Orphaned Sea Otter Pup Joey and his Jellyfish Toy (or not)

Joey seems to have very strong opinions about his toys. We filmed his bath, and an encounter with his previously well-liked pink jellyfish toy. It didn't go so well... You can watch otter pup Joey and his friends live: / marinemammalrescue
Learn more about Joey and follow his story:
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... or contribute to his care by symbolically 'adopting' him:
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Aaaaand you can watch him around the clock:
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[@cait1381]

Words can not even describe how I feel about his little paws.

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Netty The way he holds things! I fall for it every time!

[@rozlin313]

Agreed, definitely too cute for words as well as his squeal.💕

[@a.m.7438]

You want to shrink yourself and hug them like they're large pillows.

[@fluffythedevorour423]

Two words: forbidden beans

[@mariasalgado2661]

Same 💜

[@kikia6611]

The cuteness is overhelming....... and then: *THE HICCUPS*

[@happydayz7857]

The Jellyfish toy upset him lol

[@staceykaspari7011]

Kiki A I wondered if those were hiccups. I did not know otters got hiccups.

[@mikrokupu]

@@staceykaspari7011 If you've got a diaphragm and lungs, you can get hiccups.

[@aec9174]

I just love that every time he "hics", he gives the caregivers a dirty look, like it's THEIR fault!! LOL!

[@pepitaunderthesun4763]

😭

[@MF4F]

I really appreciate Joey's character arc of going from being very upset about floating effortlessly on his back to being pretty okay with floating effortlessly on his back.

[@MothGirl007]

He's moody yet flowy at the same time

[@grapatin]

Character growth.

[@sharonr2121]

mothgirlwings, hallo! Although this is unrelated to the topic of your comment, God loves you, and He died for you as Jesus Christ! Please give your life to Him while you still can!

[@antiochorontes6374]

@@sharonr2121 shut up with your evil cult.

[@sharonr2121]

Antioch Orontes, I didn’t mean to upset you. God loves you, whether or not you want Him to. Have a good day!

[@aec9174]

That was the most emphatic "NO!!!" I've ever heard!!!!

[@yukowuebken9536]

so true. 🙂🙂

[@africanfufu]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@私の人生をリセット]

Timestamp please

[@firerose2164]

0:31

[@heidibower2538]

This is probably the fourth time that I've seen this video. He's just too precious for words. He's so big now.

[@VentSaviour]

Joey: "Friendship ended with pink jellyfish toy" "Now shark toy is my best friend"

[@madeliner1682]

Shark toy: "I have a friend?"

[@tracylynn6312]

Joey's like, "Keep up, people! Jellyfish is over."

[@eileenmcdonald1599]

Typical baby

[@missprettyschannel]

😩This is so cute!😖

[@alexosinstereo]

@@madeliner1682 I really hope you're referring to Mark & Wade lol

[@FumbleAIBO]

It's like sea otter pups were engineered by nature for maximum cuteness, even when angry

[@lunighgacha2083]

Yea! He so cute!

[@MobiusCoin]

This is what I like to call weapons grade cuteness

[@Slurpee_Burger]

Created by God* but yes.

[@SnowmanTF2]

It is getting to be quite a long time that humans thinking an animal species is cute can be helpful for their survival.

[@Slurpee_Burger]

@@paulgreen2401 Have fun in Hell

[@kcorphan308]

He was so offended by the existence of the pink jellyfish that he got hiccups.

[@trixie9777]

KC Orphan 🤣

[@Justin-tsui]

Joey and his jellyfish toy is exactly how i feel about 2020

[@kimberlyrose01]

Can't upvote this enough.

[@BabeAna19]

Hahaha true

[@eric_stewart]

Hoping 2021 is more like the shark toy

[@autumnmalick2987]

Wish i could like this comment more than once 🤣

[@djsi38t]

your life is what you make it.

[@000JayDub]

“That’s a hard no” - LOL

[@MinhyoungHong]

Is...is he hiccuping? Does otter hiccup? That’s so cute!!!!!!!!

[@MarineMammalRescue]

Yep.

[@ascent8487]

I was wondering that same thing. Lol.

[@jennifercarlile727]

Marine Mammal Rescue Centre OMG THATS SO CUTE!

[@Lucabythesea]

Awwwwwww 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@_JoyceArt]

Every animal with lungs can hiccup.

[@RandiPoitras]

He knows his favourite toy and he shall not be deceived!

[@MothGirl007]

He has VERY strong opinions!

