庆祝海獭

在“海獭意识周”期间，向加利福尼亚州蒙特利湾的妈妈和新生小狗问好。海獭会全神贯注地给它们的幼崽洗澡，把它们抱在怀里，给它们梳洗几个小时。但这不仅仅是一种亲昵的姿态——妈妈会用手抚摸小狗，让小狗的皮毛蓬松，从而使皮毛保留气泡。空气使幼崽与冰冷的水隔绝，有时使幼崽像软木塞一样漂浮。海獭可以在陆地上生存，但它们大部分时间都呆在水里，在水面上睡觉，用海带固定自己，或者互相抓住。当它们感到饥饿时，它们会用石头作为工具来猎食，并撬开贝壳——这使得它们相对独特，因为它们是少数会使用工具的动物物种之一。
原文：
Say hello to this mom and newborn pup in Monterey Bay, California, during Sea Otter Awareness Week. Sea otters shower their pups with attention, cradling them and grooming them for hours. But it's more than a gesture of affection—a mom will rub her pup to fluff the pup's coat, which causes the fur to retain air bubbles. The air insulates the pup from chilly water and sometimes causes the youngster to float like a cork. Sea otters can survive on land, but they spend most of their time in the water, sleeping above the surface and anchoring themselves with kelp—or by holding onto each other. When they get hungry, they use rocks as tools to hunt food and pry open shells—something that makes them relatively unique, as they're one of the few animal species that can use tools.
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