The BBC have provided us with a very close look at otters thanks to a spy cam (Picture: YouTube)

Forget dogs, cats, rabbits, gerbils, guinea pigs and capybaras — no cuddly animal is hotter than the sea otter right now.

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Yes, following Planet Earth II, the BBC are supplying us with another animal fix, in the form of some intimate footage of otters during a new episode of their show Spy In The World.

The documentary, narrated by David Tennant, benefits from a high-tech camera device that, in this case, was disguised as an otter.

It managed to get incredibly close to the real McCoy, and they were so cute that we now desperately want to steal one and put it in our pond.


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In a clip from the upcoming second episode, we see one of the bigger otters swimming up to the fake otter out of curiosity.



He holds out his paws to display dominance, and to test how it will react.

An industrious otter breaks a shell on its belly (Picture: BBC)

Then, once safety is assured, he relaxes and goes about his feeding ritual in peace, watched over and underwater by the camera.

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This involves lying back and smashing shells on his stomach using a large stone dragged up from the bottom of the river.

Once that’s done there’s plenty of time left in the day to just lie on your back and chill the FO.

Otter fans who are keen to see the little lads splashing about can tune into the episode on BBC One tomorrow (Thursday) night at 8pm.

Also featured are orangutans, bushbabies, squirrels, ostriches, crows and many more creatures.

‘I come in peace!’ (Picture: BBC)

Just don’t expect to see Benedict Cumberbatch swimming around with his actor mates in the wild.

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