Cute Otters

Here's another late Otter Valentine Video, this time from the Oklahoma Aquarium.

Click here to visit the Oklahoma Aquarium web site

I was out of town for Valentine's Day so I totally missed posting this video of otters eating heart-shaped fishy popsicle treats at the Woodland Zoo in Seattle. 

Click here to visit the official Woodland Park Zoo web site

I finally was able to find some pictures of Atlantis Marine World's newest otter, "Baby Girl Otter". Yes, we can all hope they'll have a "name the otter" contest soon.

From the Riverhead News Review: Atlantis Marine World has introduced a frisky new member of its ever-growing family.
A female North American river otter pup, appropriately named Baby Girl Otter, can now be seen splashing around in a special rehabilitation display tank at the Riverhead aquarium.
The then-4-month-old otter was brought to the aquarium last June after she was found in a backyard in Croton Falls, N.Y.

A female North American river otter pup, appropriately named Baby Girl Otter, can now be seen splashing around in a special rehabilitation display tank at the Riverhead aquarium.

The then-4-month-old otter was brought to the aquarium last June after she was found in a backyard in Croton Falls, N.Y.

Click here to visit the Atlantis Marine World web site

Click here to view the Baby Girl Otter slideshow

One thing that I'm excited about is that there are so many great new cameras out there so hopefully we should be seeing more high quality otter videos like this one soon. I want the new Canon EOS Rebel T2i but I'll definitely have to buy a new camera before the next trip to Monterey. Thanks to Sally for sending this one in!

Look at that adorable little otter face! Yes, Kit the otter is the newest and youngest addition to the Monterey Bay Aquarium otter exhibit. If you've never been to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, you're missing out! Go for the otters but you'll be amazed at the rest of the displays which are truly some of the best in the world.

From the Monterey Bay Aquarium: A rescued southern sea otter pup has joined the sea otter exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Today (February 18) marks the debut of 11-week-old Kit, the youngest sea otter in the aquarium’s history to join the two-story exhibit, which is a permanent home for other rescued sea otters. Visitors can watch Kit and her 9-year-old companion, Mae, as they eat, sleep and play.
“We’re thrilled that our visitors will have this rare opportunity to see a sea otter pup up-close,” said Chris DeAngelo, the aquarium’s associate curator of mammals. “We hope that, as they get to know Kit, they’ll be further inspired to learn more about these threatened marine mammals and help protect these icons of the Central Coast.”

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Click here to watch Kit on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's otter cam

This little otter pup was just introduced at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Hopefully one of you live close to Monterey and can get some video and pictures!

From the Monterey Bay Aquarium: On February 18, 2010, a sea otter pup named Kit became the youngest otter ever to go on exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Kit came to the Aquarium as a five-week-old stranded animal.

Click here to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium web site

ZooBorns, a web site dedicated to featuring baby animals from zoos and aquariums around the world will release a book later this year and they need help choosing a cover. I thought we should all vote for the otter cover since otters are clearly the cutest animal!

Click here to vote at ZooBorns.com

Some might not realize it but otters can be pretty bold as demonstrated here as a few giant otters torment a crocodile that's just trying to get some sun.

Atlantis Marine World in New York has just announced that they're going to introduce a rescued North American River Otter to their exhibit.

From Earth Times: Atlantis Marine World announced today that they will introduce a new North American river otter, named Baby Girl Otter, to a public exhibit at the Aquarium this weekend. Baby Girl Otter will be in a rehabilitation tank located in the Riverhead foundation section of the Aquarium.
Baby Girl Otter has been a part of the Atlantis Marine World family since June of 2009—when she was brought in to be nursed back to health after being found malnourished and weak in an upstate New York resident’s backyard.

Baby Girl Otter has been a part of the Atlantis Marine World family since June of 2009—when she was brought in to be nursed back to health after being found malnourished and weak in an upstate New York resident’s backyard.

Click here to read more at Earth Times

I didn't even know that otters ever lived in Texas but they're making a comeback!

From the Statesman: The animals were believed to have been restricted to the Piney Woods of East Texas because of habitat loss and trapping. But people have been spotting them outside Austin and as far away as Wichita Falls, northwest of Fort Worth near the Oklahoma line.

"This tells us that this species has made a huge recovery in the state," said Gary Calkins, a biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Jasper office who has been studying the semiaquatic mammals for three years.

Click here to read more at Statesman.com