I Guess Wee Otter

Bad title pun aside it is high time I talked about sea otters. Particularly the wee otter Katmai. Geordie and myself have never seen sea otters in the wild despite days of searching and missing them by a matter of hours. So we have to content ourselves with the guys at the aquarium.  A new addition is the mentioned wee otter pup nammed Katmai. 

We saw Katmai the day she was introduced into her new watery enclosure. Below she is exploring the edges and nosing about wondering about her new home.  She doesn't have that whitish head yet.  She won't get that until she is older.  They also have the densest fur of all the animals. It is so dense (nearly one million per sq in) that their actual skin never gets wet.

Katmai is an enclosure with an older female named Tanu.  Tanu has taken Katmai under her paw so to speak.  Both were orphaned and as they cannot be rehabilitated they continue to charm their visitors at the Vancouver Aquarium.  The 'awww' factor is quite high.