There Otter Be A Law Against Being This Cute

by Not That Mike The Other Mike on March 30, 2009

Sea World may be famous for its killer whales, but two new arrivals may have guests saying "Shamwho?"  The San Diego park welcomed two Asian small-clawed river otter pups, born Feb. 7 to first-time parents Leo and Giselle.  A new otter/sea lion show debuts next month.

( Hmmph. Mom always liked HIM best. )

( You are getting SO noogied after dinner, ya little kiss-up. )

From Sea World via Cute Otters.

UPDATE: Four more otter pups born at Sea World Orlando!  It’s a conspiracy, I tells ya!

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1 260Oakley 03.30.09 at 3:57 pm

The look of otter disapproval from that pup is killing me.

2 Eastie 03.30.09 at 3:58 pm

Soooo cute! I’ll take them all, please! Perfect hovertext on the first pic.

3 llism 03.30.09 at 3:58 pm

Kilt me. Totally. Ded.

4 anita 03.30.09 at 3:59 pm

Is there a CO approved term for those cute ear nubules??

5 chanpon 03.30.09 at 4:00 pm

How can something this cute be evil??

6 Estlin 03.30.09 at 4:02 pm

I think that otters, red pandas and kittens are the Holy Trinity of cute animals.

7 kmira 03.30.09 at 4:08 pm

I agree with Estlin. I wish they were domesticated – my house would be teeming with them!

8 crackjob 03.30.09 at 4:10 pm

Leo and Gisele?

I hope Bar Rafaeli and Tom Brady don’t find out about this…

9 aloria 03.30.09 at 4:12 pm

so chubbbbs

10 Julie 03.30.09 at 4:14 pm

Leo and Giselle? Is that for real?

11 Annie 03.30.09 at 4:21 pm

Ohhh Gooody I saw this the other day and knew it would end up here.
Isnt that just the cutest picture… Okay and I rarely say Squee but SQUEEEEEEEE

12 Nancy 03.30.09 at 4:22 pm

z’long as there’s no killer whale/otter show debuting.

13 bhm 03.30.09 at 4:25 pm

Awww, baby muzzles and fat tum tums.

14 Cheesygirl 03.30.09 at 4:28 pm

Awwwwww, lookit Otter McGrumpersons in the bottom corner of the first pic. ::loves::

15 Katrina 03.30.09 at 4:30 pm

OOOH, otterettes, I love them swimming in my (just perfect temperature for them) soup!

16 Kristabelle 03.30.09 at 4:34 pm

Aww, poor bebe looks otterly ticked off. C’mere little one, I will give you kisses…and fish.

17 Gledwood 03.30.09 at 4:46 pm

What cute little swines!

18 A thinker 03.30.09 at 4:55 pm

I nearly died when I saw these on Cute Otters the other day. Otters are one of the few animals that are lethally cute as pups and almost equally so as adults.

19 Annie 03.30.09 at 4:56 pm

You do realize that the cute factor is why there will soon be otter world domination don’t you!

20 Illise 03.30.09 at 4:57 pm

Thats so cute, those earsssss

21 Kar 03.30.09 at 5:09 pm

Just keep ‘em off the pole. That’s all I ask.

22 mike d 03.30.09 at 5:13 pm

The bitter-looking dude in the first photo totally needs a “XCO Pup-hance.”

23 zeldapie 03.30.09 at 5:14 pm

SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!

Lurve the little pouty guy on the right. Okay, lurve them both. And mama.

24 Theresa 03.30.09 at 5:19 pm

Enough otters! I’m friggin sick of otters! Otters otters otters, nothing but otters! If I see another otter, I will grump a second time. :P

25 Theresa 03.30.09 at 5:21 pm

PS squeeeeeeeee!

26 Theresa 03.30.09 at 5:22 pm

PPS “small-clawed”? How stinkin’ cute is that?

27 Jorden 03.30.09 at 5:23 pm

In complete agreement with Estlin’s trifecta

28 Theo 03.30.09 at 5:23 pm

[ahem]

OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! OTTERNOMS! *poof*

29 Theresa 03.30.09 at 5:28 pm

Theo, it’s those burritos, man.

[Depend on a smartass to make *that* call. sheesh - Ed.]

