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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts) Mon Oct 18, 2021, 05:51 PM Oct 2021

How old were you when you found out otters have pockets?

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How old were you when you found out otters have pockets? (Original Post) Nevilledog Oct 2021 OP

I remember that day well. Probably because today is that day. I am 76 years old. nt Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #1

My memory is as good as yours...I'm 75. :-) Raven Oct 2021 #12

Uh um, 67 wendyb-NC Oct 2021 #2

Same here Rorey Oct 2021 #3

67 here also dweller Oct 2021 #6

67, too. I'm detecting a trend. rsdsharp Oct 2021 #7

Throwing my hat into the 67 ring also. yonder Oct 2021 #10

I will be 67 in December! MuseRider Oct 2021 #15

Today years old. mercuryblues Oct 2021 #4

Today 33taw Oct 2021 #5

How old am I today? Hmmmm. Fla Dem Oct 2021 #8

I am 55 just learned I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #9

You could be a marsupial! Ocelot II Oct 2021 #18

I am today years old. n/t ms liberty Oct 2021 #11

Also today. Corgigal Oct 2021 #13

Apparently, Staph Oct 2021 #14

58 and I just learned it from this post exboyfil Oct 2021 #16

About the same age I am now... Ocelot II Oct 2021 #17

60. Iggo Oct 2021 #19

62 pfitz59 Oct 2021 #20

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Vinca Oct 2021 #22

72. That's so interesting. Smart otter, too. Vinca Oct 2021 #21

71 beemerphill Oct 2021 #23

I don't remember sakabatou Oct 2021 #24

well, gosh darn, Annie Moosee Oct 2021 #25

I knew about tools and armpits from the fifties - Tap, tap, tap Brother Buzz Oct 2021 #26

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

1. I remember that day well. Probably because today is that day. I am 76 years old. nt

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 05:54 PM

Oct 2021

Raven

(13,891 posts)

12. My memory is as good as yours...I'm 75. :-)

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 07:06 PM

Oct 2021

wendyb-NC

(3,327 posts)

2. Uh um, 67

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 05:57 PM

Oct 2021

Rorey

(8,445 posts)

3. Same here

Reply to wendyb-NC (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 05:59 PM

Oct 2021

I had no idea

dweller

(23,632 posts)

6. 67 here also

Reply to wendyb-NC (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 06:05 PM

Oct 2021

and today we know

✌🏻

rsdsharp

(9,175 posts)

7. 67, too. I'm detecting a trend.

Reply to dweller (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 06:20 PM

Oct 2021

Perhaps an educational failure in the 60s has been uncovered.

yonder

(9,665 posts)

10. Throwing my hat into the 67 ring also.

Reply to wendyb-NC (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 06:43 PM

Oct 2021

What a coinkydink.

MuseRider

(34,109 posts)

15. I will be 67 in December!

Reply to yonder (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 07:18 PM

Oct 2021

I like this.

mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)

4. Today years old.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 06:01 PM

Oct 2021

33taw

(2,442 posts)

5. Today

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 06:05 PM

Oct 2021

Fla Dem

(23,668 posts)

8. How old am I today? Hmmmm.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 06:30 PM

Oct 2021

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,470 posts)

9. I am 55 just learned

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 06:32 PM

Oct 2021

Otters have pockets.

I got a lot of leftover skin after losing a lot of weight wonder if I could get a pocket made out of it when or if I get surgery to remove it..

Lol just kidding. But it would be kinda cool.

Ocelot II

(115,692 posts)

18. You could be a marsupial!

Reply to I_UndergroundPanther (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:49 PM

Oct 2021

ms liberty

(8,574 posts)

11. I am today years old. n/t

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 06:53 PM

Oct 2021

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)

13. Also today.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 07:15 PM

Oct 2021

Got to do the math, be back…

Staph

(6,251 posts)

14. Apparently,

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 07:15 PM

Oct 2021

this is one of those things that one naturally learns at the age of 67!

Me, too!

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)

16. 58 and I just learned it from this post

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 07:55 PM

Oct 2021

Another thing I didn't know about otters is that the South America river otters are some bad dudes and not be messed with.

Ocelot II

(115,692 posts)

17. About the same age I am now...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:11 PM

Oct 2021

Iggo

(47,552 posts)

19. 60.

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Tue Oct 19, 2021, 12:13 AM

Oct 2021

pfitz59

(10,381 posts)

20. 62

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 06:04 AM

Oct 2021

today

Vinca

(50,271 posts)

22. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday,

Reply to pfitz59 (Reply #20)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 08:12 AM

Oct 2021

Happy Birthday to you!

Vinca

(50,271 posts)

21. 72. That's so interesting. Smart otter, too.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 08:10 AM

Oct 2021

beemerphill

(460 posts)

23. 71

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 08:42 AM

Oct 2021

This is the first time I heard about this too. Thanks for telling us.

sakabatou

(42,152 posts)

24. I don't remember

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 09:02 AM

Oct 2021

Before today, maybe?

Annie Moosee

(71 posts)

25. well, gosh darn,

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 12:44 PM

Oct 2021

54 years and one day. That is freaking precious.

And that makes sense. I recall hearing or seeing an otter holding a rock, using it to break open a shellfish. I just assumed the rock simply stayed there. But having a bit of a pocket makes so much sense!

And it raises so many questions, too....

Brother Buzz

(36,429 posts)

26. I knew about tools and armpits from the fifties - Tap, tap, tap

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 01:20 PM

Oct 2021

I only learned about the skin flap pocket thingy recently.

Here's the sea otter factoid for the day: Because the pocket is on the left side, sea otters are predominantly right-handed.

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