The Sea Otter

The sea otter is a marine mammal with a fat grey body, a small head and small limbs. Its head is white or grey and usually lighter than its body, it lives offshore of the North Pacific Ocean which is really cold.

First of all, it’s a cute animal and everyone is fond of it.

When I was looking at the sea otter, everyone beside me was saying “It’s so cute!” both elders and kids were fascinated. People usually think creatures that are chubby is quite cute. The sea otter fits the condition exactly. Its expression is very funny as well. It seems that it isn’t worrying about anything.

Secondly, it’s very smart.

It’s said “sea otters can hit sea urchins by using stones.” on Wikipedia. They can control the stone really well. I observed that it could hold a piece of ice gently. Its hands are really flexible. When someone was throwing some food to it, it could catch all of them exactly. It’s like someone is throwing branches to you and you can catch all the branches calmly. So you can imagine how hard it is.

Finally, I like the way of its movement.

It was swimming by back stroke. It seems that it could swim easily and it was easily float on the top of the water. But actually, it was holding a piece of ice, it would be impossible! I will fall into the water as soon as possible.

In conclusion, the sea otter is one of my favourite animals. But i would worry about the sea otter at Vancouver Aquarium, it can swim quite fast, but the “swimming pool” for it is so small. It is alone there. Maybe it would feel bored. We need try to make it happy!!