Allow yourself to anthropomorphize for a moment and check out this video of two otters "holding hands" while they nap :)
Now, for the real explanation, from a youtuber's comment:
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The reason they are doing this is because when they are in the wild, at sea, they wrap their bodies in floating seaweed so that they don't drift. These two are holding on to each other so they don't drift apart, it's an instinctual thing. Too bad the Vancouver Aquarium doesn't give them a realistic environment to live with (with some seaweed floating on the surface of the water).
Before we start ragging on the Vancouver Aquarium, another youtuber points out:
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Tt would have to be plastic, I think. It's reeeeeeeeally difficult to care for a colony of seaweed unless you have a constant supply of fresh seawater afaik. OTOH Monterey aquarium has fresh seawater and a seaweed exhibit but no seaweed in the sea otter exhibit so maybe there are other factors involved.
bobby
03-28-2007 08:37 AM
Ohhhhh...so cute !.......make a nice coat....xoxoxoo
Cavi Mike
03-29-2007 12:51 PM
Regardless of the reason, it was still cool.
Bill O'Rights
03-29-2007 01:10 PM
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Ohhhhh...so cute !.......make a nice coat....xoxoxoo
Not enough pelt. A pair of slippers, at the best. ;)
Brewmaniac
03-30-2007 03:28 AM
Cool none the less, thanks!
Lady Sage
03-30-2007 04:08 PM
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!
Thank you for reminding me why I love animals far more than humans!
icecoast
04-08-2007 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Lady Sage
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!
Thank you for reminding me why I love animals far more than humans!
uh yeah, cuz humans never show affection for one another...
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KellyC
04-08-2007 07:58 PM
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uh yeah, cuz humans never show affection for one another...
:orly:
Because we're not as furry and cuddly and cute. :no:
Jetée
04-17-2007 12:21 PM
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Because we're not as furry and cuddly and cute. :no:
To the contrary; I've been told that I resemble a slightly shorter Yogi Bear, but the difference is that I have been known to wear pants.
the_marq
04-17-2007 12:25 PM
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Before we start ragging on the Vancouver Aquarium, another youtuber points out:
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Tt would have to be plastic, I think. It's reeeeeeeeally difficult to care for a colony of seaweed unless you have a constant supply of fresh seawater afaik. OTOH Monterey aquarium has fresh seawater and a seaweed exhibit but no seaweed in the sea otter exhibit so maybe there are other factors involved
Yes, I'm sure that letting plastic seaweed float around the otter tank would have no detrimental effect on the otters. Surely they wouldn't eat it.:paranoid:
Supple Cow
04-17-2007 07:15 PM
Man, this video really cheers me up when I'm having a shitty day at work. Of course, I have to watch it without the sound - those people are distracting!
