doesnt that make you weak, picked on by bigger animals, and regarded as a stupid, but still cute from time to time, mammal?
Someone doesn't know their marine biology. Sea Otter's predators are mainly great white sharks, which are basicly single-minded killing and eating machines. They are far from weak. In fact, the Sea otters at the Zoo near me have to be kept in a concrete enclosed living space when they are not out in front of the people because the zoo-keepers were having issues with them trying to smash their way through the display glass with rocks.
Secondly, the otter is a clever and ingenious animal that uses tools to eat and live (see the story above about trying to escape with rocks), and has well defined inter-otter and community relations.
Third, otters are not cute from time to time. They are cute all the time.