The tune for this short-and-silly song borrows from one sung by a close relative of the otter, this one indigenous to the Hundred Acre Wood. Apologies to the peerless Sherman brothers.
The wonderful thing about otters
is otters are wonderful things!
There’s fur on the end of their paw-us
to cling to rocks and rings!
They’re slippery, slide-y, wet and dry-y
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about otters is
There’s always more than one!
The wonderful thing about otters
is rivers are sometimes their home!
They eat the finest of seafood
and that’s why they don’t dine alone!
Fish and eels, frogs and snails
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about otters is
There’s always more than one!
The wonderful thing about otters
is some of them live in the sea!
They tie themselves up in the kelp beds
Eat urchins and abalone!
They’re big, not measly, wild and weasel-y,
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about otters is
There’s always more than one!
Otters are aquatic mammals
Otters are really not sweet
They’re the mascot of CS-UMB
That’s why I repeat . . . and repeat
The wonderful thing about otters,
they’re making a great big comeback!
Rivers and oceans are cleaner
and hunting is way out-of-whack!
They’re jumping, swimming, sliding, grinning
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about otters is
There’s always more than one!
Photo by Mike Baird. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
This post was originally written in anticipation of the 2014 BioBlitz at Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Bioblitzers got a chance to see both the North American river otter and the California sea otter.
Loving this post! I am lovers of otters and Enjoying to read about otters.Otters are fun creatures to watch and they are highly intelligent. It was fun to know more about these beautiful and fun loving creatures.
It is a most wonderful thing about otters that there is more than just one! Thank you for the fun way to celebrate otters. I love to visit the two North American River Otters at the National Zoo — brothers Konrad and Niko. They are fun to watch! But the Zoo Keepers say they don’t play with the otters. The otters have sharp teeth and claws and get very aggressive over food. Now I will be singing your song when I visit them!