Otters dancing with stones! The real reason will surprise you 🦦✨
Have you ever seen otters play with rocks? There's actually a rather interesting reason behind it. In the wild, otters use rocks as tools to crack open the shells of mollusks like mussels and oysters. It was long believed that playing with rocks helped otters develop this skill. That is, by sorting through rocks, they stayed in shape for foraging. However, new research shows that otters in zoos do this most often when they're hungry or expecting to be fed. Perhaps to express excitement, or perhaps simply for fun. #animals