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00:00 They are smart,
00:02 fearsome,
00:05 and irresistibly cute.
00:08 Are these Mastelids overpowered?
00:11 And how different are they?
00:13 You will find out in the 24th episode of YouTube's favorite show, Animal Battle.
00:19 Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present to you our two competitors.
00:25 The Sea Otter
00:28 versus
00:30 the Giant Otter.
00:32 Also, stick until the end of the video because you will vote the winner of this battle,
00:36 and you will also find out who is the winner of the previous Animal Battle
00:40 between the Great White Shark and the Saltwater Crocodile.
00:43 Let's do it!
00:45 I am Maro, and this is Animal Battle.
00:54 So how exactly are we going to find out which otter species is better?
00:58 As always, we are going to compare the two based on the six sacred characteristics
01:03 Agility, Attack, Defense, Intelligence, Bone Skill, and Survival.
01:11 So being more powerful doesn't necessarily make one a better animal.
01:15 Before going to their stats, we need to be able to differentiate the two otter species.
01:20 Giant otters live in the rivers of South America and have very short fur,
01:25 while Sea Otters are found in the Pacific Ocean, have longer fur, and lighter-colored heads.
01:30 Of course, they have a lot more differences like locomotion, social structure, and hunting preferences,
01:36 but we will talk about those when we will look over their stats.
01:40 That being said, let's start with Agility.
01:43 While most mustelids like wolverines, honey badgers, and weasels
01:47 decided to live alongside larger and more powerful carnivores,
01:51 otters specialized in living in the water, where they would have fewer competitors
01:55 and would have the chance to become apex predators.
01:58 For swimming, they have webbed feet and powerful tails.
02:02 Sea otters can reach speeds of up to 9 km/h in water, which is quite decent,
02:07 while giant otters are even faster, reaching speeds of up to 14.4 km/h in water.
02:14 Giant otters are also adapted to running on land, reaching an impressive speed of 47 km/h.
02:20 Sea otters are quite clumsy on land and move slowly,
02:23 but that is because they are better adapted to spending the majority of their life in water.
02:28 You can usually see them floating on their backs because they are very buoyant
02:32 due to their large lung capacity and the air trapped in their fur.
02:35 Even sea otter pups can naturally float, but most of the time mothers carry them on their bellies.
02:41 That is objectively cute. We need a cutometer.
02:44 Also, sea otters can hold their breath for up to 5 minutes underwater,
02:48 and giant otters can dive for 6 to 8 minutes.
02:52 Let's see their stats.
02:53 They have fairly high agility stats, giant otters being slightly better here
03:02 because they can reach higher speeds both in water and on land.
03:05 Moving on to bone skills, and these otters have pretty high bone skill stats.
03:10 Both the sea otter and the giant otter have highly sensitive whiskers
03:14 which can track the changes in water pressure and currents.
03:17 Also, they can close their nose and ears when they dive.
03:21 Giant otters have a cute hearing, an excellent sense of smell, and good vision above water,
03:26 but it is not that good in the water.
03:28 They have short and dense fur which is also water-repellent.
03:32 Sea otters have mediocre sight and rely more on their excellent sense of smell.
03:37 Unlike other marine mammals, they don't have a layer of blubber to keep their bodies warm,
03:42 but have thick and dense fur.
03:44 In fact, it is the densest fur in the animal kingdom,
03:48 and it repels the water so well that their skin is dry.
03:52 That is why sea otters need to take care of their fur,
03:55 and they often need to groom it and blow air into it.
03:58 And it looks really cute.
04:00 Furthermore, sea otters have a loose pouch of skin under their forearms,
04:04 and use it to store food which they bring to the surface,
04:07 and they also keep their favorite rock in there.
04:10 What do they have a rock for? You will find out later.
04:13 All of these bonuses are already great,
04:16 but perhaps the biggest bonus skill of otters is their social structure.
04:20 Giant otters are highly social, living in large family groups with 2 to 20 members.
04:26 These groups have a dominant breeding pair, and their members share different roles.
04:31 It is an important bonus skill because living in groups,
04:34 giant otters are more powerful against predators and have a higher chance of survival.
04:39 Sea otters are not the social foe, being able to live and forage independently.
04:44 Still, when they rest, they can hold hands with other sea otters to prevent drifting,
04:49 which looks so damn cute.
04:52 In this way, they can form single-sex groups called rafts.
04:55 These rafts can consist of 10 to 100 sea otters,
04:59 and the largest one ever seen contained over 2000 hand-holding otters.
05:05 I guess the cutometer is broken at this point, but we shall see their bonus skill stats.
05:10 They have really high bonus skill stats, giant otters being slightly better here
05:19 because they form complex family groups, which is a great deal for their attack and defense stats.
05:24 But before we talk about attack and defense, we still need to look at their intelligence.
