If you’ve ever seen a picture or video of sea otters floating on their backs, holding hands as they snooze, you’ve probably thought it’s one of the most adorable things in the animal kingdom.

Visitors were totally falling for a sea otter who loves to hold hands with the people who come to visit her. What a sweetie! It would take all our strength not to hold the little one’s paw.

While hand-holding likely does help otters stick together, it’s not their typically go-to method for connecting. Instead of holding hands, sea otters usually snuggle up together or wrap ...

But it’s not just staying afloat that’s key to a life at sea – groups of otters hold hands and tangle themselves in kelp forests to make sure they don’t drift apart.

The life of a sea otter is filled with dangers, from oil spills and pollution to devastating storms and habitat loss. As the video above shows, even a powerful wave could potentially spell ...