Nature Season 32 Episode 1 - Saving Otter 501

Airdate: 2013-Oct-16

Episode summary:

The Season 32 premiere spotlights the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sea Otter Research and Conservation program, which strives to save injured and-or orphaned sea otters, through its work with a female pup. The team of marine biologists must stabilize its health and then get it to feed from a bottle; to prevent it from bonding with them, handlers dress in ponchos and welder hoods. In time, it’s paired with a surrogate mom that teaches it the lessons baby otters must learn, including how to find food.

About Nature series:

Nature is a wildlife documentary program that has been airing on PBS since 1982. Its longevity is explained partly by its quality; Nature has won n...Show more >