Hello otter family!
Because of water pollution, and hunting in earlier times, otters are in need of protection--and you can help them! Don't throw garbage in the streets because when it rains it washes in to rivers and oceans. Also, give money to organizations that help rescue and rehabilitate injured otters.
One of the places that helps save injured otters is Monterey Bay Aquarium. One amazing otter success story is when Otter 501 was successfully rescued and released.It all started when the Monterey Bay Aquarium otter rescue team got a distress call that a otter pup had been found on the beach. They rushed over to help. They caught the baby otter in a net and brought it back to their medical clinic in the aquarium for a checkup. They found the pup was hunger, but was too young to eat solid food. They had devised an otter milk formula to give to the baby otters before, so they used that to give to the baby otter. Then he was nursed back to health and set free into the ocean. Yay!
Here's another otter they saved named Abby.
Did you know why otters need to groom? I will tell you. If the cold water gets into the otters skin it can freeze to death. Grooming pushes out water and air bubbles into their fur, so that the cold water does not come in.
Oil spills are also a big problem for otters. They swallow the oil and breathe the fumes and it kills them, and many other marine animals. The government should do more to protect animals from oil spills.
Let's save the otters!