05:29 They are really smart, and not just because they are predators.
05:33 Giant otters can be trained and learn tricks easily.
05:36 They are not only motivated by the food reward, but also by being praised.
05:41 Sea otters are surprisingly intelligent.
05:44 They can play basketball, know how to stack cups,
05:47 and are some of the few animals to use tools in the wild.
05:51 Remember that rock that they keep in their pouches?
05:54 Well, sea otters use it as a hammer to crack open animals with hard shells.
05:59 They can also use larger stones as anvils, putting them on their bellies.
06:04 They also use kelp to prevent drifting while sleeping,
06:07 or to keep their pups still while mothers go in search for food.
06:11 Moreover, they can trap crabs in kelp to keep looking for more food.
06:15 So their intelligence stats are…
06:17 Really high.
06:22 Sea otters are slightly better here due to their rare ability to use tools.
06:27 It is time to go to their attack and defense stats.
06:30 Sea otters are actually the largest otter species,
06:33 males reaching lengths of up to 1.5 meters and weighing up to 45 kilograms.
06:39 Giant otters are not as heavy, but are longer than sea otters,
06:42 males reaching up to 1.7 meters in length and weighing up to 32 kilograms.
06:48 That makes them the longest mastelid species.
06:51 One characteristic that they have in common with other mastelids
06:54 like weasels, honey badgers, and wolverines is how fearsome they are.
06:59 Giant otters are apex predators, feeding almost exclusively on fish,
07:03 but may also eat crabs, turtles, snakes like anacondas, and small caimans.
07:09 They hunt fish individually, but when the prey is larger,
07:12 the group will hunt together using their numbers as an advantage.
07:16 They have sharp claws and are very territorial.
07:19 Giant otters have a high metabolic rate and need to eat a lot every day.
07:24 But sea otters have an even higher metabolic rate
07:27 because they need to stay warm in the cold ocean waters.
07:30 That is why they need to eat more than a quarter of their own body weight in food daily.
07:36 They usually forage for food being the only marine animals capable of lifting and turning over rocks.
07:42 That is how they find sea urchins, clams and mussels, other species of molluscs and crustaceans.
07:49 They can eat anything from crabs to giant octopuses
07:52 and use their front paws with retractable claws to catch fish.
07:56 After they collect food in their pouches,
07:58 they go to the surface and use their favorite rocks to open clams and mussels.
08:03 What about predators?
08:04 Well, sea otters are not that safe in the ocean
08:07 because there are a lot of large predators like orcas, sea lions and great white sharks.
08:13 They can also be killed by bears or coyotes on land, and their pups might be killed by eagles.
08:18 Giant otters live in a more favorable habitat.
08:21 There are fewer large predators in rivers,
08:24 and even though caimans, cougars, jaguars and anacondas might kill solitary otters sometimes,
08:29 living in groups they become the stronger predators.
08:33 A group of giant otters might overpower a caiman or anaconda and can scare off jaguars.
08:38 Let's see their stats.
08:40 They have very high attack stats for their size.
08:47 Giant otters are better at defense because they have fewer predators
08:51 and can overpower larger animals in groups.
08:54 And lastly, let's talk about their survival stats,
08:56 because there's no sense in having high stats if a species is going extinct.
09:01 Both of these otter species are classified as endangered species,
09:05 but there is a big difference in their population number.
09:08 While there are about 107,000 sea otters in the wild,
09:12 the estimated number of giant otters is below 5,000 individuals.
09:17 Sea otters will usually have only one pup,
09:19 which will have a life expectancy of up to 23 years in the wild and up to 29 in captivity.
09:25 And giant otters can have 1 to 5 pups, which are going to have a lifespan of up to 8 years in the wild and 17 in captivity.
09:33 Sadly, people hunt these amazing animals for their fur, and their population is still decreasing.
09:39 That being said, let's see their final stats.
09:42 They have high agility, attack, bonus skill, and intelligence stats
09:50 and have a real chance of competing for the title "the best animal in the world".
09:54 But only one of them can compete further, and that is the winner of this battle.
09:59 And you can choose the winner voting in the poll right there,
10:02 and feel free to share your precious opinions in the comments down below.
10:06 I will announce the winner in the next episode,
10:08 so subscribe to M from Animals not to miss it,
10:11 and because you will help Spike achieve his goal of beating both PewDiePie and T-Series.
10:18 Now is the time to announce the winner of the last animal battle between the Great White Shark and the Saltwater Crocodile.
10:25 So, after counting all the votes, the winner is…
10:30 The Saltwater Crocodile!
10:33 A really powerful and deadly animal.
10:36 If you wanted the Great White to win, don't be upset because here, on M from Animals, we love and respect all animals.
10:44 So, once again, don't forget to vote the winner of this episode's battle in the top right corner.
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