Teaching Otters to Swim

VIDEO GOES VIRAL

Back on July 29, 2020 we shot a live video of Nathan Wagstaff and Mark, one of Critter Care's interns attempting to teach Otters to swim. To our great surprise hundreds of thousands of people have watched so far.  WATCH THE OTTERS LEARNING TO SWIM ON FACEBOOK - CLICK HERE

SWIMMING LESSONS

Up to the point the point when the video was shot the Otters were having  lessons in smaller pools. But it was time for them to be introduced to the big one.

River Otters are normally taught to swim by their mother who drags her babies into the water and holds them under the water. We took a much kinder approach, but you can see that the Otters are nervous. All of these Otters are orphaned and have been hand raised, by their dads in the water. 

UPDATE

All of the Otters are now swimming and are experts! After a few days of swimming lessons our babies are now swimming and playing together in the pool! A few of them are still unsure of the water, but we are confident all of them will be swimming with confidence soon. Take a look... WATCH THE OTTERS SWIMMING ON FACEBOOK - CLICK HERE