Rescue and Release: The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sea Otter Program
From humble pup-bringings to ecosystem engineer, follow the journey an orphaned sea otter pup takes through our pioneering rescue program!
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Meet Rosa The Sea Otter! -Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Pawesome Ladies
Time to meet Rosa the Sea Otter, the matriarch of the Sea Otter exhibit! At 20 (!) years of age, she’s our oldest sea otter—and also one of our blondest! Quick aside: the grizzling of sea otters doesn’t have much to do with age—you can see from her pup photo that she was born blonde: https://gph.is/g/ZnxglRK Rosa was found stranded as a four-week-old pup in north Monterey Bay in September 1999. She weighed just over five pounds at the time! In April 2000 she was released back to the wild, where she spent nearly two years as a wild sea … Continue
Coexisting with Sea Otters
This month we’re looking at how we can better coexist with sea otters. Check out the video to see what you can do to help share the coastal environment with these ecosystem heroes. Special Thanks to CDFW and Sea Otter Savvy for providing images and support.