Rescued baby sea otters find forever home at Georgia aquarium l GMA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- The two pups, Mara and Gibson, were flown to Atlanta after they were found stranded near the California coastline.
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Precious. They have a crazy high metabolism. It's not a bad life.....they eat mussels, scallops, oysters, and shrimp all day. They are super intelligent as well.
Thank you, thank you for reporting this story. People need to be educated on how important water mammals are. Thank you to the incredible professional caring staff that care for them. So heartwarming.
Thank you for helping Seal Otters I love them SO MUCH.
Those little meeps sound so cute!
cutest animals on the planet
I could not stop smiling while watching these adorable sea otters. I lost it when I saw they hold hands while sleeping. Why am I just now finding out that otters are natures most perfect creatures? #TotesAdorbs
I died of the cuteness overload at the baby stretching at 1:02 & he chomping on food at 1:40 !! 🩷🩷🦦🦦 TOO CUTE!!!!!!!!! How can u resist giving him belly scratches!!!!??? I don’t see the harm of doing that since they’re gonna live in the aquarium for the rest of their lives. What’s the harm in a little bonding with the keeper?
OMGGG they SOOOOOOO cute that my heart exploded!!!!
You've experienced The Otter Effect. Hehe!
Look at him he’s too cute get resisted by
The mama otter's wails. Aw, man.💔
He’s a little roly poly isn’t he!!!😍😍😍
The poor mama looking for her beh beh.
Why they didn’t rescue the mom too 🤷🏼♀️
"Gibson stranded at approximately three weeks old on March 12, 2019 near the Carmel River in California where he was separated from his mother during a large storm. The response team tried to return him to his mother, who was visible and vocalizing, but the storm surge made it near impossible. After those attempts were unsuccessful, the only option for him was euthanasia. Given the Aquarium’s expertise and already planned transport back to Atlanta with Mara, an emergency placement request was made so that Gibson would call Georgia Aquarium home, too."
Source: "Congratulations! It’s a girl…and a boy! | Georgia Aquarium" news.georgiaaquarium.org/stories/congratulations-its-a-girland-a-boy
@@indigocatalyst. Because she wasn’t in trouble. The just couldn’t get to her to reunite her with the baby. And taking a wild otter and putting it in captivity probably wouldn’t be good for the otter.
Ikr? Omfg! I’m not crying 😢
I hope Gibson's mom didn't get too depressed.
I just realized that the journalist at the Georgia Aquarium is the son of Christopher Reeves (aka Superman), Will Reeves! I totally see the resemblance!
An otter takes flights on private jets and I have never even breathed the air in first class 😭. Bring on 2020!!!
Maybe 2022 is your year! (And mine too lmao)
Norman x I’ve accumulated enough miles from traveling between 4 continents in 3 years to grab a first class-flight, but now they will expire because I’m not trying to travel during Covid 🤣. Just had a 21 hour flight from Dubai to Las Vegas and the saftey measures in Asia and America were both questionable 😩.
@@ChefOrelleYoung stay safe out there!
baby otters so cute. sad to hear they couldn't reach gibson's mom.... : (
They are sooo cute ❤️
What a good boy.
This is so cute. You guys are doing a great job.
@Levii Proctor That's exactly what I was wondering. If she was wailing and crying nearby when they found him, how come they didn't get her too?
So glad they were all rescued over the years and have a wonderful home now. Will Reeve is such a handsome young man and his Mom and Dad ..>Dana and Christopher Reeve would be so proud.
Wait, did the mother die? I’m so confused as to why they’d take the baby if she was wailing nearby. I truly hope they didn’t just take the baby when the mother is still alive looking for him.
"Gibson stranded at approximately three weeks old on March 12, 2019 near the Carmel River in California where he was separated from his mother during a large storm. The response team tried to return him to his mother, who was visible and vocalizing, but the storm surge made it near impossible. After those attempts were unsuccessful, the only option for him was euthanasia. Given the Aquarium’s expertise and already planned transport back to Atlanta with Mara, an emergency placement request was made so that Gibson would call Georgia Aquarium home, too."
Source: "Congratulations! It’s a girl…and a boy! | Georgia Aquarium" news.georgiaaquarium.org/stories/congratulations-its-a-girland-a-boy
They had to ... because of the weather conditions, they were separated from their mothers and they couldn’t reunite them! If they hadn’t intervened, the babies would have most likely been smashed against the rocks! I saw it in a documentary and it was tragic ... these two, now have a safe life, but of course it’s sad that they aren’t with their moms!😽💕
Best job ever!
Adorable ❤️❤️
Nice to meep you Gibson
The name Gibson makes me think of Steve Cash and my heart hurts a little but otters fixes it 🥰♥️😭😭
I wonder how gibson & new kitty are doing without him so sad
Gibsons mom was nearby and storms eventually end then you should have reunited them!
"Gibson stranded at approximately three weeks old on March 12, 2019 near the Carmel River in California where he was separated from his mother during a large storm. The response team tried to return him to his mother, who was visible and vocalizing, but the storm surge made it near impossible. After those attempts were unsuccessful, the only option for him was euthanasia. Given the Aquarium’s expertise and already planned transport back to Atlanta with Mara, an emergency placement request was made so that Gibson would call Georgia Aquarium home, too."