[@Pe-S]

This little baby is _killing_ me.. He's so painfully cute and I can't pet him, it huuuuurts... x(

[@Rosecloudlyrics]

Same lol 😂 I want to pet him so cute

[@ShebrewQueen]

Truly...

[@jeaniee.6283]

Same. To be a carer id fail. Id want to hold and cuddle

[@witz_9989]

Okay that was a roller coaster of emotions.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

Agreed

[@Kim-lc3fv]

I'm now the proud mother (along with 100s of others) of this adopted orphan. 😊

[@Kim-lc3fv]

@@ForMiSoft 😊 thanks!

[@capicuaaa]

Fantastic!

[@mmw55122]

Congratulations on your, all of your, darling baby boy!

[@rustblade7]

Thank you for your support. :)

[@seahorse5689]

Me too, as of today. :)

[@Mirandorl]

I don't know what neurotransmitter gets released when I look at Joey, but its way better than the stuff social media is meant to give you.

[@trinomial-nomenclature]

Dopamine (I think...... I'm pretty sure ☺️)

[@glenda5452]

Like kittens, but with water. And hiccups.

[@flossenking]

Cuteine

[@Mirandorl]

@@flossenking 😃

[@laartje24]

Social media focuses on dopamine while baby animals focus on oxytocin.

[@meli7408]

Everything is cute with him. The noises he makes, his lil paws, his lil flippers... everything! I Can't handle it it's too much cuteness

[@wakandaboshit3196]

@benjovi55 agreed

[@yoonrimin8656]

The way he side-eyed like, "How dare you give me that pink thing???" Lol so much sass, Joey boy! 🤣🥰🦦

[@flowerchild3674]

It's the way he paused and looked at it before giving his stamp of disapproval.

[@marleneskoropadyk9329]

I am so sorry he lost his mama. He is a beautuful fur baby who deserves a life of love and happiness. Sweet baby boy.

[@doglover7805]

I am glad Joey is starting to like the water! I had no idea otters sounded like that. His scream at the jellyfish toy definitely startled me!

[@adaln3561]

joey growing up sassy

[@sofie4443]

He keeps his eye out for the jelly toy 👀

[@janeeyre1990]

His suspicious little eyes 😅🥰

[@Actionnelll]

I watch this video everyday just to hear his squeal against the jelly fish 😍🤣❤

[@rosemaryhill8804]

Me too!

[@tarrasage4272]

me too countless times!!

[@candy2325]

The way he grabs his toy with his little hands and looks back it looks like he’s saying “no.. it’s my toy!” Lmaoo 😭

[@celeste.cutz2020]

He is the cutest lil thing I’ve ever seen. He cries like a human baby.

[@jeng1395]

Haha, he’s such a toddler! Love when he’s throwing his little tantrum!

[@rileyadams4589]

He got hiccups he was so upset about the jelly fish🙊

[@ClassicActresses]

I've fallen in love with Joey! He's the best thing to happen to 2020. Thanks for taking such good care of him. I already got my adoption certificate 😃

[@bigsky1970]

His little paws and when he vocalizes those little meeps!! :D

[@alison__16]

"Are you waterlogged?" I don't know why that made me chuckle as much as it did 😁

[@janeeyre1990]

Same. I think partly because the term is usually applied to boats, not otters, and that she directed the question to Joey instead of the other carer

[@megancanny9168]

That lil otter stink eye at the pink jelly 🥰

[@iamsherlocked345]

Such adorable stink eye 😊😂

[@marilynb9955]

When he gives you that side eye he is so adorable you want to eat him up! :)

[@firewingunicorn]

Very spoiled sweet pie who knows his favorite toy. 😍

[@Silkenpetal]

When I am feeling down, I come back and watch Joey and he makes me realize that if this little guy can take on the world, so can I. Love ya Joey.

[@REPULSlVECONVULSIVE]

same here

[@oliviaannornelas2124]

Baby otter Joey has stolen my heart. Oh my...those tantrums he throws are hilarious.👍🏼❤️🦦

[@richfuller]

The baby hiccups are killing me. SOOOOOO CUTE!!!

[@terrijo]

So funny when one of the keepers says "I think that was a hard NO!" LOL!

[@allisonmueller6234]

HIS LITTLE EYES

[@teresasmith8946]

He is fuzzy, he floats,he makes adorable sounds,he looks soft and squishy, whats not to love about this baby otter?

