Shedd Welcomes Our Newest Resident, Pup 719!

Pup 719 is the latest rescued otter to find a permanent home at Shedd Aquarium after being rescued by officials at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Rescued at Carmel Beach in Carmel, California, Pup 719 was just 4 weeks old when the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Program came to her aid. Now 10 weeks old, the pup is achieving important milestones and under the constant care of Shedd Aquarium animal care experts.
For more information on the full story behind Pup 719’s rescue and efforts by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Shedd Aquarium, visit www.sheddaquarium.org/Pup719_Arrival
Initial rehabiliation and care footage courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium

[@kewge]

you guys have the best job in the world seriously

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

kewge totally agree 😊😊😊

[@andreworr4307]

Definately one of the best anyway,they wee bundles of fur are just awesome

[@jordanabeaulieu2530]

I wish I could float and be as comfortable in the water as an otter!

[@BispaMagda]

i think the same!

[@johndawkes7339]

I would ALWAYS be at work on time, for this job. PERIOD.

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

I would work here for free!!!

[@sheddaquarium]

We always welcome new volunteers to Shedd! Take a look if you're interested: www.sheddaquarium.org/About-Us/Jobs-Internships-and-Volunteering/Volunteer-Listings/

[@bay9213]

Excellent

[@christinaroseth5485]

how it plopped into the water by itself @0:10 *cuteness overload*

[@chicago77mm]

This is too beautiful! I love how you can tell the employees love their job! I would too 😍😍

[@elenthora442]

Do you see that otter? THIS is how you know there is a God!

[@shantyirish7564]

How wonderful to see her learn and play. Cute comes with the territory. Thank you for the job you do.

[@cherylhannon8673]

Sea otters are gift from God he is watching to see how you handle these orphaned baby. You rate an A+

[@RmcBlueSky]

Oh, this is the one that won't be going back to the ocean. I was wondering why the care giver didn't have his face covered

[@robin.jashinsky]

It's literally like holding a baby....playful....cute....fuzzy and warms your heart.

[@Garland67]

What a beautiful little animal. Has to be the cutest

[@jenniferbrookhart8581]

So cute! I know it's not a baby anymore, but I could watch this over and over.

[@Mirandorl]

2:14 * shy wave "hi" as the shot cuts

[@minsyubsyub5213]

Aawww... she's such a playful baby 😀

[@tatharelprincessoferegion8162]

they hug everything it's so adorable!

[@pla5730]

How blessed to be able to rehabilitate and care for such these adorable animals... they are so social and playful... i would never want to go home

[@sheilaallen2146]

Cute and adorable

[@juneclark4267]

So adorable. They are so cute

[@tarmacclock7822]

To the seven people who disliked this video: HOW?!

[@juneclark4267]

Because they have no taste and are seriously disgusting people. You'd have to be not to love a little thing like that.

[@deborahharder288]

Awesome. They are so cute.

[@vuongtriminh7469]

is so cute

[@sharonbignell6113]

Everyone has a smile

[@nataliestaheli51602]

I know how it feels when you are actually working at your dream job!

[@Andrew-McCormick]

I LOVE OTTERS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ToniCarrington]

Such a cutie 😍😍😍😍😍

[@mileh1939]

So this one was Ellie 😭

[@joeybaby.]

I'm otterly obsessed with those cuties 💓

[@ursula.m8265]

Too cute!

[@ericam5724]

Que adorables se ven 😘😘😘 me encantan las nutrias con que ternura abrazan a sus bebés...!!! La naturaleza es fasinantemente bella...!!! 😍😍😍💓💓💓

[@zaimahbegum-diamond1660]

I'm in love

[@melanieshipley3133]

What is the otter's name going to be now that it has a home? Thanks

[@ginadexter3611]

Melanie Shipley this is Ellie!

[@louise7552]

It should be released back INTO THE WILD. NOT LIVE IN AN AQUARIUM 😢😢😢

[@Quagthistle]

So much adorableness!

[@DenaliWinters]

Love her!

