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=====Sea otter===== Sea otters can do well in [[Captivity (animal)|captivity]], and are featured in over 40 public [[aquarium]]s and [[zoo]]s.<ref name=vanblaricom/> The [[Seattle Aquarium]] became the first institution to raise sea otters from conception to adulthood with the birth of Tichuk in 1979, followed by three more pups in the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Seattle Aquarium's Youngest Sea Otter Lootas Becomes a Mom |date=April 19, 2000 |publisher=Business Wire |access-date=9 March 2007|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/transportation/marine-transportation-marine-accidents/6425408-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619040524/http://www.allbusiness.com/transportation/marine-transportation-marine-accidents/6425408-1.html |archive-date=June 19, 2009 }}</ref> In 2007, a [[YouTube]] video of two cute sea otters<!--the source actually says they are "cute" and "heartwarming"--> holding paws drew 1.5 million viewers in two weeks, and had over 20 million views {{As of|2015|1|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Otters holding hands |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUk3T2Kfno| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/epUk3T2Kfno| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|last=cynthiaholmes|date=19 March 2007 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=18 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=80Mqg9Xs7DsC |page=86}} |first1=Susan |last1=Sweeney |first2=Randall |last2= Craig |year=2011 |title=Social Media for Business: 101 Ways to Grow Your Business Without Wasting Your Time |publisher=Maximum Press |location=[[Gulf Breeze, Florida]] |page=86 |isbn=978-1-931644-91-4 |oclc=656846644}}</ref> Filmed five years previously at the [[Vancouver Aquarium]], it was YouTube's most popular animal video at the time, although it has since been surpassed.<ref name=Nyac>{{cite news |title=Vancouver sea otters a hit on YouTube|date=3 April 2007 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=15 January 2007 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-sea-otters-a-hit-on-youtube-1.688725}}</ref> Otters are often viewed as having a "happy family life", but this is an [[anthropomorphism]].<ref>{{cite book|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=i3uNfecE-LcC|page=90}}|first=Hans|last=Kruuk|year=2006|title=Otters: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, New York|page=90|isbn=978-0-19-856586-4|oclc=137241436}}</ref>
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