I've never felt one under water, nor did I try to go skin deep when I had my opportunity, but I would guess they're pretty dry under there, I couldn't say for sure though.
Their fur is very dense, otter fur has more hairs per square inch than any other mammal, a million per square inch, like a hundred times what humans have. The oils excreted into their fur creates a hydrophobic layer that keeps the water on the outside. It's in nowhere near shark skin (which exhibits incredibe hydrodynamics, like we're studying it in labs to better improve aerodynamics of cars and planes, a single bite of food is enough to get a great white shark from California to Japan their skin is so efficient at moving through water), but it's very good at keeping the water out and their movement efficient, their hair does not cause Resistance like human hair does. Our hair hangs out and gets water in it and creates drag, otter hair seals itself around the meat and creates a cylinder, keeping happy warm dry otter inside.
I got the treat of touching/petting a wild otter while it was sedated, it's on of my top 10 experiences. It was not a happy camper when it woke up. It had to be in an ice bath while sedated otherwise it's hair/fur coat would've caused it to overheat while being knocked out because it is incapable of homeostatic regulation while sedated. When it woke up it was a wild otter in an ice bath, lil (haha, huge actually) dude was pissed.
I was quite impressed by the 20…17 eclipse over California, imo get lucky with a clear day, and stand near a tree without leaves, look at the kaleidoscope of shadows cast by the tree onto the ground, it’s indescribable when shadows don’t look like shadows any more.
Biology bs required 5 units of physics, physics was 3+1 for the lab. I haaaaate physics, love my chemistry, I’m pretty bad at higher math, physics just tries to be as tricky as possible while hiding behind the shroud of “this is how it works in life”. They made a "physics for biologists"class which was as much practical application of physics as they could put into a 1 unit 1 night per week course. I learned more, better, talking point physics in that class than any other.
Finals week was an optional “sasquatch” lecture that was open to anyone we wanted to bring, it was attended by more people than were actually in the class.
We learned how drag coefficients worked, how a great white child swim from California to Japan in 1 bite of food, how a blue whale and a bacteria both use the same amount of energy to move a distance. How terminal velocity means you can’t drop a mouse to it’s death. The optics of eyes… greatest physics course ever.
I was going to be disappointed that someone was just reading them, rather than directing people to the original source, but if it’s the source reading them, I’m rather happy, but the absorber doesn’t get the foot notes or image caption things.
Finished rewatching/first time all the way through watching psych.
Working through modern family.
I wanted to watch through Frasier before watching the new series, I think I’ve lost the desire to watch the new series, and I’m worried it’s damaging my ability to watch the original. It was so good, the doctor is out is one of my favorite episodes of television ever. But can I make it through 10 seasons to get there?
Get a gym membership for shower usage just in case. There are many things that can balloon the project, father in law and I did his over a couple weeks, I wouldn’t put a "solid weekend"timeline on things. If it’s your only bathroom, be prepared for alternative showers, but it is definitely something a layman should be able to do.