My eight year old woke up at 5am today, got herself dressed. She's wearing a huge, poofy lavender dress, light up pastel pink shoes and she covered her face in glitter. I asked her if it was a special occasion and she said "It's museum day, I'm dressing up for the fossils" and girl - YES. Dress up for the fossils 🙌
This isn't a trained trick, this is a wild transaction. Sea Otters carry "favorite rocks" in their armpits to crack open clams. This otter realized that humans value "things," so he offered his prized possession, a perfect white stone, in exchange for a high-value item, a fish.
He literally invented currency on the spot.
How cool and adorable is that? ❤️
im a weak willed person and nancy wheeler is stronger and better than me because i probably would have caved and let him in immediately. everytime i hear "what happened to your hand?" my brain rewires itself.