October 12, 2025 • 20 mins
In tonight's cozy bedtime story for kids, imagine yourself as a cute sea otter, and spend a relaxing day floating in the sea.
Narrated by: Kristen Paul
Written by: Deb E. Bergman
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Narrated by: Kristen Paul
Written by: Deb E. Bergman
Welcome to Snuggle! The best kid's story-telling podcast. Enter a cozy world of imagination perfect for bedtime, quiet time, or any time you want to embark on an enchanting adventure.
Our cozy stories present a wide selection of calming tales for not just kids and toddlers, but for the whole family too! Enjoy some relaxing family time every day, when the children can parents can snuggle up together and venture into imaginative worlds, fairy tales, and other heartwarming stories. Develop deeper connections when you make Snuggle stories a routine at bedtime or anytime!
Learn more at slumberstudios.com/snuggle
To enjoy ad-free listening and exclusive bonus episodes, start your 7-day free trial of Snuggle Premium: https://snuggle.supercast.com/
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Snuggle Cozy stories for kids. This episode is
called Sleep Like a Sea Otter. Snuggle is a production
of Slumber Studios. Support the show listen ad free and
get exclusive access to monthly bonus episodes by joining Snuggle Premium.
(00:26):
Check the episode description to find out more and sign
up today. Hey friend, my name is Tom, and I'm
so glad you're here for story time. It's my favorite
part of the day, a time to relax and rest,
(00:47):
and I hope you love it just as much as
I do. Our story today will be read by Kristen. Shortly,
You're going to imagine what it's like to be an
adorable little sea otter playing and swimming with your other
Utter friends before settling down for a good night's sleep.
(01:15):
So make sure you're nice and comfortable wherever you're resting.
And now imagine this. Instead of being a person who
lives on dry ground, you are going to become an
animal that lives beside and in the water. You can
(01:41):
close your eyes now and transform into a little sea
otter as our story begins.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Imagine lying on your back. The gently rolling ocean supports
you like a bed. Your thick fur has pockets of
air that make it very easy for you to float.
(02:30):
As an otter, you can sleep while floating, and you
can even prepare and eat your food while lying on
your back. Now, fill up your lungs with a big,
(02:52):
deep breath, then stretch out your arms and legs as
you breathe out slowly. Your back paws have five webbed
toes that look like flippers, and your tail is thick
(03:20):
and muscular. It helps you steer where you want to
go while you're cruising on your back. Your long body
is strong and flexible. This makes it easy for you
(03:41):
to swim and to glide quickly around the rocks and reef.
As a sea otter, you are larger than your cousins,
the river otters, about the size of a medium dog.
(04:03):
You also have much thicker fur. In fact, sea otters
have the densest fur of all mammals. Humans have an
average of one hundred thousand hairs on their heads, but
(04:27):
sea otters have over one million hairs per square inch.
That's a lot of fur. Your outer layer of fur
is silky smooth and a little bit oily. This keeps
(04:50):
water from the soaking into the deeper layer of fur,
which stays completely warm and dry like a snuggily blanket.
Even while you dive down into the chilly ocean water,
(05:12):
your body is nice and comfy because of your thick fur.
You are the only sea mammal that doesn't need a
warming layer of blubber or fat.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
You live on.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
The shores of the Pacific Ocean. Here you share your
home with hundreds of other chattering otters, loud barking seals,
and honking sea lions. You like to hang out where
(05:56):
you feel protected and safe, especially near harbors, buryer reefs,
and thick kelp forests, which shelter you from strong winds
and big waves. Kelp is a very important sea plant.
(06:22):
It's green, and it grows underwater in long, wispy strands
that dance and sway with the ocean currents. It is
a healthy food for many sea creatures, and it also
(06:43):
makes a comfy bed for sleepy sea otters. When you
were a baby otter, your mother carried you on her
stomach to keep you safe until you learned how to
swim by yourself. If your mother had to leave you
(07:09):
for a little while to go hunting, she would wrap
you in kelp, keeping you comfy until she returned with dinner.
