# Abandoned otter learns to swim

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-otter-learns-to-swim/553764
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 14, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-otter-learns-to-swim/553764 "2010-09-14T19:55:21Z")
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### Author: ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-otter-learns-to-swim/553764/1 "2010-09-14T19:55:21Z")

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A double dose of [cuteness](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/8002370/Orphaned-otter-learns-to-swim-in-bath-tub.html)!

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### Author: ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-otter-learns-to-swim/553764/2 "2010-09-14T20:04:15Z")

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Awww! What a cutie.

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### Author: ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-otter-learns-to-swim/553764/3 "2010-09-14T21:16:33Z")

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> Ms Kidner has also welcomed six-week-old otter Snuffles to her home, and hopes that she and Garaint will become playmates as the pup gets older.

So THAT’s what it’s called in the otter world… 😃