Ollie Meets the Furball June 22. 2011
I love reading Hugh's blog at the Aquarium of the Pacific's website. It's fascinating to hear what happens behind the scenes when a new otter arrives at the aquarium. In his latest blog, "Ollie the Sea Otter Meets the Furball", Hugh recounts how the first meeting between Ollie the orphan and Furball went.
From the Aquarium of the Pacific: When the day arrived for the two to meet I was feeling a bit nervous. Would the Furball accept the playful roughhousing given by Ollie? Brook, the eldest sea otter in the exhibit, was the first of our exhibit otters to be introduced to Ollie. She was also the first to be pounced on by her. She had shown a great deal of patience dealing with the rascally nature of the young pup. Would the Furball show as much patience as the matronly Brook? Well as it turned out the Furball didn’t react like a mother otter when she was pounced on by Ollie. Instead she acted more like a big sister and playfully pounced right back at the younger sea otter. Ollie loved it! The two otters were playing with each other. Ollie and the Furball had each found a playmate!
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