If Darth Vader ever shows up in California there’s going to be a lot of sea otters thinking that’s their mom. Darth mommy, I haven’t seen you since I was a baby at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
From 2014-2020, 95% of the Kelp forest ranging from Sam Francisco to Oregon has been eradicated by sea urchins (Kelp forests combat the warning of the oceans, especially locally, by absorbing large amounts of carbon). Not coincidentally, there are very, very few otters that live in those waters these days. Otters can and do eat over 25% of their body weight daily, and they love to chow down on sea urchins. We NEED the otter population to bounce back STAT. Great program. I love otters 🦦
Microscopic brain: Humans must introduce forign lifeforms to stabilize ecosystems Small brain: Humans must artifically alter ecosystems Galaxy brain: Humans must restore native keystone species to stabilize their natural ecosystems.
Several decades ago I visited MBA after they had just made the decision to abandon raising rescue pups. Released into the wild the pups did not survive. BUT all the rescue work had been done by humans. I am so glad to find out surrogate moms, sea otter females, not humans, could save the pups and released into the wild the pups thrived.
So proud of the excellent work and research you guys have done for decades, and for being able to celebrate with you verifiable success in your mission with the sea otters. Go Team! Let's save this planet, and especially its helpless inhabitants.
After seeing sea otters for ourselves when we visited California in 2017 I have to say I have a love of these adorable creatures. Thank you for all you're doing for them. When we come back someday I'd love to visit the aquarium.
I live in Cincinnati, and our zoo has a hippo bloat with the world famous Fiona. I have been obessed with hippos for almost eight years now because of that sassy water horse. I have now unlocked a new obsession: THE sea otters. Thank you for what you do! I cannot stop watching your brilliant videos! ❤
So glad to find this vid! Many decades ago I was at the Aquarium and was told the sea otter pup rescue program had been discontinued, because so often the pups died when released to the wild. Obviously, you've come up with some new methods! That work! Hurrah!
Oh my goodness! This video did what it was meant to do: pull at the heart strings & support this needed & beneficial program that the Monterey Bay Aquarium provides!
10 2 20 Hello to the Team, Thank you very much for the work you do! & the post. Who thinks otters are cuter the Baby Yoda? Me. Stay safe, keep calm, & be well everyone. v
🦋🐻🐈🦄🐾💗 LOVE What U R Doing 2 Help These Awesome Creatures. 💗🐾 ' They R Beyond Cute ' 🐾🌟, Bless Them All + Yrselves. 🌟🐾 Good Job, Monterey Bay Aquarium!!.🌟🌟 🐾🌟🦋🐻🐈🙏🐾🌟
Thank you for caring and doing such a great job looking after the sea otters. I always smile when watching them on TH-cam. I hope to be able to come and see them in person when Australians will be able to travel overseas.
That baby otter at 0:58 is just going: Mom!? I hate this! Get! Me! Out! Of! Here! Mom!? (I know it was seperated from it's mom but that pup's gotsome strong lungs)
You guys are the best! I really hope your program works out, and that we'll be able to see otters in more locations along the coast. The otter should be the state animal (or the sea elephant), since the California brown bear which is currently on the flag no longer exists
There is no doubt Monterey Bay Aquarium is doing an excellent job preserving the Bay area's sea otter population. But they can't save every sea otter pup that has been separated from its mother. I've visited the aquarium recently and watched their sea otter educational film in the auditorium. Afterward, while I was walking on the Carmel beach, a dead sea otter pup was washed up on the beach. It's heartwarming to see a sea otter pup going through human nurturing and finally released into the wild. Still, it is also a reality that not every cub can be saved.
Its offical. Wolves have been dethroned sea otters are my favorite animal. Very unlikely but I’d love to own a sea otter as a pet one day- even though they eat like 10lbs a day of food and require alot of time. Worth swimming with an otter, if I can afford it in time and money.
At least somebody cares about these otters. Or either we have river otters and unfortunately a lot of people consider them opinions and nuisance even though they are native animals One place one place that has few otters anymore. If any is called Fishtown, I am going there when I was saying, and there was a family of little otters unfortunately, the stupid selfish fisherman consider them unwanted so in a few years there were less and less and now this hardly any seriously it has been several years since they have seen one. I miss. This video gives me hope.
Monterey Bay Aquarium, how do Sea Otters kill and eat crabs and hard food things? I know they eat fish, crabs, and mollusks. Sorry, I just want to know more about them, because I grew up watching them.
