On: She Steals Surfboards by the Seashore. She’s a Sea Otter

[squarefoot]

Some animals learn to use tools to solve problems, for example crows [0]. What if that otter was just using the board to travel longer distances (=> finding more food) by keeping nearby a safer place to rest on?

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZerUbHmuY04

[usefulcat → squarefoot]

Otters are known to use tools. I’ve read that some carry around a ‘favorite’ rock under a flap of skin, using it to open shellfish.

[teachrdan → squarefoot]

This is a slippery slope to a surfing sea otter vs. boat-wrecking orca showdown in the Pacific.