After dinner, your mother would groom your soft, fluffy baby
(07:31):
hair until you fell asleep. Thinking about that now makes
you yarn. You deserve a good night's rest as you
have been a very busy otter all day. From the
(07:55):
moment you woke up, you were ready to eat and
start having fun. No matter how old you are, food
and fun are always your top priorities. Even gathering your
(08:17):
food is a fun activity for you. To find food,
you enjoy diving as deep as two hundred and fifty
feet down to the ocean floor. Imagine a tall building
(08:40):
with twenty five floors. That's how deep you can dive
in the sea. Isn't that amazing? Also, you are the
only marine mammal that can turn over large rocks and
(09:05):
boulders on the seafloor to find food. With your body
in constant motion, you get hungry very quickly, but that's okay.
Your hunting skills help you find food easily. You are
(09:32):
one of the only mammals that knows how to use
tools to hunt and eat. Under your armpit, you have
a secret pouch of loose skin. This is where you
(09:52):
store extra food and your favorite rocks. So you can
crack open mollusks and clams. Your front paws are so
strong that you can easily twist and pull apart your food,
(10:18):
and your palms have tough pads that can grip firmly
onto whatever you are holding. When you're searching for food,
you use your sensitive whiskers to find small tasty snacks
(10:40):
in the tiny cracks and holes in the rocks and coral.
Your sharp teeth make it easy to munch on spiny
sea urchins and crabs. While everyone in the ocean plays
(11:01):
an important role, you and your fellow otters are known
as a keystone species. This means that the marine environment
needs you to survive. Basically, this is because your favorite
(11:26):
food is the spiny sea urchin, which is too difficult
for other sea mammals to eat. These sea urchins feed
on the stems of kelp. If there were no sea
otters like you, then there would be too many sea urchins.
(11:54):
The urchins would eat up all the kelp forests. This
would be a big problem for the fish and all
the other sea creatures who depend on kelp to survive.
(12:14):
So the entire community here depends on you and the
other hungry sea otters to keep everything in perfect ballets. Sometimes,
when you are hanging out near the shore, you might
(12:38):
see some curious humans. This always makes you very curious too.
These people love to watch you play, and you enjoy
showing them how you you can slide down rocks and
(13:03):
hills as you roll around with your otter friends. There
are even special places humans have created to protect sea
otters that need extra help. At some aquariums, there are
(13:26):
kind humans who help teach baby otters to hunt so
they can be released back into the wild. Isn't it
nice to know there are people who care about your
otter friends this way, right now, the sun is slowly
(13:52):
disappearing from the sky and the day will soon be
turning into night. Floating on your back, you enjoy the
way the clouds are stretching above you. With your favorite
(14:12):
rock propped on your belly, you crack open a yummy clam.
Then you munch on your evening snack, noticing how the
sky changes from a soft, light blue to a radiant pink.
(14:37):
You take a deep breath in and breathe out as
a brilliant orange cloud turns to deep purple. The ocean
air has cooled quite a bit, so you swim over
(14:57):
to meet your utter friends at your favorite sleeping spot.
The full moon and twinkling stars begin to light up
the night sky. Two of your otter friends are already
(15:18):
floating together on their backs with kelp blankets to keep
them comfortable. They have linked their paws together and are
inviting you to join them. You reach your paw out
(15:39):
and feel your friend take hold of it and pull
you up close. Soon, other sleepy otters come over and
join your floating group, which is called a raft. By nightfall,
(16:01):
your raft can have over a hundred very tired otters
all linked together. The sound of the ocean waves lapping
on the nearby shore is comforting. You know that you
(16:24):
are exactly where you should be tonight. It feels so
good to float together, drifting slowly and enjoying the peaceful
evening all around you. You feel a delicate night breeze
(16:49):
move over you, so you pull up a piece of
thick kelp to cover you. This keeps you warm and cozy.
All of today's activities are now becoming a watery blur
(17:14):
of happy memories. All that yummy food and special snacks,
those curious humans and your playful otter friends, your sleepy
(17:37):
otter raft drifts slowly into a safe spot near shore.