The really powerful jaws can crack many shells but otters also use tools. They have a “pocket”, a furry flap in which they can store stuff, and often they will be carrying their favourite rock. When they grab a hard shelled critter, they float on their back, get their rock out and on their chest, and bang the shell on the rock until the critter can be removed and eaten. EDIT: you might want to check out KPassionate channel. She’s a marine biologist specializing in mammals and has done a lot of work with sea otters. She posts some short cute videos but also longer ones for people like you who want to know more
I know how we can help sea otters return their population numbers... Remove the humans.. Thats actually the solution to about 99.9% of all the earths problems
Thank you all so much for your support. We couldn't do our work without you! 🐾❤️
Y’all are welcome y’all are doing great thing keep doing yall
If Darth Vader ever shows up in California there’s going to be a lot of sea otters thinking that’s their mom. Darth mommy, I haven’t seen you since I was a baby at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Thank you guys for saving these adorable animals... :)
Love ❤❤
Probably the best video on the internet.
Right
Those little sea otter pup cries! She's so cute! That must hurt when the surrogate mother has to give up the little fur baby.
Love that they are keeping them wild. It must be tough on volunteers and surrogates to not have any attachment
I CAN’T WITH THE CUTENESS
Yay, I’m happy the baby sea otter has been rescued by you guys! I’m so glad about all this helpful pleasure 😊.
From 2014-2020, 95% of the Kelp forest ranging from Sam Francisco to Oregon has been eradicated by sea urchins (Kelp forests combat the warning of the oceans, especially locally, by absorbing large amounts of carbon). Not coincidentally, there are very, very few otters that live in those waters these days. Otters can and do eat over 25% of their body weight daily, and they love to chow down on sea urchins. We NEED the otter population to bounce back STAT.
Great program. I love otters 🦦
Microscopic brain: Humans must introduce forign lifeforms to stabilize ecosystems
Small brain: Humans must artifically alter ecosystems
Galaxy brain: Humans must restore native keystone species to stabilize their natural ecosystems.
Several decades ago I visited MBA after they had just made the decision to abandon raising rescue pups.
Released into the wild the pups did not survive.
BUT all the rescue work had been done by humans.
I am so glad to find out surrogate moms, sea otter females, not humans, could save the pups and released into the wild the pups thrived.
Resident otter mom should get a raise. Congrats to all! So happy they are bringing these pups back to the wild.
who's cutting onions😭 so beautiful. THank you to the staff involved who care deeply about these animals and I hope they flourish!
Thank you for saving Their Cuteness The Sea Otters!
And she is sooo cute.
Meep-meeeeep. Sounds like our Joey. 💕 🤗
Thank you sir the wonderful work you do.
Sending you so much love and respect! Amazing little animals.. I hope for their comeback in the wild, and I can’t say enough for these surrogate moms!
MBA is awesome. Sent them some cash to try and help. Hopefully Joey is helping all sea otters. I think he is. He helps me, that's for sure.
Joey is at the Marine Mammal rescue and research institution in Vancouver, BC, Canada
So proud of the excellent work and research you guys have done for decades, and for being able to celebrate with you verifiable success in your mission with the sea otters. Go Team! Let's save this planet, and especially its helpless inhabitants.
After seeing sea otters for ourselves when we visited California in 2017 I have to say I have a love of these adorable creatures. Thank you for all you're doing for them. When we come back someday I'd love to visit the aquarium.
You're doing such an amazing work. ❤️
Love, from Portugal
I'm soooooo glad your helping babies and adult otters survive the wild😊!
This is a great service. Thank you for saving otters and keeping the cuteness alive!
We really need to save these animals. Thank goodness for Monterey Bay Aquarium
I live in Cincinnati, and our zoo has a hippo bloat with the world famous Fiona. I have been obessed with hippos for almost eight years now because of that sassy water horse.
I have now unlocked a new obsession: THE sea otters.
Thank you for what you do! I cannot stop watching your brilliant videos! ❤
SO much hard work! Very glad for people and organizations that do this❤
Bless you beautiful souls for helping these wonderful creatures! 😭❤️ *sniff*
It's so nice to see the works of the rescue tweaks preserving wild life. Thank God fornthis group.
One of your BEST videos!! Love it 💕😍
So glad to find this vid! Many decades ago I was at the Aquarium and was told the sea otter pup rescue program had been discontinued, because so often the pups died when released to the wild.
Obviously, you've come up with some new methods!
That work!
Hurrah!
Thank you for rescuing and releasing these adorable pups 😤
You guys are doing an excellent job keeping these cuties safe. Thank you!
wowee i was not ready to cry like that. thank you guys so so much for doing what you do
I'm just a basket case over here. Love these furry babies. Thanks for all you do, MBA!
The paws! It's the paws that get me! :D xoxo You do such great work guys, thanks for this video too.
Oh my goodness! This video did what it was meant to do: pull at the heart strings & support this needed & beneficial program that the Monterey Bay Aquarium provides!
Sea Otters are so special! Thank you for helping protect them.
