I am not usually the type to put pictures of cute animals up. I leave that to Cute Overload. I don't really even like animals. (I know...shameful coming from a biologist.)
But this otter is so cute it...it just defies description.
It was rescued from abandonment in Scotland. Frankly, it makes your average puppy look like a big, fat sack of crap. It is like they distilled cute into an absinthe-strength cute beverage -- a beverage that will make you wake up the next day and never want to drink cute again.
This otter makes you sad to be a member of the human species, doomed to produce hideous spawn in comparison.
I think they are going to have to Perma Plaque it or freeze it in carbonite because it is only going to get uglier from here.
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http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/saving-grace/pets/pets.html
How did you not say "otterly adorable"
This otter is indeed cute but it should not be brought up in a house. It is not a pet and should be treated as a wild animal so that it can be released - otherwise you are condemning it to a life of captivity.
We are the International Otter Survival Fund and run a specialist otter hospital caring for injured and orphaned otters.
If you want to see more cute otters and find out more about these wonderful animals go to www.otter.org.
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Wotta lotta otter.
what Grace says is very true! , otters are wild animals. Domesticated otters just don't work.
just take a look at this one...
otter love
cutest baby otter ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!