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Healthy otter snacks gleefully on plain, boring lettuce

No one has ever been this excited about lettuce.
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Chloe Bryan
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When humans eat dry salad, it's horrifying. But when otters eat dry salad, it's adorable.

Case in point: this cute little otter, who couldn't be happier to be munching (loudly) on a bare, moderately nutritious leaf.


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Fear not, though: it also enjoys these compact pellets, which we assume are a little more flavorful.

Look at its weird little claws, y'all. Nature is beautiful.


May all our lunchtimes be this joyful.

[H/T: The Daily Dot]


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Chloe Bryan

Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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