The Fantastic Fur of Sea Otters | Deep Look

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  • @kparas4
    @kparas4 8 лет назад +855

    i actually had to pause the video and recollect myself after the clip of the baby sea otter. too adorable. great video also!

    • @kllrluci
      @kllrluci 8 лет назад +11

      I know right! The baby otter was just too adorable!

    • @dan339dan
      @dan339dan 8 лет назад +17

      I rewinded so I could see the baby sea otter again.

    • @wildlifenet
      @wildlifenet 8 лет назад +11

      We almost burnt out our rewind facility we love this so much! ;-)

    • @jasonm4902
      @jasonm4902 7 лет назад +34

      That specific baby otter you saw is Otter 501. She was rehabilitated through the Monterey Bay Aquarium. You can search her up, there are also videos of her

    • @mynabirds
      @mynabirds 7 лет назад +3

      literaly i did the same thing

  • @GirtheAlienGoldfish
    @GirtheAlienGoldfish 8 лет назад +327

    Otters are just so cute...

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  8 лет назад +35

      Indeed!

    • @oneofmanyscrubsontheintern3905
      @oneofmanyscrubsontheintern3905 7 лет назад +1

      Furries should be killed off

    • @dandazed5846
      @dandazed5846 7 лет назад

      One of many scrubs on the Internet
      Agreed (though that was random af)

    • @raaston9761
      @raaston9761 5 лет назад +7

      @@oneofmanyscrubsontheintern3905 die a hole let people be themselves as long as they dont garm others

    • @emadmary4271
      @emadmary4271 4 года назад

      @@raaston9761 I think you'd rather correct your grammar first before he uses it against you

  • @tinapay6208
    @tinapay6208 4 года назад +17

    I love how sea otters are so cute in every camera angle. The best part I love about them is when they hold paws together to make a raft, washing their faces with their cute paws and of course
    ...last but not the least ...is when the mother's groom their little pups. 🥰😍👍🏼

  • @mjustsarifizu
    @mjustsarifizu 9 лет назад +90

    love it when the otter gives himself a good cheek massage at the end of the vid 😍

  • @laurentkina6168
    @laurentkina6168 8 лет назад +290

    oh god this thing is so cute o.o

  • @christinajacobs4318
    @christinajacobs4318 3 года назад +7

    When I was little, we would drive over to Monterey to go and see them.
    I remember always calling them “Sweet babies”
    So cute!

  • @DxFaa22
    @DxFaa22 9 лет назад +85

    they are so freaking cute !! abd they have a pouch where they keep their favorite rock ! which they use to crack open clams and also to play !!

    • @bari2883
      @bari2883 4 года назад

      Are you joking.? Surely not. That just made them the tool using mammals that we thought for yrs we only aquired the brain power to be able to do this.

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 3 года назад +2

      @@bari2883 Yes, they use rocks as tools. Several animals use tools, including many primates, but also dolphins, crows and others.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_use_by_animals

    • @bari2883
      @bari2883 3 года назад

      @@beeble2003 yes true.

  • @HouseofProduction
    @HouseofProduction 8 лет назад +18

    Came for the cuteness. Stayed for the science!

  • @sshum00
    @sshum00 7 лет назад +287

    I always thought they were just massaging themselves :|

  • @oneofrepetition9633
    @oneofrepetition9633 4 года назад +6

    "Their fluffiness makes them buoyant." What an amazing line. My life is saved

  • @KQEDDeepLook
    @KQEDDeepLook  10 лет назад +102

    *The Fantastic Fur of Sea Otters | Deep Look*
    Sea otters aren’t just cute -- they’re a vivid example of life on the edge. Unlike whales and other ocean mammals, sea otters have no blubber. Yet they're still able to keep warm in the frigid Pacific waters. The secret to their survival? A fur coat like no other.
    SUBSCRIBE to our PBS Digital Studios series here: goo.gl/8NwXqt
    Find out more about the sea otter's fantastic fur: goo.gl/kdPvWV
    Check out UC Santa Cruz's Marine Mammal Physiology Project: goo.gl/ntwUHp
    Find out what Monterey Bay Aquarium is doing to save Southen sea otters: goo.gl/bbnxm0

  • @theresatheresa3452
    @theresatheresa3452 5 лет назад +3

    I can’t take the cuteness of the feeding baby otter!! 🥰🥰🥰

  • @leilapark5623
    @leilapark5623 8 лет назад +182

    Thank you so much I'm a third grader and it helped me a lot for my report

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  8 лет назад +90

      You're very welcome! Good luck with the report!