[@dah4291]

Everything about Joey is maximum cuteness. Even when he throw tantrum and rejected the pink jelly toy...and the hiccup...Awwwwwww 😍😍😍

[@vanessawong591]

Joey is the love of my life!!!!!! Aaaaah 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 I want to cry!!!! Please take more videos!!!!!

[@bexabunny674]

This must be the hundredth time I’ve watched this. It’s my favorite Joey vid. He is so precious.

[@littlemrpinkness295]

"You're touching me!" "Quit touching me!" "You're touching me!" "I don't want that toy!" "I want the other toy!" "I have the hiccups now and I hate you!" "You're touching me!" "Quit touching me!" "You're touching me!"

[@minahquentin1127]

😁👍

[@ZEROGOTH22]

"No, I don't want my shark toy back." "I said I don't want it back!." "Okay, maybe I do want it back." "Give me my shark toy back!!"

[@angeladonovan1369]

I love the way he pushes himself off the side with his flipper!

[@carikshawn6955]

First time I've heard him or his "friends"....and to see his little tummy hiccup....so cute...when my pup gets them I call them the "hickie=pickies'....adorable!

[@Liiaac5]

I'm in love with this baby otter I just can't help but smile when I see him

[@leoniemillerl4487]

Don’t know how many times I’ve watched this clip but he is so gorgeous. He appears helpless but he knows what he wants. 🦦 ❤️ 🦦

[@kattitudeORIGINAL]

Joey has the cutest side-eye ever ❤

[@kimberlyhendricks1229]

Definitely my favorite video. Love how he looks out of the corner of his eye for that bad old kelp. 😆

[@teddybearrae1137]

Those disapproving noises ....ugh my heart...those paws...that face...he is so cute

[@nathaliel.7015]

Every time I watch him every time little Joey kills me ...💕💕💕😂😂😂

[@glitterstar5692]

Watching the 24/7 livestream, I never quite realized THAT was the noise he made! I don’t know what noise I thought he made but it definitely wasn’t that! 😂 Definitely surprised me when he screamed at the jellyfish, I couldn’t stop laughing!

[@thedrizzle1978]

1:20 Do you have too much water on one side? Whats happening...you waterlogged? Eeeeh! Laughed hard at that part

[@zf5214]

Thank you, Joey. You just cured my depression.

[@tamo9520]

His cries, communications, . . . . . his little curious eyes! This fell'a is so darn precious! He's got the burps, . . . . . poor fell'a

[@bigsky1970]

His reaction to the little ball!! So cute!! And his adorable little meeps!

[@marshaweisberg7396]

Joey is such a joy to watch. His squeaks are precious. He definitely communicated no on the ball. Thank you for the care you give him and for sharing with us. Love from Ohio, USA 🇺🇸 😘😍

[@sminthian]

I have that same reaction when someone tries to give me broccoli...

[@trixie9777]

Alastor 🤣

[@capicuaaa]

This made me laugh so much!! HE IS THE CUTEST BABY OTTER EVER!

[@GenerallyChaotic6839]

words cannot describe the feelings I am feeling whilst watching this, I think its just a hyper newfound love for otters. Like he's just holding the little shark and i just explode

[@onwednesdayswewearpink2761]

How dare you hand me my pink jellyfish!

[@azurecielo52479]

A month later and I can't stop laughing at his rejection of toy. He is so funny and cute and finicky!

[@jennifercarlile727]

I think he needs his own show and theme song Meep meep doo doo doo da doo ITS JOEY THE OTTER YEAH!!

[@jennifercarlile727]

OMG TYSM FOR THE LIKES

[@jennifercarlile727]

OMG TYSMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@trinomial-nomenclature]

When I started reading your song, I went "meep meep doo..... dop Ba du bop, ba duba dop Ba du bop, ba duba dop Ba du, yeah-e-yeah" ha ha ha, dammit Hanson!

[@berrina1771]

Joey is the only thing in the internet that keeps me happy 😩❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘😘😘😘JOEY is sooo flufffyyy

[@kristiejacobs4854]

OMG, that “Nah! Nah! Nah! that came out of him! Hilarious!!

[@Courtney8240]

Omg, those cries of outrage over the pink toy are adorable!!! 🤣🥰

[@abigailramos5735]

Joey looks so cute in any angle 💙💙💙

[@bettyboop1524]

I'm so glad that Joey videos are still around. After the horrors that happened in Washington DC this week I need some calm and smiles to erase the tears from my face. Thank you Joey.

