# @bbcearth on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C1_yOReN3MG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73495906-bbcearth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1b1f0396f0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-01-12T10:20:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://gondola.cc/bbcearth

## Caption

Floating into your feed like 🦦
 
A baby sea otter can’t swim or dive until it’s 3-4 months old, so it hangs out on its mother’s chest. When mum goes looking for food, she wraps the little one in kelp to keep it from floating away.
 
#EarthCapture by @tammy_ascher
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#SeaOtter #MarineMammals #CuteAnimals #WildlifePhotography

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- **Likes:** 136,000
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- **Comments:** 585

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## Tags

wildlifephotography, earthcapture, cuteanimals, seaotter, marinemammals

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