Liberotter Plays Hey You Get Off My Keyboard

Liberotter Plays Hey You Get Off My Keyboard

Great musicians are misunderstood at first...unless they're as cute as these performers.

A group of the National Zoo's Asian Small-Clawed Otters recently performed a genre (and species) shattering song: a discordant, eight-pawed keyboard jam that will guarantee a loyal fan base at the Smithsonian, if not a Carnegie Hall spotlight.

The maestros get to flex their musical muscles (and claws) as part of an exercise in "animal enrichment" — activities designed to stimulate their sight, touch and hearing senses.

But the otters aren't the only ones cutting their first demo tapes. One of the Zoo's orangutans channelled her inner Teddy Brown on a xylophone, and a sloth bear cub did her best Billy Joel impersonation with a heartfelt harmonica solo.


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This article originally appeared on Smithsonian.com

Asian Small-Clawed Otters Celebrate Enrichment at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

Sloth Bear Cub Plays Harmonica

Orangutan Plays Xylophone Like a Pro


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