With the exception of Kate "Ma" Barker, matriarch of the boys who ran the Barker-Karpis Gang during the 1930s, the animal kingdom is replete with stories of mothers who go to great distances to prepare their children for future success.
Just as human moms and dads take the young 'uns to the Y for Diaper Dip toddler swimming tips, an otter mom will make a makeshift life vest for the pups from a bundle of kelp, until Otter, Jr, learns to paddle around.
And somewhere along the way, groups of otters learn to hold on to each other by the flippers so they don't drift apart.
It must work. You've never heard of an otter calling 911, claiming to be lost...
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