Live at your desk: otters, killer whales, pandas and ferrets!

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Let’s pause from all the breaking animal news to call your attention to the zoo cams on this page. Want to see a live sea otter, like the one above, from the convenience of your computer? Check out the sea otter cam offered by the Monterey Bay Aquarium. If you prefer the nonsaline variety, there’s a freshwater otter cam as well.

Zoos and aquariums throughout the country have focused webcams on a wide variety of animals. You’ll find a list of cam links on the right side of this page. The San Diego Zoo and National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are particularly fond of them.

There’s panda cam (awfully cute), naked mole-rat cam (kind of spooky) and black-footed ferret cam (oddly compelling, even if the ferret is usually sleeping).

Be warned: These cams can be a bit addictive. We don’t care to discuss why we know the black-footed ferret often twitches in its sleep.

Let us know what you see.