Welcome to the orphaned sea otter salon | Super Cute Animals - BBC

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer... With up to a million hairs per square inch, the sea otter is the furriest animal on the planet. To mimic the care a pup would get from it's mother, the sea otter rehabilitation team at Monterey aquarium run an otter salon.
Gordon Buchanan has dedicated his life to filming wildlife. He wants to understand why we have such a strong emotional response to these particular species. Why a baby panda makes us go all gooey or why a squeaking frog got over 11 million internet hits. Travelling to meet these super cute animals, he reveals the surprising science behind each of the animals we love so much, starting with one of the most iconic animals on the planet, the giant panda. The panda's beautiful markings set it apart, but it's that big round oversized head that makes it so unusual. Although we find the teddy bear look incredibly appealing, for the panda, the size of its head tells the story of millions of years of evolution and survival.
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[@100blueeyedboy]

"It's a tough job Carl, but someone's got to do it." I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!

[@missliali8321]

Lmao ikr

[@zanzachibi]

omg I just said the same thing. xD

[@patchow1080]

Miss Liali

[@Brian3642]

The only tough part of this job is not taking off the mask and cuddle with it

[@aderiancreature8464]

@Alex Dulko also dolphins are

[@Arrow6210]

But can I put a mask on the otter so that *I* don't get too attached...?

[@liamg2271]

No. You cannot do that. It's illegal.

[@elias3506]

Cleese said: "You can put your brain in your head."

[@chiroptera626]

Mood.

[@janeeyre1990]

I'm imagining a mini version of the dude's welder's mask on the pup XD

[@vickynoneya4091]

Ikr!!

[@liamg2271]

The best thing about baby sea otters is that they have no clue they can float. Nyah, Nyah, Nyah, and then finally they realize they are incapable of drowning.

[@fenixcreciente8576]

Unless that careful grooming isn't performed throughout the day; in nature by mom when they are young pups.

[@sabsab2356]

Or adult male otters drown them

[@iwuvpiesgaming9164]

@@sabsab2356 they do that?? why??

[@regularity2556]

@@iwuvpiesgaming9164 To get to mate with the mother otter

[@iwuvpiesgaming9164]

@@regularity2556 oh..

[@arcie3716]

I would have a hard time trying to not get attached to something so cute

[@user-th9dh7ee8t]

So cute 🥰😍

[@humantwister9209]

Yea, I literally couldn't do this job I'd get attached in seconds. It sounds awful being so close to a baby sea otter. AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CUDDLE OR PET IT! I an not strong enough, I would be hugging ut instantly

[@chelonianmobile]

HOW DO YOU NOT CUDDLE IT?

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

Will power, lots and lots of will power lol

[@englishwithmsareej]

They're men...if it was me... I would be hugging and crying..

[@watermelonwishes4193]

Seriously-that would be a pre-requisite for me. lol

[@glynismorris2196]

He is a man.

[@user-up2gn8hv9c]

ppl who say "They're men" confuse me lol. As if men don't cuddle animals

[@wodnyrak]

"As dangerous as it looks"! Heartbreakingly cute is pretty dangerous you know! :3 *squee*

[@psalm91rdwlkfpgrl]

"He's about as dangerous as he looks." Well, he stole my heart with his cuteness, so that's makes him pretty dangerous ;)

[@robbert-janmerk6783]

Otterly adorable. :)

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

Robbert-Jan merk best comment 😍😍😍

[@OneWhoDreamsAwake]

😆

[@explaintomelikeimfive1367]

I think you mean otterly otterable.

[@ImehSmith]

😅😅❤❤🤗🤗

[@indiciaobscure]

Ok, how do I get that job???

[@trainer-mana]

+indiciaobscure A degree in marine bio would be a good start.

[@andrecappalot]

+Trainer-Mana
Are you aware of how much it pays?.

[@tare_]

+userName Enough to make a living probably. Plus you get to fucking pet baby otters all day. I'd pay for that shit

[@bored4428]

Marine Biologists earn an average hourly wage of $37.32. Hourly wages typically start from $19.09 and go up to $59.94. Marine Biologists earn an average salary of $77,630 per year. Salaries typically start from $39,700 and go up to $124,680.

