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Sea Otter Training Session with Mishka! 🦦
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- Опубликовано: 13 дек 2021
- Did you know the sea otters at the Seattle Aquarium are trained to voluntarily participate in their own health care? Experience a first-person view of what it's like working with Mishka, one of the resident sea otters at the Aquarium, during one of these training sessions, which occur multiple times each day.
Training husbandry behaviors helps the sea otters at the Aquarium learn to trust and cooperate with their caretakers when participating in their own health care. Through training our staff is able to voluntarily collect blood samples, record weights, take measurements, conduct ultrasounds and more. Training also provides mental stimulation and physical exercise with choices to positively affect the animals’ psychological well-being and physical health. Additionally, working closely with the sea otters at the Aquarium provides opportunities to assist research in gaining knowledge of the species’ physiology and behavior, which in turn can help us provide the best care possible.
ABOUT MISHKA
Mishka joined the Seattle Aquarium in January 2015, after being caught in a fishing net as a young pup, then being rescued and rehabilitated by the Alaska SeaLife Center and deemed non-releasable by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
SEA OTTER RESEARCH AT THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM
Throughout our history, we’ve focused on sea otter research, husbandry and education. (Fast fact: we were the first aquarium in the world to have a sea otter conceived and born in human care-and subsequently live to adulthood.)
Our research efforts increase our knowledge of the animals in our care, contribute to conservation efforts in the wild, support public interest in research, and encourage people to learn, like you’re doing right now!
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What a good girl she is! 🥰
She is so calm.
she is such a good otter, she did a great job.
Saving the best clam for last.
She’s so much more cooperative than she was last time I saw her. And still a cutie
Awww!!! So pleasant and delightful and charming! It's adorable you are wrapped around her paws 🐾🐾 with your VIP treats dropped right into her mouth 💞😄 what a great life you give her! Thank you so much for brightening my day 🌅 and a question: why do sea otters take a piece of food and immediately go rolling barrel rolls with it in the water with it?
Hi Jennifer! Good question! While eating sea otters will roll in the water to help keep their fur clean, including rinsing off any food scraps that might remain. All part of their natural behavior to keep their fur clean and well groomed!
Appreciate the explanation. It makes sense for grooming but wondering what about taste? From what I have seen sea otters aren't very picky eaters are they? 😄 I bet you weren't so much pampering her with dropping food into her mouth - but using a clever way for you to check out her teeth?
可愛すぎる。。。
She is so sweet.
What a helpful girl! You must've spent much effort in teaching her. I am curious: what behavior is she learning by holding the ball-stick (ESL; I dunno what it's called)? Is it just as a distraction while you make her used to your touch? Or does it serve a greater purpose?
It looks like the keeper is trying to shape a ‘target’ behaviour. The ideal response is for the otter to touch the ball with their nose, and hold still, without grabbing the ball. It’s a good way for keepers to guide a charge into showing them different parts of their bodies so the keeper can check for injuries, disease, or even begin training for other medical things, like ultrasounds or x-rays for kidney disease.
What's up with that white stick?
That is a target! The marine mammals at the Aquarium are trained to work with different objects as part of their care. They will touch, or in a sea otter's case may hold onto, the target which allows our staff to check over their bodies or perform other healthcare related tasks (give medication, etc.). The animals are able to choose to participate in their own care through this training.
@@seattleaquarium Thank you! I wanna hold her hands!
Very cute - - but don’t over-spoil them!
They need to be able to obtain some of that food for themselves! Like they do out in the wild.
Aside from receiving food during husbandry training sessions with our staff our animals will also receive food in different forms of enrichment designed to encourage natural foraging behaviors, along with receiving whole food such as clams in the shell (which they work to break open) and crabs! Check out this video of Mishka enjoying a crab: ruclips.net/video/ipWZbNLaUWk/видео.html
@@seattleaquarium Thank you - - terrific work you do with these animals!