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A sea otter is going down a storm in America - by showing off his basketball abilities!
Eddie the otter lives in Oregon, and has been filmed putting a ball through a basketball hoop time and time again.
Eddie has arthritis, which means the joints of his bones are stiff so zoo keepers have encouraged him to play basketball.
And it turns out he's pretty good at it!
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