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To lessen the sea otters' aversion to the "no human contact" policy, all the soldiers were instructed to don beast ears and even tails. If anyone called them human, they had to promptly reply, "Fellow being, I am not human." Interestingly, some astute sea otters caught on but played along, while others, less sharp, truly believed these were their terrestrial kin, convinced that none were human