Friday, November 07, 2014

Creature Feature: Tiny Ball of Fluff No. 681

The Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, is caring for a baby sea otter found abandoned by its mother. Weighing only two pounds when rescued, aquarium staff quickly began to give her the calories and attention she needs to return to the wild. Amazingly an animal highly adapted to a marine enviornment has to be taught how to swim! Fortunately as this video shows, they float rather well thanks to their luxuriant fur coats.