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Clever little otter uses his own face to make a sprinkler for his pool party

Carpe diem.
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Shannon Connellan
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Otters shouldn't be underestimated. They can chase grown men to cars, make snow sleds of their own bodies, and make DIY sprinklers on a whim — with their adorable little furry faces.

A clever little Asian small-clawed otter figured out how to make a home sprinkler system from a pipe pouring into his Wellington Zoo waterhole.

Filmed Jan. 2 by a keeper, the Facebook video shows the male otter using his little snout to spray the water everywhere like a gleeful toddler. The zoo's five otters, Bay, Eko, Si, Bhutan, and Jambi, know how to pool party.

Topics Animals

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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