You can now allow your thoughts to float away. There
(17:58):
will be more exciting things to do tomorrow, but right
now it is your special dream time. Soft moonbeams peak
through the clouds and shine down upon you. As your
(18:21):
body fully relaxes, you drift slowly with your raft of
sleepy otters as you float into an ocean dreamland. Good Night, snuggly,
(18:46):
little sea otter, sleep.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
Tight Wai musing h
Welcome to Snuggle Cozy stories for kids. This episode is
called Sleep Like a Sea Otter. Snuggle is a production
of Slumber Studios. Support the show listen ad free and
get exclusive access to monthly bonus episodes by joining Snuggle Premium.
(00:26):
Check the episode description to find out more and sign
up today. Hey friend, my name is Tom, and I'm
so glad you're here for story time. It's my favorite
part of the day, a time to relax and rest,
(00:47):
and I hope you love it just as much as
I do. Our story today will be read by Kristen. Shortly,
You're going to imagine what it's like to be an
adorable little sea otter playing and swimming with your other
Utter friends before settling down for a good night's sleep.
(01:15):
So make sure you're nice and comfortable wherever you're resting.
And now imagine this. Instead of being a person who
lives on dry ground, you are going to become an
animal that lives beside and in the water. You can
(01:41):
close your eyes now and transform into a little sea
otter as our story begins.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Imagine lying on your back. The gently rolling ocean supports
you like a bed. Your thick fur has pockets of
air that make it very easy for you to float.
(02:30):
As an otter, you can sleep while floating, and you
can even prepare and eat your food while lying on
your back. Now, fill up your lungs with a big,
(02:52):
deep breath, then stretch out your arms and legs as
you breathe out slowly. Your back paws have five webbed
toes that look like flippers, and your tail is thick
(03:20):
and muscular. It helps you steer where you want to
go while you're cruising on your back. Your long body
is strong and flexible. This makes it easy for you
(03:41):
to swim and to glide quickly around the rocks and reef.
As a sea otter, you are larger than your cousins,
the river otters, about the size of a medium dog.
(04:03):
You also have much thicker fur. In fact, sea otters
have the densest fur of all mammals. Humans have an
average of one hundred thousand hairs on their heads, but
(04:27):
sea otters have over one million hairs per square inch.
That's a lot of fur. Your outer layer of fur
is silky smooth and a little bit oily. This keeps
(04:50):
water from the soaking into the deeper layer of fur,
which stays completely warm and dry like a snuggily blanket.
Even while you dive down into the chilly ocean water,
(05:12):
your body is nice and comfy because of your thick fur.
You are the only sea mammal that doesn't need a
warming layer of blubber or fat.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
You live on.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
The shores of the Pacific Ocean. Here you share your
home with hundreds of other chattering otters, loud barking seals,
and honking sea lions. You like to hang out where
(05:56):
you feel protected and safe, especially near harbors, buryer reefs,
and thick kelp forests, which shelter you from strong winds
and big waves. Kelp is a very important sea plant.
(06:22):
It's green, and it grows underwater in long, wispy strands
that dance and sway with the ocean currents. It is
a healthy food for many sea creatures, and it also
(06:43):
makes a comfy bed for sleepy sea otters. When you
were a baby otter, your mother carried you on her
stomach to keep you safe until you learned how to
swim by yourself. If your mother had to leave you
(07:09):
for a little while to go hunting, she would wrap
you in kelp, keeping you comfy until she returned with dinner.
After dinner, your mother would groom your soft, fluffy baby
(07:31):
hair until you fell asleep. Thinking about that now makes
you yarn. You deserve a good night's rest as you
have been a very busy otter all day. From the
(07:55):
moment you woke up, you were ready to eat and
start having fun. No matter how old you are, food
and fun are always your top priorities. Even gathering your
(08:17):
food is a fun activity for you. To find food,
you enjoy diving as deep as two hundred and fifty
feet down to the ocean floor. Imagine a tall building
(08:40):
with twenty five floors. That's how deep you can dive
in the sea. Isn't that amazing? Also, you are the
only marine mammal that can turn over large rocks and
(09:05):
boulders on the seafloor to find food. With your body
in constant motion, you get hungry very quickly, but that's okay.