[@bored4428]

***** May the fires of hell sear your soul.

[@Quinntus79]

An Orphan sea otter you say? How long until Disney makes a movie about it?

[@icyliciousblue]

watch Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo, guess that's the closest I could think of

[@KingMikkey]

They won't make a movie, they'll wait for someone else to do it and then steal then copy the majority of the movie then say it was an original idea 😂

[@clockwork0306]

Finding Dora has a few of them in it

[@TohruMarie]

Nope. Needs a father, dead mom. Can’t spin that with an otter. Stupid Disney

[@xXReogenagaXx]

NIII! NIIIII!

[@venguiJR17]

Like a pokemon xD

[@brunolapointe66]

Just wait for that otter to say Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!

[@daniellemedlyn8182]

Bruno Lapointe p

[@theshizzles]

Bones
Your pic is my reaction

[@debshreebasu8137]

😆😆😆😊😊

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Pup sees an oil rig welder out at sea..... "mommy!"

[@watermelonwishes4193]

😂

[@moonstonepearl21]

It was cuteness overload when the baby put its paws on the bottle and started to hold it.

[@margaritam.9118]

My job: sitting and listening to strangers screaming at me
That guy’s job: rubbing baby otters
😠

[@sparrsheila]

Margarita M. Sorry : (

[@nkc2666]

I feel ya buddy

[@lolipanda2763]

I think thats better . U would cry like anything if the otter gets hurt in any way.

[@raindoset5408]

World is unfair. My work? Writing pointless thing on paper and giving it to the teacher

[@Hokit]

Girl the injustice is real 🥺😬😭

[@kalenzypie]

The narrator's voice and accent are so comforting.

[@ingridsanchez9787]

I think it’s Richard Madden

[@debbiewynne8108]

It's Gordon Buchanan

[@qwardiviorgrass8720]

He sounds like shrek

[@CaliBreeeze]

Yes

[@kalenzypie]

Willa Belle thank you! I appreciate this very much

[@rustinstardust2094]

*Sees dark helmet*
"Are you my mother?"
*amplified breathing*
"I AM YOUR FAATHAH"

[@kiaraprabhu7080]

UNDERATED COMMENT

[@yudhaadrian47]

Pup: *NOOOOO!!!*

[@mrmacguff1n]

Top kek sir, top kek indeed

[@lulubell9711]

Dr who

[@ClosetCat]

JOIN ME AND WE WILL RULE DA WORLDDDD

[@theorangelady2451]

"The headgear is so that the otter doesnt get too attached". well thanks for breaking my heart..and chopping onions.

[@Ga7atTown]

Carl is one lucky guy .. getting paid to play with the cutest thing in the world all day, I am so jealous! :D

[@evilactions1749]

Zozo Mozo second cutest, river otter pups are the most adorable things.

[@stvbrsn]

Evilactions oh, I don’t know. Have you seen orphaned flying fox pups, all wrapped up like a little burrito?

[@odz4431]

You havent seen panda nannies huh?

[@PeniskoboldLP]

excuse did u ever hear a sloth baby sqee?

[@ABC-ed8cg]

@evilactions1749
I find sea otter pups cuter than river otter pups since sea otters are rounder and fluffier. They also look so derpy & literally have an expression of : 😮.

[@hotcauldron7918]

The fact that we no longer view these fluffy balls as a shoe and coat making material, and instead as an animal with emotion and psychology not too far different from us, is a testament of how much we have progressed

[@rloredo2348]

Sorry, I know this was from over a year ago, but genuinely curious... Why do you think our great grandfathers saw these animals as shoes or coats to begin with? Was it out of necessity (desperate to make money in any way)? Was it indifference? Did they not place the slightest value on animal life or nature? Like what would be the reason WE progressed and not them?

