Watch this lil’ otter get a little help from the Monterey Bay Aquarium after being rescued from separation from her Mummles. Hopefully, this baby will become a wild otter again…
Floating snogs to Brinke G. who also likes sloths.
I was made for Cute Overload
April 4, 2012 By
Watched it on mute and all I saw was tummy gluttoness…awwww
D: You gotta watch it again with sound next time. The leetle chirps killed me ded.
i agree you need to have the sound on. so darn cute.
OMG!!! This has got to be the cutest otter pup EVER!! Otters are my spirit animals and I just loooooooove their pups! I wish I could cuddle one!! Ohhhh the little whimpers just squeeze my heart!!!
Carl Sagan is my spirit animal.
Eeeep!!! Those little chirps sounded simply heartbreaking….but he finally seemed to adjust to the water. What a tender morsel of sheer adorableness.
the squeakingks, the floof, eek, splat *ded*
Could I have just one, small snoorgle????
Only if I can have one, too! What a sweet little girl. I’m glad she found people to help her.
“Hey there, little otter bit, whatcha doing’?”
“Just lying here, sucking my thumb”
“Let me get you something better to suck on!”
” Thanks! “(slurp, slurp, slurp)
” Now close your eyes and you will get a big surprise!”
” ‘kay…… HEY! What the frac! I did NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS! Oh man, look at me, my coat is all otter water logged.”
Floop-feets and meepmeeps and wheeskairs, oh, my!
Oh the whiskery kisser!!!!!
As human populations reach 8 billion… our animal friends/family continue(s) to come under pressure. As I watched this video all I could think about was the loneliness of this little pup without a mom. Cute yes, sad yes.
If you look closely, you can see the small STEIFF tag along his side seam.
Your comment made me wish we had the thumbs-up button again. Bravo!
Nice one! He does look like a stuffed oogey woogey cutey patooty stuffed toy!
A Darth Vader look-alike doesn’t seem like much of a substitute for a fuzzy mom! (Yes, I understand the reasoning behind the get-up….) I want to snorgle it!!
That was the first thing I noticed, too! They otter name the pup Luke.
Heehee
You want to snorgle the Darth Vader proxy? Do you feel the same impulse for Darth Maul?
Hmmm….seems I have a pronoun problem there! (or secret dark impulses)
I suspect many see him as the ultimate bad boy who can be redeemed by love. On the other hand, Darth Maul has an estrogen brigade and fanfic that horrifies George Lucas. Now why women would want to eat fried chicken off his horns is beyond me.
So embrace that dark impulse, you’re probably not alone.
Yes, it does look a like a dark wizard with a soft spot for fuzzy animals. LOL!
Ahhh. The cute is strong in this one.
I thought it was Darth Vader too!
I was so worried at first at how irresponsive the pup was… But as soon as he was in the watter HE IS ALIVE ALIIIIIVE!
Sorry.
I really was concerned how quiet he was at first, truly! But I’m glad his caregiver is playing with him in the water
I’m banking on the “what the frac…” statement from earlier, the water is about 52 farenheit lol
Otter (insert Stewie voice here): Oh, you, Darth Vader wanabe, i see you brought my usual…shaken not stirred.*nom nom*…not Hallowee…*nom nom*…gloves clamm…*nom nom* …a lil to the lef..WHAT THE HOLY HELL?! DO YOU REALIZE HOW FREAKIN COLD…WOH BUDDY WATCH YOUR HANDS! I DON’T KNOW YOU THAT WELL!
Meep ! Meep !!!
Meeped away by the cute…
… or is it “mept” away?
FTW!
“Meeeep! It’s wet! Meeeeep!! Why I otter….”
I think the pup was already delivered to the wild. I know that they made a movie/documentary about it which already premiered in the USA.
More info here: http://otter501.com/
Like an otter, I squee when I hit water as well.
*snuggle!!*
OHMYGOSH those little folded paws!! What a sweet lil bundle of otter-y joy!
Speaking of IT’S SO FLUFFY!!!!! check this little guy out
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/endangered-species/adorable-albino-albatross-chicks-born-on-midway/page/2/
asha came running at the sound of those meeps! bebeh sounds like he’s related to our favorite chatty porcupine.
li’l feller bobs like a cork…
I assume the protective visor was to protect the caregiver from becoming over come by the Qte.
Standard CO-viewing Hazmat gear: noticed I have NEVAIR exploded ded into a fountain of sparkles . . . yet.
Er — nervously check Cute-COunter badge on suit to ensure have not exceeded exposure limits, espesh with several red-zone posts lately –
All the people working at that place deserve a big hand for doing what they otter do. (Yes, I use the same joke every time. Whatcha gonna do about it, huh?
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I agree – I think wildlife rescue people are huge heroes!! I used to do foster care & rescue with cats, but the kittehs went to good homes, not out in the big open wild! I’m not sure I could let them go out unprotected like that…
I do believe my heart just melted… They sleep like that, even in a cage? That’s just cute beyond words.
That was my favortie part too!! Like a little fuzzy package of cute fluffness just waiting to be snuggled wif!
Lord have mercy on my soul. DED!
This is too sweet- so glad the lil guy got rescued!
And I have to agree all the other comments about the cuteness of the meeps, curled toes, whiskers, and do I see bubble-blowing when he first realizes he’s in the water???? So CUTE! *head explodes*
*ME NO LIKE WATTERS!!* *Oh, okay, its not so bad.*
Reminds me of kid bath time.
Cute is as cute does.
And boy does he ever!!!!
they rescute him from that cage and put him back in his natural habitat with the floaty felt seaweeds…
is it just me, or did this video seem staged?
cutespiracy theory!
It’s real! Promise! The folks at the Monterey Bay Aquarium do this almost every single day with real otters who have been rescued from the wild. This otter in this video is actually otter 501, the animal our film is about: http://www.facebook.com/otter501.
a likely story. and is there an otter 565 and an otter skinnyjeans?
The folks at Monterey Bay are my heroes, they do great work for animals and education. I love their penguin-webcam, good stuffs.
Is it just me, or do his little protests sound quite like our friend Teddy the Talking Porcupine? “mehh! meeh! snek urrgh eep mehrr!”
okay thread jack because the only way I seem to get stuff on Cute overload ais this way LOL
Have you guys seen HArry teh hermit crab in his lego shell.
Lol that’s awesome
Hermit crabs are so goofy hehe
This is awesome!! Think of all the fun we could have building him ever more elaborate shelters. With little Lego people on top:)
lol exactly!
Holy crap…. I want to carry around a cute floofy floppy bebeh otter too!!! Where can I get that job?
Thanks for all the lurv, folks! This video is of the otter pup who stars in our film, Otter 501: http://www.facebook.com/otter501 It’s going to be in select theaters starting this May! Check out our events tab for more info
Check us out on facebook and, fair warning, there are more cute vids of otter 501 here: http://www.youtube.com/KatieOtter501
We’ll keep ‘em coming!
For the bebeh otters!
The Otter 501 Team
I adore the fact that this little pup loves to be on its back. I’ve never seen an animal picked up like that.
P.S. I want one.
Yes you were! We wish our humans would adopt an otter.
*Kisses*
Bella and DiDi
Who knew baby otters squawked like a parakeet?
His ottery face looks so anxious in the first shot. I’m glad he’s being helped.
otter’s are fluffy. who knew?
Why the Darth Vader costume?