• Zoop@beehaw.orgOP
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      3 days ago

      My theory is that otters have hacked the Wikipedia page in an attempt to erase the photo proof so that no one sees it and wants to steal their special rock!

      Also, I wanna share these LOOOK

      a happy otter holding a rock

      a happy otter laying on its back holding a few rocks

    • trolske@feddit.org
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      Ok, I’m here to start a fight!
      I reject the notion of “non-sea otters”! Enhydra are the weirdos among the Lutrinae, and the default assumption of otter should be Lutra, Lontra, Aonyx etc.

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        Where I am, we have tons of river otters. We see them rarely even just when looking out our window. They’re far more “normal” here than sea otters. If anything, I’d be concerned if I saw a sea otter over here.

        I don’t know if I’d say one or the other is weird, though.

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    3 days ago

    But do the otters then become emotionally bonded to the rock, such that even when offered an objectively better rock, they often value the sentimental above the practical?

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      I’m no expert (not even close,) but from what I understood of what I had read about them, it sounds like they do. I can be the same haha