[@hotcauldron7918]

@@rloredo2348 a combination of all three I think. As to what makes us stopped seeing them as furcoat material, I believe David Attenborough and National Geographic played a crucial role in that. At least to the educated ones

[@Terriblegam2r]

2:05 that is literally the cutest freakin' thing I have ever seen in my life

[@Geebrowtar13]

it's okay carl if u don't want to do it i'll do it

[@samanthageier6032]

Hypothetically, if my mask were to “fly off my face”....do I get to keep the baby otter since I’m now its mother?

[@stormblessed2321]

Samantha Geier 👆🏻you’re fire

[@SirNarax]

No I think you get fired.

[@diane9247]

Excellent plan! 😎🙄🥴

[@Dakingbones]

Too many god damn squeaks I'm dying from cuteness overload

[@18SweetTeaRexes]

Poor little things. I love these things. Their little squeaking noises are too cute too not get attached.

[@Canuckmom128]

OMG... I would volunteer in a HEARTBEAT to do this job. Next to my fur-granddaughter kitten, sea otters are the most fascinating, adorable, sweet things on the planet. So glad this program exists.

[@zerozer0z]

Their little Meeps are so precious. Meep meep meep

[@pla5730]

Before I leave this earth I want to hold a baby sea otter

[@toriminela8579]

Oh God I can't even breathe that's so cute

[@JewelKnightJess]

I want this job.

[@ledelede6847]

This is the kind of job that could keep me smiling to myself all day. Everything they is just so cute. I'd love to keep 1

[@sweetcoco8064]

Me too haha

[@jamie150741]

Get in line

[@ijnamn]

1:17 I fell in love with these innocent, pure eyes.

[@aniljames5638]

its killing me with its cutness

[@SuperMathsBeaver]

How do you manage to put them back in the wild? :O I would hoard them.

[@Champoy000]

Because they are WILDS animals, not pets :)

[@Actionnelll]

I would keep them forever too 😍

[@diane9247]

@@Champoy000 It's a joke.

[@jcepri]

If you're young and don't know what you want to do for a job, just open your eyes. I wish I could do it all over. Imagine having a job like this.

[@9000ck]

'this pup is as dangerous as he looks' yes he has the power to melt you into a puddle with his cuteness.

[@HelenandLolly]

My heart has just stopped! They are soooo cute and cuddly. We need to protect these beautiful animals. This includes all our wildlife. 💝💕

[@Daehawk]

When my wife was alive we'd see these cute little baby animal videos and she'd say "reach in there and get him for me" :)

[@crissy4445]

Daehawk That’s so gay...was your wife gay?

[@hamsnub]

crissy4445 how??

[@cracksofdawn]

That’s so sweet... I’m very sorry for your loss, and I’m glad you’re still watching these videos.

[@diane9247]

@@crissy4445 Honey, you're an idiot.

[@testacorsa150]

1:49 He is one of the knights who say:

[@juliacassiano4499]

Well played, sir, well played

[@patrickmoody9367]

...Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!

[@adrianstrange1334]

"Those masks are so the pups don't get attached to their caretakers"
Me: 😭

[@Beetwixt_N._Janeen2112]

Heaven's to Betsy, that has got to be the most adorable thing I've seen in a long while 😘💗😘💗.... What a cutie!! 💙

[@mbscotland1]

I just know if I did this job, I would eventually get fired:
BOSS: "Melissa, if I've not told you once, I've told you a million times. When dealing with the baby sea otters, you CAN NOT take off the face mask, hold up the sea otter kissing it all over from head to toe, and then rub your face in it's belly while saying, "Cootchie-cootchie-coo!! You're so GORGEOUS!! Who's mummy's whittle baby? Who's the whittle fluffy wuffy baby? Kissey-kissey".
ME: "Not just one more time?"
BOSS: "NO!"
ME: "But they're so cute!" (pulls a sad face)
ME: "And little" (pulls an even sadder face)
ME: "And like, really, REALLY fluffy" (adds round, puppy-like eyes to the look)
BOSS: "I give up! You're fired!"
(I sneak out with a baby sea otter in my arms, only to then be wanted by the police).

