This is an awesome documentary from the Nature series about how scientists rehabilitate a sea otter pup that has lost its mother. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has perfected their otter rehabilitation techniques over the last few decades, greatly increasing the pups' survival using surrogate mothers and hiding the faces of their caretakers. This also gives some background on the decline of sea otter populations over the last 200 years (they are now threatened and staying in a very restricted range) and their role in the food chain, including what the undersea landscape looks like when they are missing.
Even if you don't have 50 minutes to watch the whole thing, watch the first few minutes and look at the super cute, fluffy, baby otters! I was lucky to see sea otters quite often during family trips to Santa Cruz or Monterey growing up, and during my undergrad at UC Santa Cruz. They are very adorable and intriguing, intelligent animals.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365100759/
Even if you don't have 50 minutes to watch the whole thing, watch the first few minutes and look at the super cute, fluffy, baby otters! I was lucky to see sea otters quite often during family trips to Santa Cruz or Monterey growing up, and during my undergrad at UC Santa Cruz. They are very adorable and intriguing, intelligent animals.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365100759/
Image from Monterey Bay Aquarium (http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/otter501/)
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