Friday Fun

With the weather warming and the weekend upon us, who really wants to focus on mundane stuff like work? Therefore, I will share with you my joyful distractions for today. As I've done before, I give you otters.


Now for the really cool part. The Monterey Bay Aquarium offers a plethora of webcams to view some of their exhibits, including one for... are you ready for this... OTTERS! Actually it's 3 webcams: 1 for sea otters, 2 for river otters.

Tune in to the sea otter cam at 10:30am, 1:30pm, and 3:30pm (all times Pacific) for feeding and training sessions - includes audio commentary by the staff.

By sheer coincidence, the above picture was one of the pics that Picassa served up on the daily Explore feature that grabs a variety of images from different users to share on the main page. The guy who took the picture, Edward Rooks, has many more amazing nature shots that you should check out. This particular picture highlights the surrogate program the aquarium conducts to nurture displaced otter pups before they are released back into the wild.