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A new mob suggestion: Sea and River Otters

A new mob: The Otter!
Whats not to love about these aquatic fuzballs of pure joy and happiness. They could be a neutral mob to begin with, if you hit it, it hits you back, but if they have enough water and plenty of fish, can be tameable. The idea is that they get more of a chance of being tamed when they have the correct amount of space and food so they will become more loveable and pet like (to teach proper animal/pet care and how much work it is to keep a pet)!

Its purpose:

  • Collect fish for the player
  • Leads the player to nearby fish and squids (feed it the type of fish you want it to locate and it will lead you towards it)
  • Be extremely cute :)

Where to find them:

  • The sea otter can be found in all the ocean types but spawn most commonly in the warm and deep warm ocean biomes.
  • The river otter can be found in rivers in all biomes exept for cold climate biomes such as taiga and ice spikes

How to tame them:

  • The both otters can be tamed when there is enough water (100 blocks) in 4 chunks surrounding where you try and tame them
  • The can be fed any type of raw fish apart from pufferfish and the chances of tameing will be higher when there is more water in the 4 chunks eg:

    100 blocks of water = 10-15 fish,
    120 blocks = 7-10 fish
    150 blocks of water = 4-7 fish

Why im suggesting them:

I think it will add alot more life to the rivers of the game as they are not as devoloped as the oceans, the otters will spend most of there time above water so it will make the river seem more alive! ig:inkq.5

 

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    California Sea Otters and other otter breeds are such an important animal to the ocean ecosystem. They are in-fact highly endangered, and once thought to be extinct due to over-hunting. They are not only a predator but are also highly adorable. Sea Otters eat the sea urchins and control their numbers, as sea urchins devour the root systems of the magnificent kelp forests. They can lay waste to the magnificent kelp forests, but sea otters keep them in check by eating them. There are only about 3,000 southern sea otters alive today.

    I think it can be such a useful mob to be added to the game and bring awareness to this necessary animal.

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    I love that you included space/room as a requirement for taming.
    So many of the passive/friendly mobs in this game get shoved into 1*1 wide holes to farm for resources, simply because the game mechanics make it the most efficient way. This idea directly challenges that.
    And also is very cute, which is a bonus :D

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    I think it would be great if sea otters would spawn more commonly near kelp seeing as they eat kelp. Maybe otters could harvest kelp for you?  The river otter would fish for you and the sea otter would harvest kelp for you.

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    Awe I love this! They should also eat kelp :)

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    I would love to just have it as a pet already! WAIT... BUCKET OF OTTER?!

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    I want this so bad

     

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    This is a great idea! I love the concept, and it would be very in character for Minecraft to add an endangered animal to the game (example: axolotls). If killed, it would also be cool if they dropped a special stone. All otters have a stone special to them which they use to open clams/shells in real life. In game, it would be cool if they dropped a special stone that allows you to have some sort of effect while holding it, such as dolphins grace, depth strider, or water breathing. (Or there could be different types, similar to pottery shards.

    Please add otters mojang! Even if you don't make them drop anything they'd be awesome to have in-game.