From PBS and NATURE - On a typical late summer day a baby sea otter washes up on the beach in Monterey, California - hungry, lost, injured. It's a tragic event, but not surprising. California sea otters are struggling. For decades marine biologist Karl Mayer and his small staff have worked unceasingly - one otter at a time - to bring this "keystone" species back from the brink of extinction so it can play its important role in the local marine environment. But the effort has stalled, and no one knows why. This is the story of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's 501st attempt to save an orphan otter. From her discovery as a stranded newborn pup crying on the beach through her rehabilitation in secret roof tanks atop the Aquarium, we follow as Otter 501 learns how to dive, hunt, eat, and fend for herself in the wild, where survival is a long shot at best.
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Nature | Saving Otter 501 | Trailer | PBS
Premieres Wednesday Oct. 16 2013 at 8/7c on PBS (check local listing). This is the story of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's 501st attempt to save an orphan otter.
Nature | Education of an Otter Pup | Saving Otter 501 | PBS
Otter 501 begins to master otter lessons but there are plenty of other challenges to face in the wild. Saving Otter 501 premieres Wednesday Oct. 16 2013 ...
Nature | Meet Otter 501 | Saving Otter 501 | PBS
Saving Otter 501 airs Wednesday October 16 at 8/7c (check local listings). A baby sea otter abandoned on the beach was brought in to the Monterey Bay ...
Can a surrogate mother otter accept "Otter 501" so she can learn everything she will need to know in order to be released back out in the wild? Saving Otter 501 ...
Nature: Saving Otter 501
Airs Wednesday October 16th at 8pm on PBS 6.
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