Now, imagine bringing that chaos into your living room. Otters are incredibly intelligent—smarter than most dogs—and they bore fast. A bored otter is a demolition crew. They will chew through drywall, dismantle your furniture, and systematically destroy every plastic pipe under your sink. Their equivalent of a "cuddle" is a game of bitey-tug that often draws blood, not because they’re mean, but because they literally play that way with their wild siblings.
And let’s talk about the bathroom situation. Otters are not litter-trainable. They scent-mark their territory with a pungent, oily musk that smells like a mix of old fish and burnt rubber. You can’t house-train an otter because their instincts scream, "This is mine now, and it smells like me!" It’s not a matter of will; it’s a matter of biology.
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