Gidget the Otter

Gidget was found stranded on Morro Strand State Beach in San Luis Obispo County in October 2008 as a 10-week-old pup. She was rescued by volunteers from The Marine Mammal Center and a California Department of Fish and Game biologist, before being taken to the Aquarium. After being raised at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Gidget arrived at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in January 2013 at four years old, joining the sea otter exhibit in the hope she becomes a future surrogate mother to wild pups. She's keeping busy with toys and enrichment activities, and learning how to handle live food items. You can recognize her by her grizzled face.