{"id":285306,"date":"2025-11-11T13:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/285306\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:10:12","slug":"otter-loves-being-wrapped-like-a-burrito-after-his-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/285306\/","title":{"rendered":"Otter Loves Being Wrapped Like a Burrito After His Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>An adorable <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=Asian+small-clawed+otter\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Asian small-clawed otter<\/a> named Mr. Chow, who lives at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixherp.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=Scottsdale\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Scottsdale, Arizona<\/a>, loves being wrapped in a towel like a burrito after a bath. Due to rejection at an early age and a number of medical issues, Mr. Chow is not able to swim, however he seems to love splashing about in the bathtub. When he\u2019s done, he pulls the plug and lets his caretaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alex.roszkowski.7\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Alex Roszkowski<\/a> know that he\u2019s ready to be swaddled.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn\u2019t like to get in the water himself, so we give him a bath time every night. He really enjoys it\u2026 He\u2019ll let us know when he\u2019s done. He\u2019ll unplug the drain himself. \u2026This routine began when he was just six weeks old, when he was first taught how to swim.<\/p>\n<p>The Sanctuary also notes that Asian small-clawed otters are not pets. Mr. Chow was rescued by the Sanctuary at a very young age, and only a trusted few are allowed to get near him.<\/p>\n<p> He is not a pet. He lives here under a zoological permit, which is required to house an otherwise illegal species in most states. \u2026The relationship you see in this video is the result of years of trust, respect, and specialized care from a select few trained keepers. Chow only interacts with the people he knows best, and his behaviors and needs are always put first.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An adorable Asian small-clawed otter named Mr. Chow, who lives at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary in Scottsdale, Arizona,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-285306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}