[@jamlaw]

Just discovered these after watching his live feed every day for a while! And I think I realized why this is so cute: He's a wittle baby but he sounds like a cranky, grumpy old man when he gets annoyed hahaha!

[@AniFam]

Joey is so adorable~ He is getting more active and energetic, so he needs more toys and activities. Sooner or later, he will need otter friends as well~

[@ms.suzylucy6868]

That thing is too adorable he’s too much! Smile, he is truly like a little spoiled baby.

[@f.d4362]

I love how he looks when playing with his toy, it's like "Why are you looking at me, I said why do you keep staring at me"

[@lindaway5889]

The baby hugging his little friend is just as adorable as can be!😍😘

[@shadowknows5750]

My brain can't handle this level of cuteness. Joey is a very lucky pup. Thanks for sharing.

[@sophiar6996]

OMG hes so freaking adorable!

[@missdoom1]

He is beyond adorable 😍

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

😍This baby is adorable! Its little squeak sound very similar to a kitten crying and a real baby, and my female cat was very worried. 😅 She only relaxed when the video ended.

[@christina7171]

Oh my goodness, the angry baby sound he made when he got upset 😭😂

[@melissabelsky7034]

That was a hard pass on the jellyfish!! Lol. That and the little hiccups, soo cute!!💙

[@NNichols10]

He got so worked up by the pink thing that he gave himself hiccups

[@silverlily2389]

Coming back to this because this floofy, chonky, meepy boy will turn 1 in a week 🥺💕🦦

[@PandaBeiBei]

ADORABLE JOEY Wants his WHALE, he’s CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!! 💙🦦🐳💙

[@jpjackal633]

It’s a shark btw

[@Hugh.Manatee]

If it has gills and a vertical tail fin it is not a whale.

[@felixsot8210]

that a shark bro

[@jpjackal633]

EbicViches I knew that he thought it’s a whale

[@jillheydon9579]

I still laugh at this occasionally, even after watching Joey grow up over the past 8 months, on his livestream.

[@yoongistongue4163]

It's insane how cute this lil guy is

[@laurarader6846]

I've watched this so many times I can do a pretty good otter voice though obviously it'll never sound as cute as Joey.

[@mary-kaymoynihan269]

Does Joey have hiccups in this vid ....so adorable

[@TheBrownIsland]

Yes, @2:32 from all the excitement about that Toy he was yelling about. Lol!😆

[@conversationswithkat5710]

Lol! Those sounds! He knows what he likes, and what scares him. Lol! Poor thing.. thanks for all you do for him

[@mayssm]

He keeps looking over, "Why are you staring at my toy?"

[@trixie9777]

Saboth 😆

[@lisabolo26]

That Baby Otter is a BOSS!! LOL

[@elenaa3408]

The man who saved this beautiful Joey is the best gift he made to the world.They should ask him how he saved this beautiful creature. Just watching Joey makes me happy and those little paws playing with his little toy, no words can describe how cute he is.

[@eireannhobbert1541]

He acts so human it’s adorable, his little expressions

[@TheBrownIsland]

Baby👶 animals usually do.

[@mariag.8242]

He acts like a baby intelligent mammal. Saying he’s so human strikes me as not all that complimentary

[@juniedee9047]

The cutest side eye ever!!!!!

[@MrCaptainStoudty]

Me: *rewinding back to **0:31** every day*

[@happydayz7857]

Aww he says ‘no! No jellyfish!’ Lol well ok then little guy, we’ll keep jellyfish away.

[@janedoe8470]

One of the cutest critters I've ever seen! 😍❤️😘

[@evamarek5205]

Oh my Lord, his hiccups are so cute!!! And the meeping! Everything about Joey is adorable!

[@mallorykennedy1157]

Joey had trust issues after the jellyfish introduction--His side-eye expression is priceless! Yup-then the hiccups--this little guy just thrills me!

[@becausehiddles]

Friendship ended with jellyfish. Now shark is my best friend.

[@Mama-Ames]

OH!!! JOEY IS AN ANGEL!!!💕😇💕 How blessed you are to be able to love, care for, interact & play w/him!!! PLEASE... give him kisses & cuddles FROM ME... bc 'I' SURE DO LOVE HIM TOO!!!🥰 Thank you. God bless you.💕🙏💕😇💕🥰💕🙏💕😇💕🥰💕🙏💕😇💕

[@nicketawooten1074]

He was like "What the hell??" I adore this man!!