Finding an abandoned baby can set our protective modes into overdrive. We don’t understand why someone would abandon the defenseless creature, but we have to do the best we can in order to make sure that they get everything they need.
And this baby couldn’t have asked for a better rescuer. An expert who worked at the Monterey Bay Aquarium was walking by his home when he heard the sound of crying and went to investigate.
What he found was an abandoned baby otter with no one to take care of it. He gathered the baby in his arms and walked up and down the beach in an attempt to find it’s mother, but found no one.
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And this baby couldn’t have asked for a better rescuer. An expert who worked at the Monterey Bay Aquarium was walking by his home when he heard the sound of crying and went to investigate.
What he found was an abandoned baby otter with no one to take care of it. He gathered the baby in his arms and walked up and down the beach in an attempt to find it’s mother, but found no one.
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Image Credit: honesttopaws
When that didn’t work, he decided to take the four-week old baby to the aquarium where it could be provided with some help.
When that didn’t work, he decided to take the four-week old baby to the aquarium where it could be provided with some help.
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Image Credit: honesttopaws
Usually, orphaned otters would be paired with the adults there in order to help them recover so that they can be returned to the wild.
Usually, orphaned otters would be paired with the adults there in order to help them recover so that they can be returned to the wild.
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But there were no adults who were free to take care of this little one, and that left the task up to the staff members.
But there were no adults who were free to take care of this little one, and that left the task up to the staff members.
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The baby got to be brushed, bottle fed and played with so that she could learn the tasks that she’d need to survive when she was returned to her habitat.
The baby got to be brushed, bottle fed and played with so that she could learn the tasks that she’d need to survive when she was returned to her habitat.
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She definitely came out of her shell as she grew, and in time when she’s a lot stronger, she’ll be put back where she belongs.
She definitely came out of her shell as she grew, and in time when she’s a lot stronger, she’ll be put back where she belongs.
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