How Vancouver Aquarium otters took over a Twitch channel featuring video gamers live streaming from hot tubs

One of Twitch’s newest and perhaps most controversial channels is dedicated to female video gamers live streaming their game play from hot tubs.

But sandwiched in between those videos, and as one of the most-viewed streams on that channel, is live footage of otters frolicking away in their own pool at the Vancouver Aquarium.

What is going on, you ask? Well, we wondered about that too. 

First of all — what is Twitch?

Twitch is an online platform that allows gamers to live stream their play, share tips and even host podcasts.