Source: "Congratulations! It’s a girl…and a boy! | Georgia Aquarium" news.georgiaaquarium.org/stories/congratulations-its-a-girland-a-boy
Agree. They could've done more. I'm really irritated by that.
@@janeeyre1990 you’re under every fucking comment saying the same bs. You probably steal kids .
The only option was not euthanasia. They could have waited for the storm to die down and either return him to his mother, or caught her too so she could raise him and then return them both to the wild ASAP.
They hold hands while they sleep.....cutest thing I've ever heard/seen :D
SO THEY TOOK THEM AWAY FROM THE MOTHER? THE MOTHER WAS NEARBY WHALING? AND YOU PACK THEM ALL UP AND HAUL THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY? SHOULD HAVE RESCUED THE MOTHER AS WELL.
Came to comments to post this. Sounds a little bullshitty to me
@@Rehd66 No it's not. Would you say that if they took a human child from his Mom? They would have tried to rescue her as well!
I think he rushed the story. Btw don't you think is weird that the Atlanta zoo would be hanging out in California coast to grab these pup and fly them across the country? They were probably rescued by Monterey Aquarium, but since their surrogate mothers are all busy, they called in the network, to see who is available to adopt them. Another thing, how do you reunite mom and pups? Is not like you gather all the wild adult otters and see who would come out to claim the pup.
I am happy for the otters, but I cant help thinking they were taken to be placed in aquariums.. big business.. 🤔
Michelle Goodrow Many rescued otters are unable to return to the wild because they are lacking the necessary survival skills that they normally would have learned from their mother. Some rehabilitation centers have surrogacy programs set in place where they have rescued adult female otters essentially ‘adopt’ a recently rescued baby otter in order to teach them the necessary skills in order to survive in the wild, but as you can imagine such a program is quite difficult to run so not all aquariums have the funds or the resources to support them. The carers in these facilities also make a big point of covering themselves from head to toe so that rescued otters hoping to return to the wild don’t have any attachment to human beings, which is a very important part of their return. Rescued otters would die if released without these survival skills.
I am also curious as to why they hadn’t taken the mother as well or attempted to reunite them somehow if at all possible, but this is a news reporter who probably just rushed through the story so we don’t know all of the facts of the situation. I’m sure the people who saved this baby otter from a deadly storm did all that they could have considering the circumstances.
I saw this same otter on a show called “The Aquarium” on Animal Planet recently. Mara too
Soooo cute
Little bebeh otter looks scared so cutie!
*If Gibson's mama was wailing nearby when they found him, why didn't they get her too?* *Did she pass away or something?*
"Gibson stranded at approximately three weeks old on March 12, 2019 near the Carmel River in California where he was separated from his mother during a large storm. The response team tried to return him to his mother, who was visible and vocalizing, but the storm surge made it near impossible. After those attempts were unsuccessful, the only option for him was euthanasia. Given the Aquarium’s expertise and already planned transport back to Atlanta with Mara, an emergency placement request was made so that Gibson would call Georgia Aquarium home, too."
Source: "Congratulations! It’s a girl…and a boy! | Georgia Aquarium" news.georgiaaquarium.org/stories/congratulations-its-a-girland-a-boy
They could have waited for the storm to die down and either return him to his mother, or caught her too so she could raise him and then return them both to the wild ASAP. The only option was not euthanasia for Gibson, as they mention elsewhere. I noticed they very specifically said Gibson's mother was wailing for him, but the female cub they found at the same time was an orphan. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has females that act as surrogate mothers, teach the babies all the life skills they will need, and the babies are then released back into the wild.
"rescued" to live a life in captivity, being on display, and having no chance of freedom or the environment they were born in
If anything or any one is causing problems foe animals all over the world it is man himself,if they are not indanger leave them alone,!
Exactly
Cute
Omgosh.....00:55.... cutest thing EVER
Why didnt you save his mother too. She was wailing for him and you thought no worries. Geez man.
Will is Christopher Reeve's son!!! I bet you guys don't realize that :D
Actually didn't realize that. Thanks
They could have done a better job reuniting baby with mom! And there was no need to make an aquarium their permanent home. The Monterey Bay Aquarium rescues otters, raises them, and successfully release them in the wild where they belong.
They couldn't, the baby was in the middle of a storm, if they wouldn't have rescue him, he could have die( babies dont know how to swim and their fur isn't thick enough to warm him in ocean waters) and Monterrey didn't have surrogate otter mothers at the moment
"Gibson stranded at approximately three weeks old on March 12, 2019 near the Carmel River in California where he was separated from his mother during a large storm. The response team tried to return him to his mother, who was visible and vocalizing, but the storm surge made it near impossible. After those attempts were unsuccessful, the only option for him was euthanasia. Given the Aquarium’s expertise and already planned transport back to Atlanta with Mara, an emergency placement request was made so that Gibson would call Georgia Aquarium home, too."
