for its food

i love otters and this one is especially sweet

nice job!!

[mycatzorro]

squeaking...is...so...adorable­. *dies*

[sleekweasel]

You're disappointed it didn't have a little top-hat and cane? I wasn't aware fancy choreography was indicative of heterosexuality in riparian mustelids.

[silverd20]

@sleekweasel You know, the guy who said that little otter was gay probably doesn't even know your being sarcastic...

[iSuigetsu]

@sleekweasel you have henceforth given me my mantra for the day. 

[sleekweasel]

@iSuigetsu Heh, enjoy.

[HarryPotterer]

that's gay, it didn't even dance.

[Nightrunex]

Sooooo cute ^^

[12audi31]

That was just so cute. And you are right about enrichment.

[WildlifeDen]

aww! thats so adorable! he's like a little kid whining for a treat ;p

[modelvl]

Poor thing! That person was teasing it :[

[sleekweasel]

No - the keeper was talking to the person next to him, and hadn't noticed the otter.

But anyway, you can consider it 'enrichment': animals get bored if they have no challenges to tackle, and end up with inappropriate behaviours (much like children do, if they're given everything they demand).

[StellarRay5050]

This is completely changing the way the otter should behave. Please don't call it "enrichment".

[sleekweasel]

The otter was already habituated to the public, and seemed quite fond of its keepers, so it was already behaving unnaturally.

My point was more that this wasn't teasing: It clearly isn't 'enrichment' in the 'hiding food in logs' sense; but in the 'ice cubes with fish frozen in' sense, which are also unnatural, but which they very much seem to enjoy on hot days.

[sleekweasel]

It is. I'm just sad I didn't have a better camera at the time, or I might have been able to track it standing up too.

[kissdia]

That's so adorable.