Otter Family Can't Wait To See Baby They Thought Had Drowned

[kpete]

Once veterinarians believed Toby was strong enough to return to the wild, he was taken to a beach area where members of OtterWatch, along with WRS and theNational Parks (NParks), determined Toby had a better chance of linking back up with his family.

At first, the otter pup was kept in a carrier — but when Toby didn't leave the carrier or cry, he was taken out of the carrier and left alone on the sand. It was only then that Toby began to cry loudly.

Then, in a glorious display of solidarity, his entire family came running for him.

"The rescue and reintroduction of Toby has demonstrated an unprecedented collaboration and 'make-it-happen' spirit between members of the public and across multiple agencies," Jeffery Teo, a member of OtterWatch, told the Straits Times.

"Everyone puts in their best, not for pride nor glory. We just want to bring Toby home. This is humanity at its best form."


https://www.thedodo.com/baby-otter-rescued-family-1809768942.html

[tk2kewl]

1. "The phone... the phone is ringing!"

[Silver_Witch]

12. My Grandson LOVED this show....

We watched it together everyday!

[tk2kewl]

17. my son used to watch it too

Good show.

[me b zola]

23. I used to watch with my granchildren

...I like it even more than they did. And yup, I've been known to do my housework singing this song.

[Orrex]

2. Otterly adorable!

[Orrex]

3. You really otter watch this video right now!

[Orrex]

4. You'll go otter your mind when you see it!

[Orrex]

5. If it ain't one thing, it's an otter.

[Orrex]

6. Welcome Back, Otter!

Your dreams were your ticket out.

[Omaha Steve]

10. Thanks for posting

[Hoppy]

7. --- the amount of crap on that beach... amazing.

[CurtEastPoint]

8. It is a sad comment on humans.

[ybbor]

14. That's what I thought, too

Disgusting!

One word: Plastic

[trueblue2007]

21. they need to clean up the garbage!!! Dirty humans.

[Equinox Moon]

33. "We" need to clean up that garbage!

I do it every time I walk at my local river. I bring a bag just for the task as I go for my walk.

[oldandhappy]

9. Thank you to everyone involved in the rescue.

[Silver_Witch]

11. What a wonderful story.

Yeah for the Otters and Yeah for Humans - we can be so caring and kind.

Practice Random Acts of Kindness!!!

P.S. Now I have to go find some tissues silly sinuses always bother me when I see love!!!

[840high]

20. I'm getting old - seems

I have sinus problems, too. Thanks to those people.

[They_Live]

13. Today I learned about otter spotters.

And yeah, that beach needs to be cleaned up.

[niyad]

15. damn, it is dusty in here!

[allan01]

16. im going to have to slip a superlative in here , how otterly cute .psst . dont tell sce

too late . congrats to the rescue team and agencies who partook

[Leith]

18. I Loved When All the Adult Otters Came

And without hesitation gave Toby a group otter "hug" (okay, all gathered around protectively). The baby seemed very happy to join them, too.

The best part is the help getting out of the bush.

[ailsagirl]

19. Thanks for posting!

Love to see stuff like this!!

[passiveporcupine]

22. That was otterly precious

And no problem with the adults and a baby with human smells all over it. What a wonderful family. At first I couldn't see any more babies that size, but near the end I saw another one.

Just so happy for the pup, and so grateful to all the hoomans.

[tblue37]

25. They were very careful to never touch him without making sure their hands

were gloved so he wouldn't smell like a human had touched him.

[passiveporcupine]

26. Thanks, I didn't notice that

couldn't take my eyes off that cutie.

At the end the guy with the carrier took the pup out without gloves, but it was so quick he probably didn't get much smell on it.

[AzDar]

24. Heroes...and a happy ending. Love it!

[Uncle Joe]

27. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[Peace Patriot]

28. AW-W-W-W-W-W-W! That was great!

Thank you for posting this lovely vid. Otters lovely. Humans lovely. What a world it would be if more of us humans lived up to what we could be!

[Urchin]

29. How do we know

How do we know that after they dragged him into the bushes, they didn't eat him?

(By the way--look at all the garbage on that beach. Terrible.)

[Rhiannon12866]

30. K&R! Love this story, thanks so much for posting!

My absolutely favorite thread of the day!

[KG]

31. otters slay me, we have them in my part of FL, although I only get furtive glances of them

[MrMickeysMom]

32. That's a good way to start a day...

The kindness and team work to help return nature.

(I couldn't help but see the washed up beach debris, which is another group effort to tackle)

[glowing]

34. Look at all that trash on what should be a beautiful beach.

We make such messes of the world.