    • @leyte1601
      @leyte1601 5 лет назад +15

      Lol now you're in 6th grade

    • @rose-jo1dx
      @rose-jo1dx 5 лет назад +1

      { Starye } lol

    • @Kkori.
      @Kkori. 4 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @tiger_844
      @tiger_844 4 года назад +1

      @@leyte1601 holy moly yeah

  • @PuppetPumm3l
    @PuppetPumm3l 6 лет назад +3

    Omg I work for the Monterey Bay Aquarium and it was so funny seeing little scenes from our otters! Love this channel

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  6 лет назад

      Hey! So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for all you do at MBAYAQ.

  • @dns0095
    @dns0095 4 года назад +3

    The cuteness in this video is overload 🤧❤️❤️❤️

  • @darKILLusionnn
    @darKILLusionnn 9 лет назад +257

    I hope you could add a celsius temperature as well so the rest of the world could understand.

    • @jaedenvanderberg3890
      @jaedenvanderberg3890 7 лет назад +7

      Now I know that you're probably not in the US of A.

    • @sirplz1
      @sirplz1 6 лет назад +46

      Arutemisu I'm surprise Americans are here and educating themselves

    • @thehantavirus
      @thehantavirus 6 лет назад +16

      wierd almost every higher instuition, scientist, use metric system, celcius, kelvin, kg, but its for the sake of the non-scientist of america.

    • @Saveonn
      @Saveonn 6 лет назад +8

      That would just make their statement about body temp being twice as hot as the water more obviously incorrect.

    • @savonthedon
      @savonthedon 6 лет назад +23

      matthew ramos we are just like you... I don’t like people who are ignorant and stereotypical... get a grip

  • @velvelour9472
    @velvelour9472 4 года назад +11

    *Adult otter:* Look, im actually dry underneath!
    *Baby otter:* I fly so much u gotta feed me with space food

  • @paulex12
    @paulex12 10 лет назад +28

    Science error at 0:27 and in the video description!!!
    Saying 100 F is twice as hot as 50 F is incorrect because Fahrenheit is not an absolute scale and the zero point is arbitrary with respect to magnitude. 100 F is only about 10% hotter than 50 F (using - 460 F as an approximation of absolute zero)

    • @joshcassidy7270
      @joshcassidy7270 10 лет назад +17

      Hi PaulEx- Thanks for your comment. You’re right about the line in the narration describing how the sea otter’s body temperature compares to the water temperature. We shouldn’t have said “twice as warm" since Fahrenheit is not an absolute temperature scale. Thank you for helping us talk about temperature more accurately in the future.

  • @tristanmcknight6232
    @tristanmcknight6232 9 лет назад +54

    Thanks for the video, but a quibble from the evolutionary biologist in me: saying the scaly pattern of the hair cuticle is an adaptation for living in the water is a stretch, the sort of misinterpretation that led us to invent phylogenetic comparative methods. Just because a trait is different in two species doesn't mean it's an adaptation. Turns out all mustelids (weasel family, includes the otters) have that same sharp petaled pattern, even the terrestrial ones like weasels, martens, sables, wolverines, etc. Coyotes look different because, well, coyotes are in the dog family; they're not closely related. If the scales were an adaptation for aquatic living, they should have different morphology in terrestrial and aquatic mustelids, which we don't really see.
    That being said, I do appreciate the clip. It's always nice to see mustelids in the news and cool to teach people about different strategies for insulation.

    • @joshcassidy7270
      @joshcassidy7270 9 лет назад +23

      Tristan McKnight Hi Tristan- Thank you very much for your comment, we’re so pleased to have evolutionary biologists in our audience. You hit on an important point, one we spent quite a while discussing during the scripting. We didn't mean to imply that barbed scales on the sea otter hairs are adaptations that evolved for living in the marine environment. Instead, we only meant that the barbed scales help keep the sea otter warm in the ocean. By comparison, coyotes and other dogs do not have barbed scales and they would not be offered the same benefit should they attempt to wade into the waves. Thanks again for your comment.

  • @nathanaelfreeman8811
    @nathanaelfreeman8811 8 лет назад +43

    In order to be twice the temperature, one must use an absolute temperature scale. Ex. Celsius or Rankine. Saying 100 f is twice as hot as 50 f is not true. It would be 311K to 283K respectively. 311/283 = 1.10 or 10 percent warmer

    • @NelsonBrown
      @NelsonBrown 8 лет назад +11

      Instead of Celsius, I think you mean Kelvin, but I completely agree with your point.

