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Romp of Otters. Sea Otter Mom with NOT Two Pups but ONE, Morro Bay, CA 16april2007. Photo by Mike Baird bairdphotos.com Canon 5D 600mm IS on tripod.

You have to look closely (see the full-res version at flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=462500055&size=o ) - the Mom on the left is harboring two pups - the eye of the second is at the far left of the image... the otter to the right is presumed to be an adult. Thanks to Joyce Cory for the observation. [2013 update, upon examination it is determined that there are NOT two pups with one mother here.]

This photo is published with my permission at americanwildlife.awardspace.com/wildlifedetail.php?genus=...

and soon at a project by Immersion Presents (see comments below)

This photo is published and used by permission by imersionpresents.org - who says "Thanks again for allowing us to use your photo. We did end up putting the PDF of the expedition overview online, so feel free to link to it. You can find it on our Monterey Bay program page ( www.immersionpresents.org/index.php?option=com_content&am.... The direct link is www.immersionpresents.org/index.php?option=com_docman&amp.... UPDATE 03 March 2008: Laura Batt [battlaura [at} yahoo d o t com] of immersionpresents.org says "The photo will be used on our shows twice--tomorrow, March 4, 2008 at 2 pm EST (11 am PST) and Friday, March 7, 2008 at 2 pm EST (11 am PST). It will appear in the Monterey Challenge, which airs about 23 minutes into the show. If you want to see an example of a show that has already aired, go to our website at www.immersionpresents.org, click on "Videos," then click on the "Monterey Live Show Archive" and watch one of the shows there -- the one from yesterday [02 MArch 2008] is topside and the one from today [03 March 2008] is underwater. Thanks again!" 31 March 2008, This sea otter image is posted, along with a few more of my Sea Otter photos, under a Creative Commons Attribution license, at [#//americanwildlife.ozanimals.com/wildlifedetail.php?class=Mammal&common_name=Sea_Otter&genus=Enhydra&species=lutris ozanimals.com] and permission was given to Carol Anne Rashee to make some artwork motivated by these images.

26 June 2009 Creative Commons use note in a children's photo dictionarydefining "romp."

7/2/2013 research noite: Joyce, in testing the Bing search engine today, I found this older 2007 "sea otter with [two] pup[s] image" that I had published, www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/462500055/ www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/462500055/sizes/o/ (full resolution) and note that you Joyce Cory said "You have to look closely (see the full-res version at flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=462500055&size=o ) - the Mom on the left is harboring two pups - the eye of the second is at the far left of the image... the otter to the right is presumed to be an adult." I said "Thanks to Joyce Cory for the observation."

In looking at this again I think the "left baby is in fact the mother. The other photos in the series (5 total showing sea otters) may help determine which ball of fur is an adult and which is a pup. www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/archives/date-taken/2007/...

Do you agree?

If this was indeed another sea otter with two pups, that would be of interest to researchers and reporters.

Please post any opinions/comments at the image page all.... www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/462500055/

reference last week's twin pup set 6/24/2013 at