Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otters

It may look like child's play, but these brightly-colored children's toys are actually therapy for sea otters deemed non-releasable because of medical or behavioral reasons.  These training sessions at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California are necessary to keep the otters' wild instincts and problem solving skills sharp so that they can act as surrogates to wild pups that the aquarium's Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC) program rescues and rehabilitates...

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