this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what kind of animal is this?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

a baby ~~beaver~~ otter :3..

https://i.imgur.com/8r9eSL4.mp4 <33..

edit: fixed. sorry about that :)!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm about 90% certain this is a baby sea otter. It's too fluffy and beavers have longer little fingers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

whoops, my error. i wanted to write otter but by accident wrote beaver. sorry about that.

guess i was brain-afk while commenting (english isn't my mother tongue).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No worries! Do you happen to know the original source? Orphan creatures make me sad, but I think it's valuable to credit the rehabilitation centres who are usually volunteers and relying on donations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i found it on tiktok :)!

https://www.tiktok.com/@kendra.m.l/video/7255143280839560453

p.s: sorry it took a while to reply. for some reason Liftoff (app) didn't let me comment at all.. so i had to go on my computer, search out the link again etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Excellent, thanks!

For extra context for others:

This is a video of Joey the Sea Otter who was rescued in 2020 by Vancouver’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre operated by non-profit conservation organization Ocean Wise.

Joey now lives at Vancouver Aquarium.