By The Shedd Aquarium
Sept. 23 to 29 is Sea Otter Awareness Week! To celebrate, Shedd Aquarium’s sea otters enjoy their own “cakes” made of ice, clam, krill, shrimp and crab. The cake with a “10” on it represents the 10 years we’ve had otters at the aquarium.
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Previously by the Shedd:
Public Debut.
7-month-old southern sea otter Cayucos made her public debut in the main sea otter habitat. Her introduction is part of the process of socializing the pup and preparing her to join Shedd’s five adult sea otters full-time. It also gives her a chance to improve her deep-diving ability. For now, Cayucos will be in the big pool part-time with several of the females.
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Grooming.
Cayucos at 8 1/2 weeks old gets help grooming her fur from trainer Lana.
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Bottle-Feeding.
Cayucos is bottle-fed by marine mammal trainer Lana.
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Eating Seafood.
Cayucos eats a seafood medley.
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Playing.
Cayucos plays with her trainers.
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See also:
* The Shedd’s sea otter page
* Mari and Kiana
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Comments welcome.
Posted on September 24, 2012