Otters Dance Before Pooping, Plus More Fun Facts. Trina Julian Edwards. June 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM. Copied; ... Or that baby sea otters can’t sink? That’s just the beginning.

September 22-28 is Sea Otter Awareness Week, an annual event in recognition of the role that sea otters play in their ecosystem. In honour of it, here are five photos (and facts) about sea otters.

Sea otters also use rocks as tools to crack open shells and sometimes keep their favorite rocks under their armpits. Image: Pinterest. 3 / 7. Squirrels plant more trees than humans.

Otters Are Like, Super Evil — And 16 Other Unsettling Facts I Recently Learned About Otherwise Cute Animals. BuzzFeed. ... dolphins are actually considered among the biggest bullies of the sea.

The river otter is just one of the interesting animals that might be observed on a local stroll through our outdoor world. Len Lisenbee is the Daily Messenger’s Outdoor Columnist.

If traditional New Year’s celebrations don’t float your boat, on the first day of 2018 you can pay homage to a local wonder of the animal kingdom, one that’s partially recovered from near ...

“It is cute. I can’t deny that. I don’t want to be the fun police,” said ... There are only about 3,000 southern sea otters left in central ... Seeing an otter mounting a surfboard is ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins. But ...

Otters are carnivorous mammals in the Lutrinae branch of the diverse Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, stoats, wolverines, and ferrets, among others. There are 13 living otter ...