I really otter post more often.

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This is Kit, an orphaned sea otter rescued in 2010 and raised at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She now lives at the aquarium and acts as a surrogate mother for other orphaned otters. Meet Our Sea Otters

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This is Otter 501, another orphaned sea otter. She was also raised at the aquarium, but learned how to survive in the wild with the help of another otter, surrogate mother Toola, and was successfully released into Elkhorn Slough.
More clips from Saving Otter 501

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Toola was the first surrogate mother sea otter at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She helped to raise thirteen pups over her ten years at the aquarium. Photo by Randy Wilder.
Toola’s story

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Vancouver Aquarium

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Not a sea otter. From here.

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Zoo d’Amneville in Eastern France. Photo by Jean-Christophe Verhaegen

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Photo by Ron Eby

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Morro Bay, California. Photo by Mike Baird

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Boulder confirms first North American river otter sighting in a century

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Photo by M. Noonan

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Female European otters

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Watercolor by Paul Schmid

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On Lucky Drive in Larkspur, California. Photo by Paul Chinn

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Cuddlekins

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Photo by Jeff Bucklew

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South American giant otter in Karanambu, Guyana. Photo by Michael McCrystal

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Giant otters NOM NOM NOM.

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Also posted to randompictures, and some to splodefromcute