BABY OTTER NAPS SAFELY IN THE WATER BY USING HIS MOM AS A RAFT

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Otter devotion: Pup uses mother as raft and has a nap as they float down the water.


Sea otters are an endangered species, and their numbers are declining due to hunting by greedy fishermen and by pollution of their habitat.

Otters are actually good for the environment, as they consume urchins.  Urchins devastate kelp forests, thus ruining the habitat for countless other marine species.  Wherever otters make it their home, aquatic life flourishes.


Pup seems to smile as he naps on his mom.

 

The cute family moment was captured by Geraldine Davies while on a sailing dingy in Monterey, California. 

 

Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2926543/Otter-devotion-Pup-uses-mother-raft-nap-float-river.html

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