- Scientists tried to figure out why otters like to juggle rocks but came up empty-handed.
- Several theories, including rock juggling to build dexterity or practice for getting food from shellfish, were largely debunked by the research.
- For now, it seems nobody really knows why the adorable animals juggle rocks.
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Otters are adorable, intelligent, and… mysterious? You might not think of the furry little aquatic creature as having many tricks up their sleeve, but a new study by researchers at the University of Exeter reveals that otters have developed a habit that is hard for science to crack.
The study, which was published in Royal Society Open Science, focuses on otters’ rock-juggling habits and attempts to decode the peculiar behavior. Unfortunately for the researchers, they didn’t get far. The otters, it seems, will get to keep their secrets.
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