POV: Clara brings you a gift. 🥹
A perfect little Sea Otter Awareness Week finale from our favorite gift-giver.
We’re celebrating the rescued sea otters in our care, while sharing why protecting these incredible animals and their ocean home matters. 🦦
📹: Animal care Kristyn
🦦 👀 Admire from afar. As #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek comes to a close, remember:
📏 Keep a respectful distance of at least 150 feet away
📷 Use the zoom on your phone or camera lens
🔕 Do not disturb an animal to to get the shot
📷 Emily Pomeroy
@SeaOtterSavvy
Wrapping up Sea Otter Awareness Week with Moea and one of her favorite activities: mealtime! 🦦
Southern sea otters can eat about 20–25% of their body weight in food every day! That’s why our otters get fresh, restaurant-quality, sustainably sourced seafood multiple times a day.
Our penultimate profile post for #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek features Katmai! She might be the easiest otter to pick out at a glance – watch this video to find out why! 🦦
Sea otters are meant to be happy and healthy; not struggling and covered in oil. 🦦
Off California, where they play, eat, rest, & raise their young, there are active oil rigs posing threats to the future of these animals.
Help us save sea otters: https://t.co/MpzOSk2fxC
Thanks for joining us for Sea Otter Awareness Week! 🦦
Can't get enough of Mishka, Ruby and Sekiu? 👀 See what they're up to right now on our sea otter live cam—or better yet, come visit them in-person at the Aquarium! 💙
📸: Animal Care Technician Assistant Emma
This is the sea otter version of lying on the couch; on your back, front paws tucked in, hind flippers in the air. This is Sea Otter Awareness Week, a time to celebrate the important ecological role that sea otters play in keeping their kelp forest habitats healthy!
Happy Labor Day from all of us at the New York Aquarium! We’re open today, so stop by and celebrate with all your favorite marine animals.
📸: WCS Photographer, Terria Clay
Happy Sea Otter Week! 🦦 Sea otters like Chloe and Kevin are more than adorable. They are a keystone species that helps keep marine ecosystems healthy. By eating sea urchins, sea otters help protect kelp forests that provide food and shelter for countless other species.