Two new sea otters are officially on exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific and we are otterly excited to introduce them. 🦦☀️
Meet Rey, an adult female who arrived in March, and Sunny, a rescued pup who was found alone on Asilomar State Beach in Monterey County at just two and a half weeks old. After initial care at @montereybayaquarium, Sunny was transferred to us to begin bonding with Rey.
Both otters were deemed nonreleasable by U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and our hope is that as they mature, Rey and Sunny will become surrogate mothers in the Sea Otter Surrogacy Program, passing on the skills orphaned pups need to eventually return to the ocean.
Sea otters are a keystone species. They eat sea urchins that would otherwise devastate kelp forests, keeping those ecosystems alive for every creature that calls them home. Every otter back in the wild is a win for the whole ocean.
Come visit them at our Sea Otter Habitat, and if you'd like to support our conservation work, visit pacific.to/saveseaotters 💙
You can now see two new sea otters—a rescued female pup named Sunny and an adult female named Rey. Both sea otters were deemed nonreleasable
