Oh! They're my favorite animal, too! The first book I ever took out of the library, when I was a kid was An Otter's Story. It made me fall in love with that creature. I have a small collection of otters...small, because it is VERY hard to find any otter figurines...they are river otters mostly, I don't find sea otters as charming.

And by the way, I just stole that picture...:D

Yes, they are, but they don't remind me so much of cats as thr river otter does...and they never romp around sliding down hills and getting into trouble, either. There's just something about the river otter that makes me think of "joy" personified...:D

I'm a raccoon girl, but those guys are too cute!