CA otter reunited with mom
A heartwarming rescue along the central coast of California!
A baby otter was reunited with its mother!
A fisherman spotted the pup all alone in Morro Bay and called authorities.
Rescuers set out in a boat to help find its mom. They recorded the pup crying and played that audio over a bluetooth speaker in hopes the cries would alert the mother and when the mother came swimming they tossed the otter in the water!
The plan worked and the two are back together again.
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