OREGON COAST AQUARIUM - LIVE CAMS - SHARKS - OTTERS - SEA BIRDS - FOSSILS

OREGAN COAST AQUARIUM 

Special this summer is FOSSILS.  Go to the site and you can get a SNEAK PEAK.  CRUSIN the FOSSIL COASTLINE will include the art of Alaskan Ray Troll and Dr. Kirk Johnson, paleontologist, will show you the results of a long search for fossils.

Reading about their show, I'm reminded of my geography class.  Learn about volcanoes, land slides, glaciers, ice sheets, and other earth changes that effected the Oregon Coast.

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SEA OTTER TANK AT THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM?

One of several web cams at the MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM, you can watch sea life such as sharks, octopus, and kept beds.

MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM

SEA OTTERS IN NATURE - CLEAN - INSULATED - FLOATING

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SEA OTTER INFORMATION

Twenty two years old is an average lifespan in the wild for SEA OTTERS, an aquatic member of the weasal family who was once hunted to near extinction for their fur.

SEA OTTERS : CHARLIE THE OLDEST LIVED TO 22 IN CAPTIVITY

LA TIMES : CHARLIE, OLDEST SEA OTTER IN CAPTIVITY DIES AT 22   By Jaclyn Cosgrove

Charlie was rescued during an El Nino year as a pup and lived out his life at the Aquarium of the Pacific, where he participated in science experiments.

SEA OTTER BIRTH AT MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM - OTTERS ARE MAMMALS - THE MOTHER GROOMS THE BABY RIGHT AWAY

LA TIMES - SEA OTTER BIRTH AT MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM









http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/



El Nino rains were coming down and making the sea rough, so the mother came into an area that is
part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a place where the waters were more sheltered and calm.  Siren.

SEA OTTER PUP WILL LEARN TO BE AN OTTER AT SHEDD AQUARIUM

Luckily this little otter has baby hair that allows it to float without much effort!

"Though stable, the orphaned otter will still need extra care and attention to ensure its transition is a success. Having been abandoned as a one-week-old pup, the baby otter must be essentially taught how to be an otter by the staff at Shedd.  "It truly takes a village to rehabilitate a young sea otter. Our animal care team is teaching the pup how to be an otter," said Binder. "While the process is lengthy, our hands-on experience and long history rehabilitating sea otters allows us to use our expertise to work on saving this pup's life by providing her with a home and the care she needs."  So far so good. The otter, which weighed roughly one pound when it was rescued -- tiny even for an otter pup -- is now over six pounds and is beginning to eat whole foods like shrimp and clams. She's grown to roughly 22 inches in length and is off the charts on the unofficial adorable scale."

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE KEPT FOREST!