Staff at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently shared video of a natural occurrence not often recorded by humans – a wild sea otter giving birth.

Staff at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently shared video of a natural occurrence not often recorded by humans – a wild sea otter giving birth. 

In the video posted to YouTube, the team notes upfront, “spoiler alert: the miracle of life is graphic.”

However, in the case of this sea otter, the birth was also, compared to that of many other animals, a quick one.

The mother writhes ar