Nyac the otter has passed away, you guys. He’s most famous for holding hands with another otter, Milo, and floating around. Although, as a survivor of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, he should probably be most famous for that. Being most famous for holding hands with another otter when you are a survivor of the Exxon Valdez oil spill is like being famous for eating ice cream after surviving the Holocaust, at least in the otter community. SAME DIFF. In any case, here is a tribute to the brave otter Nyac, who succumbed to chronic lymphocytic leukemia yesterday, which is a thing I did not know otters could succumb to.

Goodbye, sweet Nyac. You’re up in otter heaven now, holding hands with the angels and floating around.

Metro - Vancouver Aquarium sea otter 'Nyac' dies
sad farewell to Internet superstar Nyac the otter, best known for ...
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Nyac | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Famous sea otter put down
In 2007, a visitor to the Vancouver Aquarium posted a video of him and a female sea otter, Nyac, holding paws on You Tube. The video quickly went viral and as of this article, has close to 17 million views. Twelve year old Milo was diagnosed with lymphoma ...
Famous sea otter Milo dies of cancer
Twelve-year-old Milo was seen by nearly 17 million people on YouTube when a video surfaced several years ago showing the otter and his late partner, Nyac, holding paws in their tank. "Milo was the first live sea otter to be diagnosed with lymphoma and the ...
Comments (8)
  1. Today just got a little more Sad As Balls.

    Life is meaningless and we are all going to die. Thanks for reminding me so early in the morning Gabe :) .
    :( .

  2. Selena  |   Posted on Sep 24th, 2008

    DAMN IT!!! I don’t know how to make a smiley face (not so smiley face) that represents my utter sadness. I think OTTERS are the cutest animals ever- and NYAC was even cuter, because he was a survivor and liked to hold hands.

    The world grieves for it’s loss of you NYAC- I grieve for the loss of you…..

    Wait a second… chronic lymphocytic leukemia? WTF!

  3. Don’t you mean your OTTER sadness, Selena? ;)

  4. thanks for making me cry. thanks.

  5. Selena  |   Posted on Sep 24th, 2008

    Ohhh!!! OTTER SADNESS…LOL

    Angelaaaa- if I knew you and where you lived I would buy you a soda- however, that would be kind of (really) crazy. So- I will refrain from asking you those questions and we can just pretend I bought you a soda ;-)

    OTTER SADNESS…oh my- that’s the best!

  6. I can’t believe that otter was just a few years younger than me. I had no idea they lived so long.

  7. emily  |   Posted on Sep 25th, 2008

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! WHYYYYY!!!! TAKE ME INSTEAD!!!!!!!

  8. caringiscool  |   Posted on Sep 29th, 2008

    dude.
    otters.
    fucking so cute.
    my spirit animal is totally an otter, p.s.
    you know what’s the cutest thing about otters?
    their teensy little hands.

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