Hard to believe it isn't a hoax...I had the same feeling when I saw THIS: Otter plays with a rock...:)
I showed the otter video to a friend last night, and he thinks it is a hoax.
Me, I can't see someone going through the massive work it would take to make a hoax...for that! But talk about the Harlem Globetrotters for otters...
Otters use a rock to crack open shelled creatures like abalone ... they usually place the rock on their tummy and bang the shell against the rock until they smash into the meat, then drop the rock and eat the meal. It is interesting to see the otter ‘selecting’ a stone while under water, usually after grabbing an abalone to take tot he surface.
Actually I don’t see the otter vid as a hoax; otters are known to grab things with their hands/paws and the game is the simple one of not letting an object hit the ground that even we have played at some point in our lives.