Source: "Congratulations! It’s a girl…and a boy! | Georgia Aquarium" news.georgiaaquarium.org/stories/congratulations-its-a-girland-a-boy
They sure could’ve . Now they’re getting clicks and views and guest to see him. All about the money
And the Monterey Bay Aquarium has female otters for surrogate mothers, so they learn properly about caring for themselves, feeding, relationships etc.
@@catalinammmMonterey has a surrogate mum who has raised 11 cubs/kits for release in the wild.
Give them mussels, clams, crab meat, scallops, snails, and sea urchins as well.
Детёныши калана,какие же груднички да с таким питанием проблематично.
Это морским ежом или же гребешки млрские.
They take the baby while the mother was WAILING NEARBY? What the hell was that? Disgusting 🥺
@@Matt-mp5py Thanks for your explanation. Wish the video was more clear regarding that.
"Gibson stranded at approximately three weeks old on March 12, 2019 near the Carmel River in California where he was separated from his mother during a large storm. The response team tried to return him to his mother, who was visible and vocalizing, but the storm surge made it near impossible. After those attempts were unsuccessful, the only option for him was euthanasia. Given the Aquarium’s expertise and already planned transport back to Atlanta with Mara, an emergency placement request was made so that Gibson would call Georgia Aquarium home, too."
Source: "Congratulations! It’s a girl…and a boy! | Georgia Aquarium" news.georgiaaquarium.org/stories/congratulations-its-a-girland-a-boy
Anyone else notice Gail said "Good morning down there from Mount Olympus!" this morning, 3/28/2019, right after the opening music? Getting a bit full of yourself, huh, Gail?
how was that being full of herself
@@boluolaifa9244 Mount Olympus is where the gods and goddesses live in greek mythology. I definitely consider someone equating themselves and the television studio they work in to being an immortal goddess on Mount Olympus, as being full of themselves.
@Rich 91 maybe lol
Why wasn't the baby otter returned to its mum the next day, after the storm died down, if she was crying for it? And if that was too difficult, why are the kits being raised by humans and not surrogate mothers? They will obviously be imprinted on people and be unable to be returned to the wild as they won't properly learn how to catch, dispatch and eat their prey.
Sea otters kind of remind me of Muppets. Namely a squeakier version of Beaker crossed with the bear.
so they separated the otter from its mother... :(( they could have waited until the storm was over to see if he needed rescuing..
i think they probably had a reason for that - made me sad to hear as well but I know that sea rescuing sometimes is about hard decisions that help the animals survive. i wish they explained better why a separation was neccessary, but I also trust most specialized professionals to do what is the safest for the animal
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I just read a fucked up article about sea otters. Their basically serial killer rapists of their own kind. I’m blown away 😂
Now cover the Makah tribe starting to kill whales again.
So basically they stole a baby sea otter from its mother and called it a rescue story? What a fake a$$ story. It sounds like a pathetic excuse to have a baby otter for ones own aquarium and then sell it for money later and call it a “forever home”. What bs.Humans are such self righteous pigs.
"Gibson stranded at approximately three weeks old on March 12, 2019 near the Carmel River in California where he was separated from his mother during a large storm. The response team tried to return him to his mother, who was visible and vocalizing, but the storm surge made it near impossible. After those attempts were unsuccessful, the only option for him was euthanasia. Given the Aquarium’s expertise and already planned transport back to Atlanta with Mara, an emergency placement request was made so that Gibson would call Georgia Aquarium home, too."
Source: "Congratulations! It’s a girl…and a boy! | Georgia Aquarium" news.georgiaaquarium.org/stories/congratulations-its-a-girland-a-boy
I've seen enough of life and am cynical enough to believe that something like you describe would happen, but based on my knowledge of sea otters and the livestreams and videos I've watched of staff and volunteers working with sea otters at the Georgia Aquarium and elsewhere in the US and Canada, I don't think that's what's going on here.
Oh my god shut the fuck up
Adorable, but why wasn’t Gibson reunited with his mama?
"Gibson stranded at approximately three weeks old on March 12, 2019 near the Carmel River in California where he was separated from his mother during a large storm. The response team tried to return him to his mother, who was visible and vocalizing, but the storm surge made it near impossible. After those attempts were unsuccessful, the only option for him was euthanasia. Given the Aquarium’s expertise and already planned transport back to Atlanta with Mara, an emergency placement request was made so that Gibson would call Georgia Aquarium home, too."
Source: "Congratulations! It’s a girl…and a boy! | Georgia Aquarium" news.georgiaaquarium.org/stories/congratulations-its-a-girland-a-boy
yeah shd have been. i wonder if the mother came back to look for him after the storm.
@@janeeyre1990 thanks Kelsey!
The only option was not euthanasia. They could have waited for the storm to die down and either return him to his mother, or caught her too so she could raise him and then return them both to the wild ASAP.
With the otter stretching, I could assume he’s very comfortable.
I want to get in the water and swim with them.
I think they could have found a way to reunite the one with its mother!
@@janeeyre1990 Why didn't they wait until the storm was over?
The only option was not euthanasia. They could have waited for the storm to die down and either return him to his mother, or caught her too so she could raise him and then return them both to the wild ASAP.
Beautiful otters
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Sooooooo cute