30 Holly 03.30.09 at 5:34 pm

I also saw this on http://www.zooborns.com, which, incidentally, would make a great More!More!More! link. [hint hint]

31 Katscats 03.30.09 at 5:38 pm

Otters-my favorite Qte! CO rocks the Web again…

(laughing at my Winston-san nuff. thx, Theresa!)

32 GingerBean 03.30.09 at 5:41 pm

Even their name is cute! Those muzzlepoushes! (My family call it a “moosh”)
I love me some otters *sigh*

33 Claire Zulkey 03.30.09 at 5:43 pm

I love how crabby the guy on the right looks in the top picture.

34 Noelle 03.30.09 at 5:45 pm

Annie…I for one welcome our Otter Overlords! The world would be a much better place if dominated by Otters.

{well, except for the fish}

35 StarSkunk 03.30.09 at 5:57 pm

Long as they don’t decide they wanna eat our entrails…on their tummeh.
:3

36 J. Bo 03.30.09 at 6:06 pm

Otter kissies!

37 Trisha 03.30.09 at 6:09 pm

::runs to pet otturrrs::

::steals all 3 otturrrs::

OTTURRRSSS!!!!!

38 Berg 03.30.09 at 6:21 pm

That little pout in the top picture made me snort coffee out my nose. Too funny!

I may just need to make a trip to San Diego one of these days. It’s only 1200 or so miles away…

39 crazyweinerdoglady 03.30.09 at 6:32 pm

*ack* thems otturs are sooooo cute. I heart otturs big and small. Never saw an otter I didn’t like

40 Whitney Waters 03.30.09 at 6:36 pm

More otter!

41 ThreeCatNight 03.30.09 at 6:50 pm

The otter plush adorableness of these two just makes me want to nom them little ears to distraction. (I could get arrested for that.)

42 spb 03.30.09 at 7:07 pm

Oh my! These must be the non-evil kind, huh? Or maybe they get evil when they growd up? No, I don’t think so… mom looks totally non-evil. Theo? Your input?

43 feezie 03.30.09 at 7:31 pm

Typically, Theo got it rong:

OTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZOTTERZ

44 duck au vin 03.30.09 at 7:38 pm

Nancy–great point! LOL…
I used to be a cafeteria
lady for a while…Our most popular item with the
kids was “Otter Pops.”
Holding a box of “Otter Pops” is like catching the football…and HERE they come!

45 Katrina 03.30.09 at 7:40 pm

Theresa-it took me a second to get that-nice catch!

“PPPTHTHTPPTH,” Theo!

46 Theo 03.30.09 at 7:42 pm

Feezie, dude, I wrote the *book*. I’m ALLOWED to get it rong.

47 Theo 03.30.09 at 7:43 pm

and Katrina — *BURRITO NOISE*

48 Theo 03.30.09 at 7:43 pm

(OK, so it’s not actually a book)
(sigh)

49 Theresa 03.30.09 at 7:44 pm

Theo, you say that like it’s a bad thing . . .

50 nismo 03.30.09 at 7:58 pm

That otter’s disapproval in the first pic is toooo intense. Eat your heart out, bunnies.

51 Paunchie 03.30.09 at 8:07 pm

otter pups – I mean POPS! nom nom nom

52 Paunchie 03.30.09 at 8:08 pm

PS I love the whisk-hairs on mama-san

53 Cordelia 03.30.09 at 8:14 pm

crackjob, ROFLOL!

The little guy in the first picture is trying so hard to look fierce and it just makes him that much more adorable! Love it!

54 Kim 03.30.09 at 8:20 pm

Oooh, Grouchy McOtterson pup is the cutest thing evah!

55 feezie 03.30.09 at 8:24 pm

Teho, and you did again – I’m no “dude”!

56 Theo 03.30.09 at 8:37 pm

Everybody becomes “Dude” when a situation demands it. Dude transcends gender. [also, insert Big Lebowski reference here]

57 Juno 03.30.09 at 9:39 pm

I think that otter surpasses mere disapproval. That is CONTEMPT, I tell you.

Complete and otter contempt.

58 Juno 03.30.09 at 9:42 pm

I’ll ditto mike d’s request for a COXCU pup-hance, and add a vote for inclusion in the 2010 calendar.

