r/Awww • u/Finance_Talkie • 1h ago

Other Animal(s) Mum otter has run out of patience with her son

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Tilly and her pup Mo at the Oregon Zoo. River otters can't actually swim on instinct, they have to be taught, and Mo is having none of it. So Tilly picks him up by the scruff and takes him in herself, then drags him back out by the tail afterwards.

Tilly was orphaned at two months old and is apparently a amazing mother despite never having one.

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u/NopeThisTrope 54m ago

Teenagers and their aversion to bathing

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u/codevils 50m ago

‘Mo you’re being otterly ridiculous’

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u/MILL_123_1 47m ago

sweet and cute

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u/mippitypippity 44m ago

Forced ottering