Dua, an Asian small-clawed otter at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, plays the piano as a behind-the-scenes enrichment. This activity was created to give Dua something interesting to do and extend his feeding time, while showing off his species dexterity. You can learn more by visiting www.wildaboutotters.com.
Amazing. True skills cept i wish they would stop feeding him while he played, still it was cool
Request for funding:
We’re requesting $20,000 for a six month study into whether otters can be taught to play Jazz
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Pawsome.
I’m better than that otter.
Those are the cutest paws I’ve ever seen!! xDD
When you guys produce Mozotter let me know.
Any animal in that situation would play the piano. -_-
the otter would probably only do it if he got food.
it would be nice if he was left to play for longer than 2 seconds
that otter’s got skillz
He has adorable little hands
Funny but most of all I love the intelligent Californian otters swimming on the back & cracking shells!
Thats one jazzy otter.
HAI! IF I PLAY PINAO IZ GET FOOD!
At around 35, did is sound like the mario64 theme to anyone?
Stop interrupting it! Every time it started to get a groove on the handler would distract it with food.
love this guy. He’s got skillz.
play him off, freshwater otter
tHE REAL KEYBOARD CAT ?_?
It’s an otter dude… not ray charles…
i am sad that they are not in the wild but THe aquarium is simply helping the animals they already have. Its better for them to have a good life then be hunted to extinction for their coats like the otters of san diegp. 🙁
jazzy
hes not very good
I just quite can’t put my finger on it, but after listening to song over and over again, I think the Otter is just a wee bit out of key. hhmmm.
Conditioning at its best!