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

mbscotland I'd be your accomplice! That fluffball is too cute not to kiss and snuggle 🤗😍🤗

[@Justjim_2924]

Lol! Me too!!!!!! Kissy kissy kissy

[@watermelonwishes4193]

Same!

[@lizmol-san]

That might be true story....

[@prachisaini1]

Meee toooo..

[@ChevyGirl-1984]

I literally cannot handle the cuteness which is a little ball of fluff!! Oh my!!!

[@shinsrada810]

I would never wear a mask XD I would be like HEY IM YOUR MUM NOW!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYAYAYY

[@hualian_baru]

😂😂😂

[@ekdaufin1485]

Shin Srada 🤣😘

[@kathrinaconsul4145]

The sound it makes! I just cant ...the cuteness 😍

[@RephaimVolkihar]

Baby sea otters are so darn cute. I would cuddle and play with them all day long.

[@bunniebee120]

This is THE best job everrrrrrrrr..... Little fluffy corks...😘😘😘

[@alicg7759]

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel!

[@jamesgarcia9298]

That little guitar melody at the end is Barcelona by George Ezra. Like so people can see

[@--Paws--]

I am trying to look up the music for their other videos too. Thank you.

[@frownyclowny6955]

The fact the mask is necessary not for physical protection but for emotional protection says a lot about how humanity views animals, especially babies

[@MothsAreTheBest]

No? I'm not quite sure as to the point you're trying to make, but it has nothing to do with how we "view" babies. It's so that the pup wont think humans are always safe, so they can survive in nature on their own.

[@snowmenot]

The otters constantly live in fear of being welded

[@natalie8212]

Ough! That little sound! Reeee! I'd be way too tempted to take the mask off and go "who's Mama's little fluffy baby??" Lol

[@opheliawinfrey9501]

1:52 looks like baby otter is smiling and ticklish and fidgety 😂💗💔😭😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@definebelle]

I swear, otters know 100% that they’re super cute and take advanage of it💛

[@Lena-fc9ce]

that baby otter has excellent job prospects. i heard theres a group of knights in a british forest in need of someone with his vocal talent.

[@GranVlog]

Forgets the mask 1 time.. aah fuck..

[@tonypayson8306]

I would be fired so quickly.
Sorry, I took the mask off.
You're fired.
...totally worth it.

[@diane9247]

No - YAYYY!

[@jimmyringbom9622]

Pure fluffy cuteness ! i love them !

[@ritahorvath8207]

I don't know how nature is creating all this different types of animals and plants. It is amazing. So much beauty ...

[@annabambamjerky]

This is the job I need. This is the one.

[@sandiblohm6733]

Awwwww. They are so sweet. I could so have one of these!! So loveable.

[@trishpd9048]

I want to work there. Now.

[@sarahchandler3617]

Beyond adorable

[@sassyvic5701]

Sea otters are endangered. Thanks Carl for ensuring their survival!

[@mzhotniz86]

My heart exploded from the cuteness

[@shadowmonster0256]

I will become a otter BELIEVE IT

[@RichterBelmont2235]

ShadowMonster02 Let me pet you, you little squeaky furball. (^ 3^)

[@marcelinauy9037]

ShadowMonster02 Calm down Naruto

[@Nickzen5]

lol

[@KickF]

Later the pup met a biker and that reminded the pup of all the nice cuddling he had with the biker as a little pup. Later the pup join a biker gang. - The End-

[@StrangelJean]

IM NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING!!!!!!!!

[@phuturephunk]

Oh God, the meeping. I can't take this cuteness.

[@lilliansantana1141]

They are the cutest

[@asifmetal666]

This is the most cutest animal in the world. Baby otter is the best. Best thing about this amazing animal is u can't have them as pets.they need so much caring n also so much money u have to spend. Tha k God for this that we can't have them as pets

[@relitote1797]

I melt, i die, i reincarnate, that s too too too overly cute! Too fluffy! I m gonna die! I can t stop watching. I repeat 1.40 min-1.55 min.

[@pla5730]

I'm with ya... I have NEVER seen anything so cute in all my life!!

