Japan’s spinning otter twirls its way to internet glory
TOKYO — A zoo otter in Japan has spun its way to internet glory in a video that shows the animal locked in a dizzying twirl.
Three-year-old male otter Genta doing the 'dynamic tornado'. Screengrab: AFP
TOKYO — A zoo otter in Japan has spun its way to internet glory in a video that shows the animal locked in a dizzying twirl.
The images, posted by the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden, show three-year-old male otter Genta spinning for 20 seconds while holding a rope in his mouth and dangling in the air.
Zookeepers have dubbed the plucky otter’s moves the “dynamic tornado”.
“Genta has spun for more than five minutes at a time before,” a zoo spokesman told AFP.
Several of the zoo’s eight otters like twirling on the rope too, although it’s not exactly typical for the web-footed mammal.
“Twirling (outside of water) isn’t necessarily a natural behaviour for otters,” the zoo spokesman said. AFP
Stay in the know. Anytime. Anywhere.
Subscribe to get daily news updates, insights and must reads delivered straight to your inbox.
By clicking subscribe, I agree for my personal data to be used to send me TODAY newsletters, promotional offers and for research and analysis.
