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Baby Sea Otter Is Reunited with Mother in Central California After Dramatic Rescue
The Marine Mammal Center used a Bluetooth speaker to reunite an endangered sea otter pup with its mother, marking the first such reunion in Morro Bay since 2019.
- The Marine Mammal Center answered a hotline call and recovered Caterpillar, the sea otter pup, recently in Morro Bay, reuniting it with its mother off the California coast.
- A roughly 2-week-old sea otter pup had become separated, raising survival risks since mothers care for pups up to nine months, Marine Mammal Center's Shayla Zink said.
- After roughly two hours of searching, rescuers recorded the pup's cries, secured it in a small carrier, and boated around Morro Bay playing the recording on a Bluetooth speaker.
- The viral reunion video features marine mammal operations coordinator Shayla Zink saying `I definitely cried a little bit when she came up and got the pup. It was super rewarding like top five day at work ever` and an intern replayed the clip repeatedly.
- Industrial-Scale hunting once nearly wiped out the southern sea otter, and despite conservation measures, there are still roughly 3,000 in the California coastline.
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Otter pup reunited with mother on California coast
(KRON) — A team of wildlife experts reunited a lost sea otter pup with its mother near Morro Bay on the Central California coast Oct. 20. The otter pup, named Caterpillar, was found stranded on the Beach in Morrow Bay at 11 a.m., The Marine Mammal Center said. Experts with the MMC, with help from the Morro Bay Harbor Department, rescued the pup and took a recording of its cry in an effort to attract its mother. Photos: Northern lights visible fr…
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