[@SANTO971]

Thank you ! ❤❤

[@TLark]

On take your child to work day.
His Child: Rubs and combs baby otters
My Child: Denture Fitter

[@linneajordyn5275]

The shield also provides a reflective surface so the otter gets used to looking at his reflection which he mistakes as his mother.

[@sodabella]

Aww what a precious little otter

[@ULTIMATEINUYASHAFAN]

I'm dying in the best way from this baby otter cuteness, no regrets tho it's amazing. 😭❤❤

[@DENAANN1000]

Saying goodbye would be too heart breaking.

[@LauraKnotek]

That little pup is otterly cute! 🥰🤗

[@mobile_genshin]

Oh my heart... They are too cute!!!😍

[@pingutamadora]

I just can't stop smiling from the moment i see otter

[@weewee3559]

This is one of the few random CZcams recommendations I'm totally fine with

[@wordreet]

OH MY GOOD GOODNESS ALMIGHTY!!!!!! I've adored baby Pandas, loved tiny kittens, doted on new puppies and Elephants, baby Rhinos and Hippos, , , But the fuzziness of a baby Sea Otter is ... just ... fuzzy feet ,,, fuzzy belly ,,, fuzzy body ,,, and last but greatest of all, that gorgeously strokeable sritchable adorable fuzzy face!!!!!!! Mind blown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@blue_alyssum]

I want one for myself..I've been watching otter videos for the past 45 mins... they are so cute! My heart (TT)

[@ba1anse]

OMG, beyond adorable!

[@steveluvscows2490]

Mom takes her grown pup into the open water. And she has a surprise for him...
Now he's all alone.
His mother has fluffed him up so much he's unsinkable. (Nyeeeh! Nyeeeh!)
It can't do much but go around in circles.
(Nyeeh...)

[@xXCourtneyLee13Xx]

This has got to be the cutest, most rewarding job. Sign me up!

[@tokyo_taxi7835]

My heart just exploded!

[@maddisonstewart]

The whole entire time watching this, I just couldn’t help how cute baby sea otters are 💕🥺 how could a mother abandoned that cute little teddy bear like critter

[@minii7552]

When they say abandoned, more likely she died or they were separated by a storm. Sea otter moms are all crazy protective about their babies 😢

[@maddisonstewart]

@@minii7552 aww 🥺😢

[@th3w4ynetr4in9]

the hardest part about this job is to not cuddle them and give them nose boops

[@redstonecasey4713]

I am glad CZcams recommended this. So... cute...

[@karenabainza1390]

My god!!!! This is my dream job!!!! I love them otters waaaaaah 😍😍😍😍😍😍 im willing to volunteer as their momma 😍😍😍😍😍

[@kimholland4822]

What a fantastic job everyone is doing for the pup's. Fun fact : when the mother otter needs to leave the pup to go fed, she wraps it in seaweed so it doesn't sink..

[@Gr95dc]

This wad extremely adorable I even made a sound because I couldn't take that much cuteness, specially when that baby otter was in the water and floated so cutely 😍😍😍

[@epicbear4679]

Imagine being PAID to literally hang out with a baby otter?

[@LeMarais88]

Glad there are rescuers like Carl!

[@atf5827]

This made me scream out of cuteness

[@izabelrodrigues3309]

ITS SO FLUFFY !!

[@penginbot]

Omg... it's so cute! I can't! 😍😍😍😍😄😄😄😄😆😆😆😆 hope the lil guy has a good life and the awesome people who rescued him keep on going

[@gabyflores9412]

Best. Job. Ever.

[@user-rj2oe8xz2u]

"they float like little corks in the water" 💀the cutest little things ever I stg

[@garryferrington811]

The California sea otter was extinct, quite literally. Then someone told marine biologist Ed Ricketts about a strange animal they had seen in a bay. Astounded, Ricketts and his friend John Steinbeck hurried down for a look, and, sure enough, some had survived...a miracle.

[@BG-zu7ts]

Gooood !! Finally people trying to save animal pups, not just let "nature do its way" when in fact we could HELP A LOT !!