Welcome to Otterchat

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Here's a video of her, she was a big clapper.

RIP Betty
Hope they can find out what happened

Unfortunately, sometimes otters just pass. It happens to people too; I had a friend who died at 18 of an diagnosed heart condition with no symptoms at all, she just didn't wake up one day. I do hope it's something like that rather than foul play, it takes a special kind of mean to be mean to an otter.

>>2844

That's really sad, hope you got through that alright
When your time's up there doesn't need to be a rational cause I suppose

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There don't seem to be any news... But they have a four month old sea otter pup they recently rescued, still nameless

>>2842

That's just how those cheeky otters are, they can sense when someone's after them. Animals have all kinds of senses that science can't explain, they often seemingly know things they shouldn't.

>>2842

I still hope you'll get to see them btw

>>2842

I had a thought. How about we all go to Scotland to watch otters together?
Something like this https://www.otter.org/Public/Events_OtterWatchingDays.aspx seems like a great meetup occasion to me.

>>2858

That sounds pretty cool
The tick warning has me spooked though. Forgot how tick and midge ridden Scotland is

Something for UK otter friends
https://www.mammal.org.uk/national-otter-survey/

She smashes sea shells by the sea shore.

>>32

Living a better life than most people.

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Nighttime sea otter

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\o/

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>>28

No, when people saw weasels in the sea they just though FUR, and pretty soon sea weasels were hunted to extinction.

>>2647

I couldn't imagine a better place to sleep

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>>2468

wish I could experience such comfyness

>>2690

Otters are already comfy, but then their comfiness is multiplied by the presence of other otters

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>>2827

This creates a feedback loop of comfiness where each otter makes the other otter even more comfy, thus resulting in perfect otter sleeps
here's a pic of the small clawed otters at Denver Zoo demonstrating this phenomenon

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>>2829

Of course otters putting their heads on each other is also a sign of affection, which is cute.

It's a thing of beauty, nature is like a puzzle, every piece fits perfectly

One of the key things that I just recently realized is how terrestrial predators only need to move in a two dimensional space, whereas an otter hunting a fish has to move in a three dimensional body. There's a whole new dimension introduced to the game. Diving takes a lot of practice and skill in itself, but then imagine also keeping track of a fast moving fish that's doing its best to get away from you. AND to top it off being fast and nimble enough to catch it, all while you're a land animal who hated the water before being taught to swim. Otters really are the kings of the water and the kings of hunting.

>>1209

Of course! Everyone knows getting muddy is a cleansing spa treatment. Otter spa is always enjoyable.

>>1213

>Otter spa

Is that a spa for otters, or a spa with otters?

>>1348

A spa of otters, by otters, for otters.

>>1349

The best kind.

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>>1203

Glad we get to see different angles of what happens when an otter sticks his nose in a puddle of mud

Depends on what they're doing... I hope they don't think too much, too many thoughts are stressful.

I think otters think about having fun, eatin clams, maybe how neat their favorite rock is. I wonder if they think about how neat they are?

>>2787

Maybe they know how amazing they are, or maybe they don't? I just hope otters feel good about being otters.

>>2789

They have the piece of mind knowing they are doing the best otting they can.

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Just got word they've decided on a logo, so there'll be no need for these. I'll post them anyway just because I like them.

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>>2296

Similar logo to this one >>2295

but more abstract and geometric, formed by the letters I O C. Typeface: Futura.

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Official announcement and tentative program are out

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>>2739

A lot of otter topics to be covered

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Love you too!

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Wish more otter lovers could find their way here. I've written up a little piece about Otterchat for IUCN news, but I don't know if it's good or not. What do you guys think, would you change anything?

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>>2723

I think it's good to go! Hopefully it'll attract some new otternons to join this great community!

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>>2724

I hope so too, I'll probably go ahead and submit it around the weekend.

>>2675

yes ;-;

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>>2677

For future reference, in case you didn't know, you have to either enter the thread by hitting the reply button or by clicking the numbers of the post to enter the reply posting mode

>>2678

I know, I couldn't read the verification string so I tried to reload the page to get a new one but that didn't work and when I relaunched my browser I forgot to click back into the thread

>>2682

Sorry for the trouble :/ The captcha system is pretty basic, I just changed so it gives you a new string if you type it in wrong. Also is it easy enough to read? Because I can make it bigger if not.

>>2685

No trouble, it's definitely a me problem so no need to change anything of my accord! It's already far more visible than the ones on Anon Cafe which I regularly have to reload to get one that is legible for me. The generation of a new string after failure is a nice touch though, makes it a bit easier if you get a difficult to read captcha. Thanks Ottmin!