Adorable Sea Otters Use Tools to Crack Open Clams | Love Nature

The rocky coves along California’s coast are home to one of nature’s most charismatic animals: the otter. Large groups of sea otters bob among the kelp, anchoring in place by wrapping themselves in the fronds of giant algae. Females and their pups gather together for safety while they hunt for clams in the kelp forests growing below. With their dextrous paws they smash the clams open against rocks balanced on their bellies. One mother tries to keep her very young pup away from all the action but the rowdy adolescents are curious and keen to play. Eventually the youngster wriggles free but, too young to swim with confidence, he’s quickly carried off in the current