>>44159431I have no idea what that image is trying to prove, because neither of those animals are standing like samurott does.
>Sea lions don't even have legs and functional fingersAnd otters don't have fingers like samurott has, pointed snouts, necks that long, backs that go down in the middle instead of up in a normal standing position, etc.
Seriously, what other otter traits does samurott have? Because you're not going to convince me that samurott's little hooves are anything like an otter's claws.
If it looks like a sea lion, and the creator was inspired by sea lions, it's probably mostly a sea lion. Look at the pug-nosed river otter and look at samurott. Night and day. Now look at this sea lion and look at samurott.