Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift apart, a behavior known as rafting.
Video Credit: Vancouver Aquarium
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I watched them spin around in the kelp fronds to stop themselves drifting, leaving their hands free to put over their eyes to ward off the California sun.
They also like to keep a favourite stone for breaking open sea urchins and crabs in their armpit. Although, the habit of using their chest as an an anvil seems to sometimes result in them inadvertently killing themselves.
Quite often they can be sexed because the females have bloody noses - the males hanging on.