If you haven't come across Eddie the basketball playing, slam dunking sea otter yet then you're clearly missing out. This little fella lives in Oregon Zoo, where he chills out maxin, relaxin all cool and shootin some bball in his swimming pool.

Eddie's no circus performer though, his hoop dreams are thoroughly therapeutic. Y'see the zoo keepers discovered that this little fella was suffering from arthritis in his elbows, and they wanted to figure out a way to help him stay supple in his twilight years.


Sea otters generally live until around the age of 20, so at 16 Eddie's considered quite the mature fella. But hey, y'never know, with a little luck and exercise he could be slam dunking for years to come.