
Barn Hill Preserve organizes guided encounter tours, lets its visitors hang out with sloths, and… swim with otters. That’s right, if you’re stressed out from working long hours or the mundane routine that is the everyday life and are thinking to yourself, “What could make me feel more relaxed?” chilling with Asian small-clawed otters in a pool is the answer.
Barn Hill Preserve organizes guided encounter tours, lets its visitors hang out with sloths, and… swim with otters.

Meet Takechiyo, an otter living in Japan who is captivating our hearts on Instagram with his daily adventures.
Meet Takechiyo, an otter living in Japan who is captivating our hearts on Instagram with his daily adventures.

This poor otter stands in such a boring nature landscape, help him to escape it and show the true himself!
This poor otter stands in such a boring nature landscape, help him to escape it and show the true himself!

This footage of a one-day-old baby otters sleeping on his mother’s belly was captured by photographer Connie Levenhagen. The two were spotted in a pool outside the Monterey Bay Aquarium, in California.
This footage of a one-day-old baby otters sleeping on his mother’s belly was captured by photographer Connie Levenhagen.

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is known not only for his amazing role in Sherlock but also for his resemblance to...otters. Websites like Benedict vs Otters and Red Scharlach have been collecting evidence for quite some time now, and the actor himself had no other choice but to finally accept it on the Graham Norton Show.
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is known not only for his amazing role in Sherlock but also for his resemblance to...otters.

The new otter park at the Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park in Japan is so cute that people can’t help but come and visit the zoo to see the otters at play.
The new otter park at the Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park in Japan is so cute that people can’t help but come and visit the zoo to see the otters at play.

Meet Yuku the otter! Yuku has found his new best friend...it just happens to be a PVC pipe. Yuku loves to play, swim, and snuggle with his pipe. Witness the cuteness.
Meet Yuku the otter! Yuku has found his new best friend...it just happens to be a PVC pipe. Yuku loves to play, swim, and snuggle with his pipe. Witness the cuteness.

They may appear cute and cuddly, but as one alligator soon learned, otters can be vicious predators.
These photos show an otter overpowering a juvenile gator and despite the reptile doing its best, it was no match for the fanged weasel-cousin.
They may appear cute and cuddly, but as one alligator soon learned, otters can be vicious predators.
These photos show an otter overpowering a juvenile gator and despite the reptile doing...
