Design challenge entry: 'Smooth-coated otters copy when young by Su_G' cushions (mockup)

'Smooth-coated otters copy when young by Su_G' in cushions (mockup c/o Roostery)

 

'Smooth-coated otters copy when young, by Su_G': my entry in the Significant Otters Design Challenge.

Ink pen & watercolor on paper

© Su Schaefer 2018 with thanks to Dr. Nicole Duplaix whose picture I used as my reference, & researchers at U Exeter for the inspiration (see below).

 

The title refers to recent findings that otters – specifically, smooth-coated otters - learn by watching and copying each other. Scientists performed their usual tricks, creating puzzles baited with food, and the otters watched and copied each other's problem-solving techniques. Young otters were more likely to copy, and solved the puzzles more than six times faster than their parents. The scientists concluded that “smooth-coated otters adopt a 'copy when young' strategy”. Read more at: Otters learn by copying each other (University of Exeter).

 

See 'Smooth-coated otters copy when young, by Su_G' as fabric @ Spoonflower

 

[Copy when young by Su_G_cushions_mockup]

Done