    • @NediaLetta
      @NediaLetta 8 лет назад

      I think it's Kelvin degree, but yeah, I agree.

    • @MintRobin
      @MintRobin 7 лет назад +1

      I was thinking something similar, but forgot about F, which confused me even more: Double 0c = 0c, so it's an easy job for the otters.

    • @aldenwilner3300
      @aldenwilner3300 7 лет назад +2

      38 degrees is nearly four times 10 degrees. That sounds much more impressive.

    • @ZaricaLP
      @ZaricaLP 5 лет назад

      the silly part of this, and how can we get instant hyperthermia, from 50 degree f water. I kind of facepalmed considering ive had colder thrown on me in my life.

  • @spartan1010101
    @spartan1010101 8 лет назад +74

    they're also super cute.

  • @bari2883
    @bari2883 4 года назад +1

    The mum teaching bubba to dive is way too cute. Love these mammals. So sweet.

  • @aloe2317
    @aloe2317 4 года назад +2

    The baby’s are so cute that I actually almost cried

  • @Rusmix
    @Rusmix 8 лет назад +31

    baby sea otter omg, i cant even

    • @aids5430
      @aids5430 8 лет назад

      dude, they ARE NOT cute. They are disgusting

    • @NediaLetta
      @NediaLetta 8 лет назад +14

      ^ Just like you, PlagueInc.

    • @mikehawk1171
      @mikehawk1171 7 лет назад +3

      Not surprising for a plague without a brain.

  • @igorhiperactivo2446
    @igorhiperactivo2446 8 лет назад +3

    Graceful beasts. I love to watch them on the oceanarium. Sober.

  • @Jin-cj3gl
    @Jin-cj3gl 6 лет назад +5

    Great, now I want a group of sea otters and name them the fantastic fur (4)

  • @call2872
    @call2872 4 года назад +2

    I could never bring myself to hunt a sea otter. They're too adorable.

  • @megalyssa
    @megalyssa 7 лет назад

    This is how dogs like Siberian Huskies withstand (and enjoy) such cold environments! They use course under coats the same way that otters use theirs.

  • @Angelinamarie1121
    @Angelinamarie1121 7 лет назад +1

    I wish your videos were longer, I get so into them that they are finished before I know it. loving every minute.

  • @juriepica1174
    @juriepica1174 5 лет назад +1

    Their fluffiness makes them buoyant... that's an adorable sentence

  • @steveoscaro
    @steveoscaro 9 лет назад +5

    Interesting video, but I was surprised there was no mention of their basic heat source (the heat that all that special fur is trapping) - massive amounts of food consumed.

  • @peachymystic6824
    @peachymystic6824 7 лет назад +43

    Sea puppy.

  • @TheNorthwestForager
    @TheNorthwestForager 8 лет назад +11

    I love watching these videos. The engineering design found in nature far exceeds anything man invents. And to think its all biological... Brilliant!

    • @ber1779
      @ber1779 4 года назад

      Why are we not making fur life jacket so that we too stay warm AND buoyant. Not from animal fur of course, synthetic materials

  • @randompuppysav2138
    @randompuppysav2138 5 лет назад +1

    This is my favorite one out of all of them because their so cuuuuuute!❤❤❤

  • @JQuintero189
    @JQuintero189 8 лет назад +3

    This is a quality channel. A+

  • @pla5730
    @pla5730 4 года назад +1

    My favorite animals !! SO adorable and clever

  • @BlooperTanooki
    @BlooperTanooki 6 лет назад

    Literally the fluffiest guys in Earth 💝

  • @MRRAWRAW1
    @MRRAWRAW1 5 лет назад +1

    I love how these vids are easily digestible!

  • @bizmarkie9112
    @bizmarkie9112 8 лет назад +1

    Ahhh I'm dying from the cuteness overload...

  • @khaosreborn7899
    @khaosreborn7899 7 лет назад

    I just died.... of cutenesss. Satisfaction is a 100%

  • @black_hydra1618
    @black_hydra1618 4 года назад

    *Cute little bundles of warm **_fur_*

  • @randomanimalstuffprogram6115
    @randomanimalstuffprogram6115 6 лет назад +3

    Thanks for this nice, informative video! :)

  • @multikimberification
    @multikimberification 4 года назад

    I was watching it with smile until the drawing of skinned otters...absolutely heart-breaking..
    * altho I get that maybe in the old days there was no other good materials to make a coat, but nowadays there are plenty of plastic materials to make good functional clothes.

