I used to regularly go canoeing on the James river in Virginia
and there were many fresh water river otters in there.
I became 'friends' with some of them.
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Otters 🦦 are just so cute.
Probably a shark hunting nearby.
On my first day as a zookeeper, I was assigned to clean the small animal exhibits. When I got to the exhibit for the European Giant River Otters, the critters were very curious about the new guy in their area. I said, “You guys are really cute.” And I sat down. They were all over me, with one climbing up my shirt. I fed them Monkey Chow bars.
Later, my supervisor said “I forgot to tell you to watch out for the otters. They’re really dangerous.”
I played with the otters every day after that.
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