Thank you for saving the puppies and taking care of them. GBU 💜
Thanks for taking care these cute babies❤
10 2 20 Hello to the Team, Thank you very much for the work you do! & the post. Who thinks otters are cuter the Baby Yoda? Me. Stay safe, keep calm, & be well everyone. v
You guys are heroes
I cannot get enough of these animals soo cute! Thank you for taking care of them❤❤
What an adorable video! We used to watch otters play in Alaska.
Soooo cute how they crack and open their food
they’re so precious
Yes! 😍 They're superstar! 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Unbelievable sweet 🤭😍
SEA OTTERS ARE MY LIFE
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO!!!!
Thank you! You are precious! This is precious!
That pup is so f u c k i n g CUTE!!!
Respect for the effort and thank you ❤
🦋🐻🐈🦄🐾💗 LOVE What U R Doing 2 Help These Awesome Creatures. 💗🐾 ' They R Beyond Cute ' 🐾🌟, Bless Them All + Yrselves. 🌟🐾 Good Job, Monterey Bay Aquarium!!.🌟🌟 🐾🌟🦋🐻🐈🙏🐾🌟
Yay for these rescuers!
I love otters
what an incredible organization
thank you guys for what you do it is a very good thing and my profile picture is from a fish in your aquarium
Btm1972 noice
Thank you for caring and doing such a great job looking after the sea otters. I always smile when watching them on TH-cam. I hope to be able to come and see them in person when Australians will be able to travel overseas.
Congratulations! Great work !
Can I volunteer to help with this at the aquarium?
I second this! I would love to volunteer....
Idk about volunteering but you can definitely donate and make purchases from their online shop to help support them
Yeah I think you can volunteer.
i believe you can volunteer to help with animal care (:
That baby otter at 0:58 is just going: Mom!? I hate this! Get! Me! Out! Of! Here! Mom!?
(I know it was seperated from it's mom but that pup's gotsome strong lungs)
i love the sweet babies!
It just too adorable just just to to to cute
Sooo adorable
You guys are the best! I really hope your program works out, and that we'll be able to see otters in more locations along the coast. The otter should be the state animal (or the sea elephant), since the California brown bear which is currently on the flag no longer exists
It's so happy❤️❤️❤️❤️
You guys should give the rest of the animals in your aquarium and display tanks a taste of freedom as well.
so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These Rock!
BRAVO.
I wanna volunteer to groom the pups.
It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!!
5:07 that face!!!!!
❤️ Heroes
Subtitle writer 👊👊👊
Wonderful
Love❤❤
There is no doubt Monterey Bay Aquarium is doing an excellent job preserving the Bay area's sea otter population. But they can't save every sea otter pup that has been separated from its mother. I've visited the aquarium recently and watched their sea otter educational film in the auditorium. Afterward, while I was walking on the Carmel beach, a dead sea otter pup was washed up on the beach. It's heartwarming to see a sea otter pup going through human nurturing and finally released into the wild. Still, it is also a reality that not every cub can be saved.
Its offical. Wolves have been dethroned sea otters are my favorite animal. Very unlikely but I’d love to own a sea otter as a pet one day- even though they eat like 10lbs a day of food and require alot of time. Worth swimming with an otter, if I can afford it in time and money.
ROSA
cute！😊✌
Lindos
My grandpa works there his name is Javier Hernandez
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I want one
1:28 _A fluffy potato._
👍🏻😊👍🏻
At least somebody cares about these otters. Or either we have river otters and unfortunately a lot of people consider them opinions and nuisance even though they are native animals One place one place that has few otters anymore. If any is called Fishtown, I am going there when I was saying, and there was a family of little otters unfortunately, the stupid selfish fisherman consider them unwanted so in a few years there were less and less and now this hardly any seriously it has been several years since they have seen one. I miss. This video gives me hope.
Lo e from spain
wish other rescuers disguised themselves and aimed for release - not always keeping as too many programs do.
I wonder what otter tastes like?
If there is no otter way, this must be done.
I MISS GIDGET
Finding Dory
I don't understand how they know what the otter population is
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Monterey Bay Aquarium, how do Sea Otters kill and eat crabs and hard food things?
I know they eat fish, crabs, and mollusks.
Sorry, I just want to know more about them, because I grew up watching them.
The really powerful jaws can crack many shells but otters also use tools. They have a “pocket”, a furry flap in which they can store stuff, and often they will be carrying their favourite rock. When they grab a hard shelled critter, they float on their back, get their rock out and on their chest, and bang the shell on the rock until the critter can be removed and eaten. EDIT: you might want to check out KPassionate channel. She’s a marine biologist specializing in mammals and has done a lot of work with sea otters. She posts some short cute videos but also longer ones for people like you who want to know more
2:39 raised by darth vader :)
Sorry I’m sorry buddy I’m not getting my phone back to my
Nvm
I know how we can help sea otters return their population numbers... Remove the humans.. Thats actually the solution to about 99.9% of all the earths problems
Is it too late to change careers … 🥲🥲
I love otters