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Wave hello to Suri and Willow!

We’re thrilled to welcome two—yes, TWO!—new resident otters to our Sea Otters exhibit. We expect Suri and Willow will move in and out of the exhibit area while they get used to seeing our guests, so don’t worry if you can’t spot them right away.

Enjoy the playful antics of our sea otters

The southern sea otters in our Sea Otters exhibit love to play with toys, lounge in ice buckets or just snooze. We feed our exhibit otters several times a day, often putting the food in toys to stimulate the otters' natural behavior of pounding and working to get food out of shells.

Our aquarists also teach the otters behaviors, like holding a target with their paws or walking onto a scale. Training keeps our otters mentally and physically stimulated—it also makes working with the otters safer for us and less stressful for them.

We give each of our otters regular breaks behind the scenes. Sometimes they're working as a companion or surrogate with our Sea Otter Program; sometimes they're just getting a chance to enjoy live food they don't get on exhibit. Not to worry—they'll be back to join their gal pals soon!

Spot these otters on our Sea Otter Cam

Opal

Our newest sea otter, Opal, was found stranded as a pup near San Luis Obispo, 100 miles south of Monterey. After being deemed unreleasable by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, she spent a year behind the scenes before being introduced to the exhibit.

Ivy

Ivy was found stranded in November 2011 on Cayucos State Beach in San Luis Obispo County as a two-week-old pup. She was cared for by Sea Otter Program staff for seven weeks and then introduced to Toola—the Aquarium's most experienced surrogate mother at the time. After a number of factors interfered with her timely release, Ivy was declared non-releasable by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Selka

Selka joined our exhibit in August of 2016. She is clever with an easy-going and inquisitive nature. Selka is our second youngest otter and has chocolatey brown fur, making her one of the easier otters to spot on exhibit. And behind the scenes, she's proven herself to be a successful surrogate mother.

Willow

Willow was found stranded on the sand on Carmel State Beach and was admitted to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Program in 2022 as a 6-week-old pup. Like Suri, she was deemed non-releasable by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and was reared by our sea otter conservation partners at Aquarium of the Pacific.