MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING!!! In this episode we talk about otters, yes, we’re going there, we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel! So naturally, as it is with otters, expect to be exposed to depraved topics which may include kidnapping, child neglect, male aggression, torture, sadism, sexual assault, serial murder, cannibalism, necrophilia, infanticide, and many forms of inter-species violence…and perversion! But that’s not the worst…oh noooo…we are also going to engage in the most controversial and degenerate act known to man: Criticizing endangered species! Oh my! Prepare the stake, we can already smell the burn!
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SOURCES:
Wikipedia: Enhydriodon dikikae
Adorable Terror: Wolf-Size Otter Hunted in Ancient China
Watch a family of otters ambush an unsuspecting crocodile more than twice their size
Smithsonian Magazine: Otterly Fascinating
The 6 Deadliest Animals Too Adorable to Run Away From
How a River Otter Can Bag an Alligator for Lunch
Video Shows Otters Drown And Kill A Monkey At A Zoo
The case against otters: necrophiliac, serial-killing fur monsters of the sea
Fifty shades of fur? Exposing the dark side of a sea otter’s sex life
'He was humping it. It was so bizarre': Exposing the ‘aberrant’ nature of a sea otter’s sex life
Do Sea Otters Rape Baby Seals?
Carvalho, Lucélia. (2001). Cannibalism among Giant Otters (Pteronura brasiliensis). Mammalia. 25. 225-227.
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