Detroit Zoo welcomes 3 baby otters to its family
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While they only weigh 7.1 ounces as babies, giant otters can grow to six-feet-long and weigh up to 71 pounds. The zoo has just welcomed three of their own decent-sized chocolate bars, the offspring of mother Bonita and father Manu.
Surprise animal appearances win the day for us. Sometimes, it's a pod of dolphins joining your paddleboarding adventure. Other times, it's a bear visiting a zoo. Nothing gets us quite as excited as a splash of animal cuteness in unexpected places.
The zoo shared that they have welcomed three otter pups, born on August 25, to mom Elbe and dad Jilin. The three brothers are Asian small-clawed otters, a vulnerable species according to the IUCN Red List, and their parents joined the zoo in 2024 as part ...
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