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A Glimpse into the Lives of Otters | BBC Earth

From learning to swim to parents teaching their cubs how to hunt, these are some amazing otter moments. #Animals #Wildlife #Otter Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Sign up to our newsletter for the latest news, updates and exclusives from BBC Earth https://www.bbcearth.com/newsletter Watch more: Best of BBC Earth 🌍 https://bit.ly/BestOfBBCEarth Best Animal Fights 🥊 https://bit.ly/BestAnimalFights Videos over 10 minutes ⏰ https://bit.ly/3SHJCEJ Planet Earth III 🌍 https://bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIIPlaylist Frozen Planet II ❄️ https:/bit.ly/FrozenPlanetIIPlaylist Blue Planet II in 4K 🌊 https://bit.ly/BluePlanetII4kPlaylist Welcome to BBC EARTH! The world is an amazing place full of stories, beauty and natural wonder. Here you'll find 50 years worth of entertaining and thought-provoking natural history content. Dramatic, rare, and exclusive, nature doesn't get more exciting than this. This is a commercial page from BBC Studios. Service information and feedback: http://bbcworldwide.com/vod-feedback--contact-details.aspx

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thibaultpixel54
thibaultpixel54 1 month, 1 week ago

Among all the extant species of otters, the only species of otter that is the real top dog apex predator among them are the 6 ft long (6 meters long) 57-60 lbs (26-27 kgs) social louder aggressive dangereous giant river otters of the Amazon's Basin, they are called the Amazon's river wolves for a good reason as to why they are formidable apex predators that dominates pretty much everything with the power of the pack as their biggest strength.

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christine_ferrand 1 month, 1 week ago

Giant River Otters: Amazon's River Wolf Mafia. North American River Otters: River Guardian Of North America's Rivers. Asian Small Clawed Otters: River Guardian Of Southeast Asia. Smoothed Coated Otters: River Guardian Of India. Eurasian River Otters: River Guardian Of Eurasia's Rivers Sea Otters: American Kelp Forest Heroes.

gaelhenrique_farias
gaelhenrique_farias 1 month, 1 week ago

The 6 species of otters who are featured and appearing in this special video dedicated to them here are the giant river otter, smoothed coated otter, north american river otter, asian small clawed otter, eurasian river otter and sea otter.

ashleyjames985
ashleyjames985 1 month, 1 week ago

My top 8 favorite all time wild species of otters around the world: 1: Giant river otter 2: Sea otter 3: North american river otter 4: European river otter 5: African clawless river otter 6: Smoothed coated otter 7: Asian small clawed otter 8: Congo clawless river otter

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jacquelinesanchez870 1 month, 1 week ago

Otters: Aquatic, speedy, smart and effective underwater killing assasins.

claude.renard
claude.renard 1 month, 1 week ago

They hunted that gator

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maria_evans 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Do the otters talk to each other, sure sounds like it. The holding hands show the closer the bond is, highly intelligent and the bubbles🫧. WOW. Love BBC.

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hans-willi_kallert 1 month, 3 weeks ago

This is wonderful == !!!!!!!!!!!! == thanks for posting == !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

advaithsoni654
advaithsoni654 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Otters are amazing little creatures. The detail on the fur just reminds me how vast the mind of God is. Truly a work of art! I had no idea that otters had that type of fur.

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dawn_horton 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Imagine fighting for your life for an hour in water. I’m exhausted thinking about it.

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steven.leon 1 month, 4 weeks ago

This otter be interesting.

jorge_razo
jorge_razo 1 month, 4 weeks ago

the crows pulling their tales haha!🤣🤣🤣otters are so highly intelligent and adorable!! my favorite fact about them is how they hold hands during naps on water so they don't float away from each other LOL

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hans-hinrichhendriks264 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Their behavior reminds us that survival in nature is not always about dominance or speed—sometimes it is about cooperation, curiosity, and the ability to thrive in shifting environments.

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rodneyserene4 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Sir we don’t need to see you filming them and smiling 😒

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liabeier261 1 month, 4 weeks ago

The cutest predators!

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naksh_chaudhry 2 months ago

The otters are so cute. <3

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cynthia.costa 2 months ago

This is the kind of video that makes me love otters even more.

pedrolucas.abreu
pedrolucas.abreu 2 months ago

13:08 😅

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kevin.brown 2 months ago

Do you notice that in every single one of your videos you always refer to all animals whose gender is unknown as he/him, all the time? Please don't default all animals as he/him. Half of the whole planet is she/her. Don't neglect the female. When referring to animals whose sex is unknown please use she/her more often. It seems not important at all but it's actually significant. The very reason why most people default animals as he/him is due to the lack of recognition of females in the society which is a resedue of female repression in the human history. You contribute to world equality by making this subtle effort.

paulvaleon6
paulvaleon6 2 months ago

An example of how nature teaches perseverance and patience is when otters check every ice hole daily, demonstrating genuine commitment.