Evil Animals - Sea Otters

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

BBC

Comedy, History

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Join comedian Russell Kane as he and his guests deep dive those fluffy marine mammals – sea otters. They may look cute and cuddly, but with their strong teeth and powerful bite, there’s more to them than meets the eye.

Helping Russell decide whether sea otters are evil or genius are comedian, writer and actress Laura Smyth and Dr. Natalie Cooper, Merit Researcher at the Natural History Museum.

Additional material by: Eve Delaney, Ruth Huskisson & Christina Riggs Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist: Gareth Wood Digital Editor: Jerry Peal Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith Producer: Simon Nicholls

Evil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.2	Savings, credit cards, car finance, reclaiming, insurance, investing, power of attorney, decision,
0:12.2	indecision, analysis, paralysis.
0:15.4	Don't panic.
0:16.4	The Martin Lewis podcast is twice weekly, helping you navigate our complex consumer world.
0:21.2	I'll walk you through a big money saving topic step by step.
0:24.5	Then in question time, you set the agenda and ask whatever's on your mind.
0:28.6	Would you rather be locked in an empty shopping centre with a thousand snakes or just one gorilla?
0:33.6	Within reason.
0:34.2	The Martin Lewis podcast, listen on BBC Sounds.
0:38.4	Warning, this episode contains strong language.
0:45.1	Animals, animals.
0:48.4	Hello, my utterly lovely listeners.
0:51.0	Welcome to Evil Animals, the show that decides where society's most polarising
0:56.2	predators, prey and primates, sit on a scale from Teddy to Tear Me Apart. All presented by me,
1:04.0	General gobshite, Russell Kane. You find me today dipping my toe into how the otter half
1:10.6	live.
1:11.3	I am, of course, talking about the back-floating furball cutipies that are today's subject.
1:17.1	The sea otter!
1:18.7	These densely fluffy marine mammals live their life grooming, eating and forming rafts by floating and holding hands with their best mates in the sea.
1:28.4	So here I am, floating down a lazy river at an all-inclusive in Tenerife,
1:32.5	and holding hands with, well, not my best mates, because they all have jobs,
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