"That could be deadly for young sea otters, according to Shayla Zink, who works at the center in Morro Bay. That pup is really relying on everything it learns from the mother to be able to survive in the ocean, Zink said, adding that a mother sea otter cares for her pup for up to nine months, often carrying her small baby on her chest."
"First, they put the baby otter, who they named Caterpillar, into a safe container where it wouldn't overheat. Then, they recorded the sound of the pup's frantic cries. The plan was to boat around the area blasting the sound of the baby through a Bluetooth speaker to attempt to lure the mother towards the boat. They used a recording because they were worried that the pup would get tired and stop screaming,"
On a foggy October afternoon the Marine Mammal Center received a public hotline call reporting distressed cries in Morro Bay. Center experts determined the cries, sounding almost like a human baby screeching, came from a roughly two-week-old sea otter pup separated from its mother. Separation can be deadly because pups rely on maternal instruction and care for survival; mothers care for pups up to nine months and often carry them on their chest. Center staff and Morro Bay harbor patrol placed the pup, named Caterpillar, into a safe container to prevent overheating and recorded the pup's cries to broadcast via Bluetooth speaker while searching for two hours.
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