  • @kluez8725
    @kluez8725 6 лет назад +1

    Its so fluffy it floats

  • @percibordeaux
    @percibordeaux 8 лет назад +1

    Saw this channel on my random youtube video spree today. SUBBED!

  • @MintRobin
    @MintRobin 7 лет назад +3

    Surprised I didn't find any comments relating to the size of the otters at 1:03
    Man sized otters

  • @krissy4052
    @krissy4052 6 лет назад

    im so happy that you guys did a video on one of my favorite animals!!

  • @slaybusters
    @slaybusters 3 года назад +1

    so cute even now, almost 7 years later

  • @willemvandebeek
    @willemvandebeek 8 лет назад +13

    Otterable! :)

  • @abidurrahman6754
    @abidurrahman6754 6 лет назад +1

    The video was great,
    But!
    That baby otter took the cake.

  • @zeath_zolaries3508
    @zeath_zolaries3508 7 лет назад

    Oh my god that squishy puishy little sea otter is so cute!

  • @beanstalk1309
    @beanstalk1309 5 лет назад

    all I want in lift is a gif of that otter rubbing his face

  • @alancornelius1ghf
    @alancornelius1ghf 9 лет назад +16

    Fascinating.

  • @sam11238
    @sam11238 10 лет назад +3

    Great! I'm planning to use this in my ESL class for college students. A transcript would be helpful! Thanks!

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  10 лет назад

      Thanks! The video has English captions, if that is useful for you.

  • @zacharykrawczyk3942
    @zacharykrawczyk3942 5 лет назад +1

    1:35 I was not prepared

  • @Deimitirjs
    @Deimitirjs 9 лет назад +2

    Otterspace suite!

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 5 лет назад

    I can't believe I've just watched a video without those annoying video pop ups at the end! I'm compelled to subscribe now.

  • @keepitlit1518
    @keepitlit1518 7 лет назад

    This is otterly fantastic.

  • @sophia-zx9du
    @sophia-zx9du 8 лет назад

    Omg the babies and ADULT ARE SOOSOOSSO CUTE

  • @thestruggleisreal9626
    @thestruggleisreal9626 5 лет назад +1

    What exactly do you mean by 100F being "Almost twice as warm as the water he is swimming in?" Do you mean the water is like halfway between absolute zero and 100F? Or perhaps you just mean the water is 50F... but is 100F really twice as warm as 50F? Wouldn't that imply that 0F is as cold as it can get? I have no idea why this is bothering me so much...

  • @Dara-Beom-Gung
    @Dara-Beom-Gung 4 года назад

    Nature is amazing!

  • @polarlights8650
    @polarlights8650 6 лет назад

    The baby Otter was extremely cute😆😆

  • @123Comrade
    @123Comrade 8 лет назад

    Subscribed!
    Will go through all your previous uploads in no time :D

  • @cupcakewonderland1677
    @cupcakewonderland1677 6 лет назад

    Weird cat that likes water but... they're soooo cuuute!

  • @lidiaalvarado5953
    @lidiaalvarado5953 10 лет назад +4

    BEAUTIFUL

  • @jeandoc1
    @jeandoc1 9 лет назад +2

    What is the name of background music at the end of video? I really like it.

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  9 лет назад +6

      Jean K Hi Jean - the music for Deep Look is all original - composed by the talented Seth G. Samuel. YOu can hear more of his work here: www.sethgsamuel.com/.

  • @joshuajackson4742
    @joshuajackson4742 6 лет назад

    Oh my I need one of those coats

  • @chrisrdgymnastics
    @chrisrdgymnastics 6 лет назад

    He is very cute... swimming a lot and sonrlax in life

  • @JohnWestIV
    @JohnWestIV 8 лет назад +2

    Otters make a good video even better :P

  • @RobertoSu
    @RobertoSu 7 лет назад

    I really like your videos, so greatly done.

  • @zarnainkhan5870
    @zarnainkhan5870 8 лет назад

    Awww! the baby otter is so cute.
    P.S: I love ypur channel.can u suggest any other youtube channel that make content similar to yours.

  • @edwardcortez6662
    @edwardcortez6662 8 лет назад

    They're so CUTE!

  • @zooemperor3954
    @zooemperor3954 4 года назад

    These guys are also a keystone species as they keep urchin populations in check, protecting the giant kelp forests. Protect otters, save kelp forests

  • @stokeley4500
    @stokeley4500 5 лет назад +2

    2:47 me getting chocolate off my mouth

  • @PaperadiGomma123
    @PaperadiGomma123 7 лет назад

    Outstanding channel!

  • @francemalincart9880
    @francemalincart9880 5 лет назад +1

    Are otters and ferrets related?

