The most exciting channel in Twitch's new "hot tub" section is a bunch of literal otters in a pool
Last week, in an attempt to quell the fury of nerds angry that women in bikinis have been streaming themselves being women in bikinis on Twitch, the company announced a special new section of its site called, in very plain terms, “Pools, Hut Tubs, And Beaches.” Within days of its creation, this category has fostered a new star channel in the live streaming world—an all-hours, all-nude pool party with the otters of Vancouver’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.
The channel streams a few different views of a pool where a group of rescued otters hang out doing otter things. At the time of writing, 3,193 people are watching them flip out while they anticipate getting fed, though this is pretty high activity compared to long stretches of time where they just float around, napping while floating on their backs or chewing on rubber toys.
A video from Marine Mammal Rescue Centre’s YouTube channel shows two of the otters, Hardy and Katmai, chilling out, and gives a good idea of what kind of stuff to expect from the stream.