Otters

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The only place on the internet where you can go to, the ONE PLACE for all your otter needs, otterly awful otter puns, and adorable images of the finest the Lutrinae family has to offer.

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NO links to merchandise / spam. T-shirts that you think are cool sans purchase links are fine. Do not ask how or where to purchase goods as we might just assume you're affiliated with the poster. Both users may receive bans!
NO pets or otter cafés! Otters should be wild or at least under the care of an accredited zoo or a certified wildlife rehabilitation center. For context as to why, please see: Wild otters popular poached as exotic pets NO links to youtube channels promoting pets. These will be removed. See Here for more on this.
BE NICE This is a nice sublemmy for enjoying cute animals, a respite from other more serious subs. Politics, religion, or inflammatory comments will be removed & users may receive bans.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So it's an armpit? Or is it a marsupial thing?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

The otter in the OP is a river otter (probably american river otter)—I'm like 90% sure they do not have pockets. The otter in the comment is a sea otter (in case the watermark didn't give that away)—they have skin folds that's often described as pockets near-ish to the armpit.

Neither of them are marsupials—they both belong to the family Mustelidae (which also include badgers, weasels, etc).