  • @soynymphfaery
    @soynymphfaery 6 лет назад

    It's 3 AM and I need to go to sleep but when I saw the thumbnail... I'm so weak.

  • @goosefarm3602
    @goosefarm3602 4 года назад

    I love otters...they are so cute

  • @vibrationalrealist
    @vibrationalrealist 7 лет назад

    This was highly satisfying :)

  • @raaston9761
    @raaston9761 6 лет назад

    Otters are my favorite thank for making this video sea otters are my spirit animal and i am a capicorn so if i was a mix with both i would be a ram otter

  • @karlalitak3523
    @karlalitak3523 10 лет назад

    The thickness of their fur varies with temperature. Here in Alaska they have much thicker fur during the colder months then the summer. Many of them will have higher seasonal fat reserves as well, and their fat layer may be an inch thick in winter and almost non-existent during the summer. These are observations from a sea otter hunter that has skinned out over 100 sea otters in Alaska. I should also mention that the few square mile area where I hunt has as many sea otters as there are in all of California, so abundance is not an issue.

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  9 лет назад

      Karl Alitak It would make sense that there are differences in each population - thanks for sharing these observations.

  • @xandermadrid9642
    @xandermadrid9642 6 лет назад

    So they have fur similar to dry suits that we use for cold waters.

  • @pinguu8010
    @pinguu8010 7 лет назад

    605th reason why I love otters

  • @ngoclam2123
    @ngoclam2123 7 лет назад

    smoothing​ voice

  • @laughingoctopus8556
    @laughingoctopus8556 10 лет назад +1

    I keep reading fantastic four every time I scroll down the popular right now playlist and every time for some stupid reason I get all excited thinking it's a reveal trailer for the new fantastic four movie, then a split second later I double check and get overwhelmed with disappointment.

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  9 лет назад +1

      Laughing Octopus At least otters are cute. There's that?

  • @disinimi
    @disinimi 5 лет назад

    Adorableee 😍

  • @dr.a.aljuboori6133
    @dr.a.aljuboori6133 7 лет назад

    nice vioce , and great channel

  • @mrvalvet9856
    @mrvalvet9856 6 лет назад

    100 degrees fahrenheit... how much in celsius?

    • @susorasu
      @susorasu 6 лет назад

      37! Just like humans

  • @GenXstacker
    @GenXstacker 7 лет назад

    My name is Otter and I approve this message.

  • @myrec8883
    @myrec8883 8 лет назад

    Please could you mention "translated" physical measurements to universal units? I know Americans don't use them, but there are many more who do. It would help tremendously. One simple number and unit. Like 100 F it's 311 K or 37.8 C

    • @katzen3314
      @katzen3314 8 лет назад

      Yeah, and what did they mean by twice as hot as the water? I'm guessing they just mean twice the temperature in Fahrenheit.

    • @NediaLetta
      @NediaLetta 8 лет назад

      C = (F - 32) / 1.8
      Good luck!

  • @number1spritefan
    @number1spritefan 6 лет назад +2

    i see otters, i click.

  • @perryrhinitis
    @perryrhinitis 8 лет назад

    Huhuhu sea otter babies are sooooooo fluffy and cute

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 8 лет назад

    Body temperature twice as warm ? That does make much sense. You mean...in Fahrenheit ? Then in doesn't work in celsius x)

    • @katzen3314
      @katzen3314 8 лет назад +1

      yeah you should only say stuff like that if you're talking about a scale that doesn't go below 0.

  • @cedrickthefirst
    @cedrickthefirst 5 лет назад

    This is cute it made me giggle

  • @Hyusoka
    @Hyusoka 8 лет назад

    look at this super fantastic creation make evolusion teori just like joke... good vid guys

  • @koikofi4911
    @koikofi4911 7 лет назад

    Me: *sees baby otters*
    *SO*
    *FREAKIN*
    *CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!*

  • @eleanoraitken1207
    @eleanoraitken1207 10 лет назад +1

    love sea adventures

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  9 лет назад +2

      ELEANOR AITKEN We do too - it takes all of our effort not to do ocean critters all the time.

  • @the.modernpolymath
    @the.modernpolymath 10 лет назад

    I WANT TO WORK WITH OTTERS! Where can I sign up for this job?

  • @looony
    @looony 5 лет назад +2

    "Twice as hot as their sorrounding water." .. from absolute zero, that'd be about 270°C. I don't think otters are boiling.

  • @tiyas5378
    @tiyas5378 8 лет назад +2

    great now I want a pet otter >:(