The Oregon Coast Aquarium gets a new Otter!

[A51Watcher]

When visiting this habitat, linger for a moment and consider this fact: you are looking at the largest population of sea otters in the state of Oregon.

This species was hunted to extinction in the Oregon wild over a century ago, with the last known individual being killed just off the Newport Beach in 1907.

The economic value of the Sea Otter extends back to the very beginning of our nation.


http://aquarium.org/exhibits/sea-otters



On May 8, 2012, the Oregon Coast Aquarium's newest sea otter was formally introduced to the public. This short video was created during his quarantine period and is a light-hearted look at the otter's shy nature.


The otter has yet to be named and is officially referred to as Otter 564. The Aquarium is holding a naming contest for the little guy on our Facebook page.

(Ed note: the winning name was 'Quill'.)





This brief video offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Aquarium's newest sea otter, temporarily designated as "Otter 564."


Orphaned when his mother was killed by a shark, Otter 564 officially joined the Aquarium's population in May 2012.


Ken Lytwyn, Curator of Marine Mammals, discusses the assimulation process for the young animal and offers some insights into his character, too.












The Oregon Coast Aquarium!

[burntheships]

Happy creatures they are, for sure.
Love the special take on the Bond007 music too!

[sky otter]

 


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[Littleenki]

Thanks for the great set of videos A! I loves those little otters, and Im sure Sky is having a warm fuzzy feeling all over now, too!

Cheers!

[Elvis Hendrix]

We went up to the west coast of Scotland for about three days.
It pissed down the whole time. We were gutted , but we found a nature reserve place and they had this otter called fingal.. And he was amazing.

They are doing well in upper Northumberland and Scotland.

They really just need to be left alone, and they will flourish.

[Somamech]

Otter's are Amazing, They are like Amphibious Ferrets, Give them time and they may learn how to fly like the Sugar Gilder's

[A51Watcher]

Swimming lessons for the new baby!   









"A new Sea Otter was born at the Seattle Aquarium on 1/14/2012. When this video was shot on 1/15, the Otter pup was 1 day old.

It had snowed the night before and froze up on the stairs leading to an upper baclony where I shot the video. Some groundskeepers were scraping the ice off of the stairs with snow shovels. I thought it was cute how Aniak held Sekiu closer and carefully watched out while that clanging was going on."

[A51Watcher]

In case there was any question, Otters LOVE to play! 



"Every evening a river otter comes to play with our daughter's dog Rio.

What was once an acquaintance on the other side of the fence has now become a friend who comes to play through the fence.

It has been interesting to watch as their trust of each other has developed over the past several months."








"Sidney the baby asian small clawed river otter playing.

Sidney is not a pet. I am a professional animal caretaker and work at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA. "

[A51Watcher]

They are doing well in upper Northumberland and Scotland.

They really just need to be left alone, and they will flourish.

That is really great to hear, and I agree!

I think it is fitting and well deserved that Oregon is now playing a big role in caring for orphaned Otters, considering the atrocious role it played in their history. 

[A51Watcher]

Otter's are Amazing, They are like Amphibious Ferrets,...

Yes the similarity is very close. The video of Sydney above jumping around shows quite clearly how close they are. 

Also notice the keen interest in the keys! LOL   

I Iz sorry I stole Ur Pretties...

Imagine Sydney giving you that baleful look! LOL

That woman's heart is gonna be broke when she has to give him up!

[sky otter]

;D..
well ok.. i gotta add one..around here they are wild and not in rehab..yet...

a friend said he has seen them close by in the local river.
.but since i don't spend  much time by the river i haven't had
the pleaseure of seeing them for real

however the eagles are back....and i have seen them
it's all due to cleaning up the rivers so they have food

thanks 51 this thread makes me smile..




Uploaded on Sep 25, 2011

This family of river otters was recorded in May of 2011. They were across the Allegheny River from my home. I had to zoom the camera to 30X to get this video. I had the camera on a tripod to maintain stability. The otters were introduced to the river several years ago and this was the frist time we saw them all together. A bald eagle was waiting for the remains of the otters dinner. He sat on a branch in a nearby sycamore tree waiting his turn to feed.

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