What Can the Perception Skills of Sea Otters Tell Us About Humans?

When thinking about Planet Earth’s best creatures, one of the many animals that would most likely never come up in conversation would be the otter; specifically, the sea otter. Although sea otters are mainly known for being adorable (they hold hands while sleeping to make sure the other doesn’t float away), they also have great perception skills. Recently, an experiment was done to see how strong sea otters’ sense of touch was using their paws and whiskers, and the results were incredible. This leads us to wonder: what can we learn about being human from the sea otters’ sense of touch using…