They're rather sensuous, don't you agree?

How long until the album drops?

very original subby, be proud

They have perfectly good tummies to eat on.

Something I thought of earlier this morning. Why, after 10's of 1,000's of years of evolution, have otters not evolved knowing how to swim instinctively instead of having to be taught by their parents?

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: Something I thought of earlier this morning. Why, after 10's of 1,000's of years of evolution, have otters not evolved knowing how to swim instinctively instead of having to be taught by their parents?

For the same reason after hundreds of thousands of years baby humans have to be taught how to walk by their parents: Mother nature can't genetically encode for everything.

KiplingKat872: For the same reason after hundreds of thousands of years baby humans have to be taught how to walk by their parents: Mother nature can't genetically encode for everything.

Well, that and there's a genetic advantage to "learning" even skills that we consider pretty basic; if conditions change, the next generation can acquire the skills that the previous generation learned instead of having to overcome instinct in order to swim/walk differently.

stevarooni: KiplingKat872: For the same reason after hundreds of thousands of years baby humans have to be taught how to walk by their parents: Mother nature can't genetically encode for everything.

Well, that and there's a genetic advantage to "learning" even skills that we consider pretty basic; if conditions change, the next generation can acquire the skills that the previous generation learned instead of having to overcome instinct in order to swim/walk differently.

True 'dat. Learned behaviors are far more adaptable than encoded behavoirs, thereby ensuring better chances of species survival.

When my daughter was about 6 years old she wanted me to steal the otters from the Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin.

coco ebert: SecretAgentWoman: A google search for baby otter (new window) will make your head asplode with teh cuteness.


I hold that there is NOTHING cuter than otters, particularly baby otters.


Kittens. The defense rests.

Really I'm Black: we otter start using this meme instead of the ugly ass one.

The "ugly ass" bit is played out, much like Fark.

Cyno01: Hmm...

Aww you saw it, too. Came here to say it.

She had that pup 'hours before'? That thing is ENORMOUS! How did she squeeze that out of her sea-otter hoo-haw?

coco ebert: SecretAgentWoman: A google search for baby otter (new window) will make your head asplode with teh cuteness.

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I hold that there is NOTHING cuter than otters, particularly baby otters.

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Plus, their bones are often purple (from eating sea urchins).

Even in death, they're pretty. Purple skeletons!

That's an otter pup? Nice picture there, that's the cutest blob of what the hell is that I've ever seen.

Nothing is cuter than a chinchilla.



Nothing.

/this squee has been hotlinked

It's like all the shed fuzz clumped together to form a new one! So that's how they reproduce.

zedster: Luneward: coco ebert: SecretAgentWoman: A google search for baby otter (new window) will make your head asplode with teh cuteness.


I hold that there is NOTHING cuter than otters, particularly baby otters.


Kittens. The defense rests.

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cute-plosion achieved

That made me go "Eeeeeeeeeee!" Seriously. My boyfriend is annoyed.

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mmmmm, otter pops

Ass sea what I did here?

Pants full of macaroni!!: Here comes a special boy!

Phillipe is standing on it.

TheOther: She had that pup 'hours before'? That thing is ENORMOUS! How did she squeeze that out of her sea-otter hoo-haw?

That is pretty amazing because an otters hoo-haw is so tight it's watertight.

zedster: Luneward: coco ebert: SecretAgentWoman: A google search for baby otter (new window) will make your head asplode with teh cuteness.


I hold that there is NOTHING cuter than otters, particularly baby otters.


Kittens. The defense rests.

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cute-plosion achieved

Good lord, that's the cute equivalent of dividing by zero!

toddalmighty: KiplingKat872: Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: Something I thought of earlier this morning. Why, after 10's of 1,000's of years of evolution, have otters not evolved knowing how to swim instinctively instead of having to be taught by their parents?

For the same reason after hundreds of thousands of years baby humans have to be taught how to walk by their parents: Mother nature can't genetically encode for everything.

Parents teach their kids to walk, huh? Pretty sure my kids figured it out all by themselves.

You sure about that? I have pictures of my Dad holding my hands as I take my first steps. At the very least, are you sure they did not think that they were supposed to be walking because they had been watching you for months? A horse comes out of its mother and almost immediately stands and walks. That's encoded behavior. Humans it takes months for them to figure it out.

IT'S SO FLUFFY I'M GONNA DIE!!!!

Hope they never have run in with the SPD.

My head... teh cute... too much...

Cyno01: Hmm...

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Mutt Farkinov: Cyno01: Hmm...

Aww you saw it, too. Came here to say it.

Ayuh, the resemblance is uncanny