Fluffy Baby Sea Otter

Otter also spends time on the shore resting raising cubs hunting birds frogs crabs and seashells which they open using rocks as a tool.

Fluffy baby sea otter.

The pups must be meticulously groomed a job normally carried out by. Otters live in both salt and fresh water lakes seas rivers and oceans. The otter mom will use her body as the pup s crib carrying the baby on her chest until it s about two months old. Take a look at this fluffy baby sea otter undergoing his daily grooming session at the monterey bay aquarium in monterey california.

Instead they ve got a thick fur coat one million hairs per square inch more than. But they still have to be taught to swim and groom themselves which is more difficult for humans to encourage them to do without an adult otter to show them. Baby sea otters fluff isn t just adorable it s practical. This playful semiaquatic animal spends a big part of her life in the water because of the fish and planktons as their main meal.

The baby was born in the great tide pool at the monterey bay aquarium in california on december. A sea otter gives birth to pup at monterey bay aquarium in march 2016. They can t sink because their incredibly dense hair traps air making them float. Subscribe and to official bbc youtube https bit ly 2ixqeinstream original bbc programmes first on bbc iplayer https bbc in 2j18jyjwith up to a m.

This is otterly adorable.