[@TheZKarenz]

I want that job!

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

TheZKarenz Go to college, study marine biology, GET GOOD GRADES, volunteer at nearest aquarium in your off time... apply for paying jobs as they come available...

[@yasminsisowath-ma6386]

She’s really sweet!

[@kawaiinikki267]

So cute I love it

[@carrieslaterduffy8131]

i would love to work there for free

[@caragold1031]

Keep up the good work!!!

[@Demo-vg8os]

that is awesome well done

[@JennyJones-d9x]

Seriously in tears here keep up the brill work loving the otters

[@Salomeii]

So Sweet!!!!

[@gwenratcliffe3815]

Soo adorable!🤗🥰🤗

[@maharani4036]

Veri funny🤗

[@王淑煖-b6d]

真舒服

[@thesmartaspiranttsa5845]

@3:54 ‘Hey waiter, grab some food for me’

[@jasminegarcia6514]

I love it when this boy otter pup gets fed by a bottle.

[@lisaschuster9187]

Does it get salt water in Chicago?

[@Barbara-ee4jj]

Pup 719 😍😍😍

[@followernumber1]

I thought you were supposed to wear gear to prevent the pup from thinking your its mother

[@JerBuster77]

If the pup is unable to be reintroduced back into the wild, there is no need to hide the human caretaker.

[@Garland67]

True, but I am assuming that this pup is not going back to the wild? Not sure why...

[@Levi_Skardsen]

@@Garland67 It usually happens if there's no surrogate available.

[@neverwithoutnalani]

The pup isn’t going back to the wild because when she was found she was 4 weeks. She wasn’t going to learn how to be an otter and survive in the wild, she is just too young.

[@kujo5998]

That would be the greatest marketing tool ever... Start a go fund me and just post videos of baby sea otters. Sit back and watch the millions pour in..

[@EVALLOYD]

I thought the idea was to eventually put these animals however cute they are back into the wild where they belong and for that it's of the utmost importance not to create any attachment of the animal towards humans. At Monterey Bay Aquarium whenever they handle the pups to feed or otherwise they wear gloves and masks to avoid human imprinting. So yes, they're cute but not really doing them any favours by creating bonds with them. That's my opinion anyway.

[@sheddaquarium]

Linda, we appreciate your concern! Ellie actually came to us through a partnership with Monterey Bay Aquarium. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined she wouldn't be able to return to the wild, and so she found a lifetime home at Shedd!

[@EVALLOYD]

Ok, thanks for the info. Is it possible to know why this little pup can't return to the wild? Keep up the good work.

[@sheddaquarium]

This is a federally protected species, so that decision is made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Typically pups that are very young when they are brought in for rescues are unable to survive on their own in the wild.

[@cherieplante5100]

Linda, have you seen Saving Otter 501? Very informative and they could your financial support.

[@martiwoodchip4518]

So instead of a happy ending of being reintroduced to the wild and released back to monterey bay the pup was sent to a aquarium to be stuck there for life!, some rescue because the title should say "Sea otter pup snatched from the beach in monterey and pawned to an aquarium in Chicago!, you people should be ashamed of yourselves for not keeping our sea otter pups here where they belong.

[@sheddaquarium]

In Ellie's case, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined she wouldn't be able to return to the wild and survive. Instead, she found a lifetime home at Shedd!

[@hazeneko]

I shake my head every time I see people say this crap despite not knowing anything about the creature. Sometimes being reintroduced into the wild is not a happy ending, sometimes giving them a new life even if it is by human hands can be good; they grow dependent, but that's why these sort of services exist - so they can live and be taken care of while having another chance at life.

[@cherieplante5100]

There are three choices after a rescue, let nature takes it's course, put the pup into intensive and expensive rehab or send it to a place like Shedd who can care for it for the rest of it's life. Sheesh

[@shantyirish7564]

Shut.to.the.up. And go away, too.

[@shantyirish7564]

@@hazeneko Probably a crazy-eyed PETA.