"This is completely false. Otters are territorial and aggressive.
While I don't know the exact origin of this pic, this is probably a picture nicked from one of the many Japanese otter blogs featuring an otter in a zoo. It's also been meme'd many times, such as this pic featuring a caption that says "I made dis.""
Not that Reddit is the end all be all, but that person summed it up nicely. https://amp.reddit.com/r/Otters/comments/arfjlg/question_i_have_recently_come_across_a_quote/
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Side note: otters have also been observed trying to take baby otters hostage to extort food. They don't really use them as meatshields
While I don't know the exact origin of this pic, this is probably a picture nicked from one of the many Japanese otter blogs featuring an otter in a zoo. It's also been meme'd many times, such as this pic featuring a caption that says "I made dis.""
Not that Reddit is the end all be all, but that person summed it up nicely. https://amp.reddit.com/r/Otters/comments/arfjlg/question_i_have_recently_come_across_a_quote/
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Side note: otters have also been observed trying to take baby otters hostage to extort food. They don't really use them as meatshields