Meet the cute otter cubs rescued after being found in a car engine

Otters are adorable animals that like to hang out by the water, in rivers, ponds, and wetlands.

So imagine the shock when a couple of otter cubs were found keeping warm under a car bonnet!

For a few days, people living in the town of Skelmorlie in Scotland had been worried after seeing some otters roaming round the area.

But then after the community came together to help out, the otter cubs were found in this very unlikely place and rescued.

They're now safe and sound, and are being looked after by the SSPCA charity, who look after animals and help them get better.

Karen Watson spoke to BBC Scotland to tell them all about the otter rescue.

After her neighbour had posted a video of two otters spotted in the garden, Karen got another tip off about them.

"They'd been spotted quite a few times during the day, but at night my cousin Jordan and his girlfriend found them out on the road. They were lying there, pretty helpless. They seemed stuck in a car engine bay."

They rang the police who advised them to help the animals if they were in danger, and a group lifted them to safety.

They were put in a cardboard box and were kept at Karen's house in a makeshift otter hotel, with towels and food advised by the UK Otter Trust.

Karen said: "They were so tired, just sleeping - we knew they'd been about the village for at least 14 hours so it was no surprise they seemed shattered."

The community in Skelmorlie had by then contacted the SSPCA, who came to collect the two tiny cubs.

It's thought that they're female otters, both about nine or 10 weeks old, and have been named Valentine and Juliet.

Karen is really proud of how everyone worked together to help the small creatures.

"We are a big community here and everyone here loves nature, so we all worked as a team to help them... I was just lucky enough to get the nice job of babysitting!"