59 nads 03.30.09 at 9:51 pm

Oh my Gawd,I LOVE Asian river otters (sea otters too but these especially). Wnaana know why? Because in rural India, in villages along the Ganges, fishermen use packs of tamed, TRAINED otters just like these to herd fish into groups, making it easier for them to scoop up! It’s absolutely amzing to see-I saw in it a documentary on the Ganges. They make the cutest noises when swimming around, doing their thing. And they get nice fishy treats after a hard day’s work! Yet one more reason why its my dream to live in India- otters as fishing companions!

60 berthaservant 03.30.09 at 10:00 pm

Soooooo otterz. Wonderful, a-wonderful.

61 Not That Mike The Other Mike 03.30.09 at 10:35 pm

Egads! Even MORE otter pups at Sea World Orlando!

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200903/1131/

(updated post with link)

62 bhm 03.30.09 at 11:11 pm

Any moment I’m expecting some idiot to drop by and say, “Those otters are boring. They just sit there and do nothing. I’m sooo sick of otters.”

63 Summer 03.30.09 at 11:20 pm

So. Grumpies! :D

64 Nik 03.30.09 at 11:44 pm

The hovertext on the first pic is spot on! That little grumpy face is so precious. I never knew otters could pout! Hilarious.

65 browngrl 03.31.09 at 12:15 am

They otter be mine!

66 Katrina 03.31.09 at 12:43 am

This goes to UCONN!

67 kibblenibble 03.31.09 at 3:12 am

Wittle round heads! I dub them Louie Blue Raspberry and Alexander the Grape (Inspired by duck au vin.)

68 Subhangi 03.31.09 at 4:18 am

SQUEEEEEEE!!!

Otters are my native American animal totems, btw. :)

69 AuntieMame 03.31.09 at 4:26 am

By all rights, these guys should be Tommy and Dick.

70 Hon Glad 03.31.09 at 5:39 am

How otterly otterly lovely.

71 neptune 03.31.09 at 6:02 am

Is it just me, or do baby otters with their mouths open look like infinitely cuter versions of John Malkovich?

72 Stella 03.31.09 at 7:02 am

OH! this is purrrrfect! My husband calls me “my little otter” and my favorite hobby is to take cute photos ad the most cheesy caption and make backgrounds of it!

This is so much
I luw you otterly

73 koko 03.31.09 at 7:48 am

OTTERSOTTERSOTTERSOTTERSOTTERSOTTERSOTTERSOTTERSOTTERSOTTERS

74 Michael Almandine 03.31.09 at 11:02 am

Gorgeous little guys, allright.

75 kk3 03.31.09 at 11:06 am

I just melted into a puddle of goo…. sigh ….

76 Momcat 03.31.09 at 11:55 am

Otter lovers should read a book called “Ring of Bright Water.” Can’t remember the author’s name, but if it’s available the title should be enough.Wonderful true otter story.

77 Carlisa 03.31.09 at 12:23 pm

awww! Dey has muppet moufs!
Gotta go see the other otter pics…….!

78 Kristabelle 03.31.09 at 12:56 pm

AuntieMame’s Smother’s Brothers ref FTW! hahaha

79 Theresa 03.31.09 at 1:51 pm

Chanpon, because when they grow up they do this!
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/07/im-sure-the-fat.html

And post it on the Internets! Watch your kids, parents. Watch them like hawks, I tell you.

80 feezie 03.31.09 at 7:16 pm

Momcat, only if they want to cry and cry and cry. Ditto double for the sequels and the movie.

81 Rooanne 03.31.09 at 11:12 pm

I must squeeeeee! Never saw baby otters before. Possibly the cutest litte critters I have ever seen.

82 National Blog Review 04.01.09 at 5:54 am

Brilliant, this blog is cute and snuggly! (Oh, aha, and the Otters too! Of course!)

83 Lilly 04.13.09 at 6:26 pm

So So So So cute!!!! I wish u could own otters!!! 1 of 25 , being my favorite animals. ( And i totally am an animal freak.),( One time a cow was about to go into labor… and i stayed in the barn til 2:00 am!!!

84 Rory 04.13.09 at 9:30 pm

I would have to disagree with Estlins statement. It would be Otters, Puppies, and Fawns that are the holy trinity of cute things

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