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Feb 25 2011

"I've written your epitaph. Yup. I did it early. You wanna read it? 'Here you are, lying dead. Ha ha ha ha ha'."
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Later, Adam started making the following noise. I can tell you exactly what this is. When we were at the sanctuary in Ecuador, a 5-week-old baby otter was dropped off, and the sanctuary asked Adam and me to care for him. We bottle fed him every four hours, snuggled him, worked on his walking, got up with him through the night. The sanctuary named him Adam. I found this disconcerting, so to us he is Addy.

Addy had the most incredible range of squeaks, chirps, and sighs. When we was especially contented, cuddled up on Adam's chest, for example, or snuggled under my chin, he would make the noise that Adam is making in this recording:

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And here are some pictures:
      


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22 comments:

  1. LizzyLovesSatan25 February 2011 at 08:21

    OMG BABY OTTER WTFREALLY!? Amazing! Gawww it's so cute!

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  2. Anonymous25 February 2011 at 08:47

    Awww that is so cute! I want one now :p its like a little kitten snuggled up by your neck

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  3. el. 25 February 2011 at 08:54

    nawwwwwwwww, adorable. (:

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  4. Giselle25 February 2011 at 09:13

    that is the cutest otter I have ever seen.

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  5. Anonymous25 February 2011 at 09:32

    O. M. G. too. Cute.

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  6. Anonymous25 February 2011 at 10:32

    OMG that is just the cutest thing I have ever seen. I wanna baby otter now.

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  7. The fearless threader25 February 2011 at 10:58

    You are priviledged to have been blessed to care for that baby otter and the picture of you with him curled up in your chest is wonderful.

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  8. Amanda Mac25 February 2011 at 16:10

    How sweet!!!! My skinny cat curls up on me like that, but I never would have thought of an otter doing the same thing!

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  9. Marilyn B25 February 2011 at 16:25

    I adore otters. Thank you for these pics. I admit I'm a touch jealous.

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  10. Marilyn B25 February 2011 at 16:25

    Also the epitaph is awesome. Take that Spoon River!

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  11. Erika25 February 2011 at 16:30

    Channeling baby otters is probably th sweetest thing STM has ever done :-D
    Cute overloaaaad...!

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  12. Anonymous25 February 2011 at 17:03

    You two make wonderful "parents"! What a lovely photo of the three of you. Like some of the other commentors, I am rather jealous, too. :-)

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  13. Grace25 February 2011 at 17:24

    I am so jealous!!! I want a baby otter! You three look so cute with it. Love the otter noise.

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  14. sundevils125 February 2011 at 23:04

    You need to submit those pictures to Cute Overload!

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  15. LA/wts25 February 2011 at 23:39

    Well, if you've ever read 'Ring of Bright Water', you know it takes a certain tolerance for chaos to keep an otter........ 7@=Q

    But still - cute, cute, CUTE! 7@=e

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  16. Amanda26 February 2011 at 05:22

    SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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  17. Anonymous26 February 2011 at 06:48

    Now I know I could't do the sanctuary thing. Poor baby Otter. He loved you and you left him. I feel so sad...

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  18. Matt26 February 2011 at 07:54

    i just threw up all over my keyboard.

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  19. Anonymous26 February 2011 at 17:36

    Awww...cutest baby otter EVER!

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  20. TheDaughterOfTyr26 February 2011 at 23:14

    Listening to your Adam make noises while looking at the photos of you guys with Addy really completes the picture.
    :D
    Love the blog as always!
    Pleasant dreams!!!

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  21. Anonymous7 March 2011 at 22:46

    I am so jealous!!!! You must submit your pictures to www.dailyotter.org I love me some otters!!!!!

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  22. Darren Demers16 September 2020 at 12:51

    Later, Adam started making the following noise. I can tell you exactly what this is. When we were at the sanctuary in Ecuador, a 5-week-old baby otter was dropped off, cotton gadda online , sofa blanket , double bed rajai price , sofa set ke cover , velvet fitted sheet and the sanctuary asked Adam and me to care for him. We bottle fed him every four hours, snuggled him, worked on his walking, got up with him through the night. The sanctuary named him Adam. I found this disconcerting, so to us he is Addy.

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