Very early in our relationship, Hiroko and I went to Shedd Aquarium (among other places) for Valentine's day. Some of my favorite photographs of her or us are still from that day, including this one.On that day, we fell in love with Shedd's sea otters. While virtually every other creature in captivity manages to look apathetic, sleepy, or miserable, the otters were downright ecstatic to see us. They kept performing, swimming, and diving for us, with these big grins on our faces. It looked like they were saying to each other, "Look, the humans are here (again)! We're so glad to see the humans!"
After that, we kept bringing them up in front of others, and my sister gave us a couple of stuffed otters, who used to greet Hiroko every morning (before Mr. Lion came along). Sadly, every time we've been to Shedd since that first time, the otter exhibit has been dirtier, almost to the point that you couldn't see anything through the dirty glass last time. And the otters have looked fatter, sicker, and sad. It's too bad.
But despite that, I wanted to share this clip with you. It's really cute, especially when they break off and then embrace again. It's the best clip of sea otters you'll see all day.
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CNN was talking about this clip on the news today. They said that sea otters do this a lot; it's a survival mechanism they use to keep from being separated in choppy waters.
Very cute.
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