Your hunting skills help you find food easily. You are
(09:32):
one of the only mammals that knows how to use
tools to hunt and eat. Under your armpit, you have
a secret pouch of loose skin. This is where you
(09:52):
store extra food and your favorite rocks. So you can
crack open mollusks and clams. Your front paws are so
strong that you can easily twist and pull apart your food,
(10:18):
and your palms have tough pads that can grip firmly
onto whatever you are holding. When you're searching for food,
you use your sensitive whiskers to find small tasty snacks
(10:40):
in the tiny cracks and holes in the rocks and coral.
Your sharp teeth make it easy to munch on spiny
sea urchins and crabs. While everyone in the ocean plays
(11:01):
an important role, you and your fellow otters are known
as a keystone species. This means that the marine environment
needs you to survive. Basically, this is because your favorite
(11:26):
food is the spiny sea urchin, which is too difficult
for other sea mammals to eat. These sea urchins feed
on the stems of kelp. If there were no sea
otters like you, then there would be too many sea urchins.
(11:54):
The urchins would eat up all the kelp forests. This
would be a big problem for the fish and all
the other sea creatures who depend on kelp to survive.
(12:14):
So the entire community here depends on you and the
other hungry sea otters to keep everything in perfect ballets. Sometimes,
when you are hanging out near the shore, you might
(12:38):
see some curious humans. This always makes you very curious too.
These people love to watch you play, and you enjoy
showing them how you you can slide down rocks and
(13:03):
hills as you roll around with your otter friends. There
are even special places humans have created to protect sea
otters that need extra help. At some aquariums, there are
(13:26):
kind humans who help teach baby otters to hunt so
they can be released back into the wild. Isn't it
nice to know there are people who care about your
otter friends this way, right now, the sun is slowly
(13:52):
disappearing from the sky and the day will soon be
turning into night. Floating on your back, you enjoy the
way the clouds are stretching above you. With your favorite
(14:12):
rock propped on your belly, you crack open a yummy clam.
Then you munch on your evening snack, noticing how the
sky changes from a soft, light blue to a radiant pink.
(14:37):
You take a deep breath in and breathe out as
a brilliant orange cloud turns to deep purple. The ocean
air has cooled quite a bit, so you swim over
(14:57):
to meet your utter friends at your favorite sleeping spot.
The full moon and twinkling stars begin to light up
the night sky. Two of your otter friends are already
(15:18):
floating together on their backs with kelp blankets to keep
them comfortable. They have linked their paws together and are
inviting you to join them. You reach your paw out
(15:39):
and feel your friend take hold of it and pull
you up close. Soon, other sleepy otters come over and
join your floating group, which is called a raft. By nightfall,
(16:01):
your raft can have over a hundred very tired otters
all linked together. The sound of the ocean waves lapping
on the nearby shore is comforting. You know that you
(16:24):
are exactly where you should be tonight. It feels so
good to float together, drifting slowly and enjoying the peaceful
evening all around you. You feel a delicate night breeze
(16:49):
move over you, so you pull up a piece of
thick kelp to cover you. This keeps you warm and cozy.
All of today's activities are now becoming a watery blur
(17:14):
of happy memories. All that yummy food and special snacks,
those curious humans and your playful otter friends, your sleepy
(17:37):
otter raft drifts slowly into a safe spot near shore.
You can now allow your thoughts to float away. There
(17:58):
will be more exciting things to do tomorrow, but right
now it is your special dream time. Soft moonbeams peak
through the clouds and shine down upon you. As your
(18:21):
body fully relaxes, you drift slowly with your raft of
sleepy otters as you float into an ocean dreamland. Good Night, snuggly,
(18:46):
little sea otter, sleep.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
Tight Wai musing h
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