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Volunteer Opportunities

Marine Mammal Rescue Center

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pelican Network Feed birds, count sea otters etc.

Seymour Center

Video

Jean Michel Cousteau "Call of the Killer Whale" 2009

Sea Otter mortality mystery.

KQED Quest story on sea otter mortality 2/07

Ocean Animal Emergency Features UCSC folks. You can volunteer to help at Marine Mammal Center (see volunteer page).

Fur Seal Pup Rehab

Crittercam is a videocamera attached to ocean animals to observe their behavior. UCSC alum will show this work April 5th at UCSC.

Dolphins playing with bubbles

Whales off Hawaii

Articles

UCSC research on otters.

Olive the Oiled Otter was rescued near Monterey. She has her own Facebook page with a good article of status of otters.

Audio

Sea Lion Rescue 5/09 (with slideshow). Next month, the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands opens its doors to the public for the first time in four years. The Center treats sea lions, elephant seals, and other marine mammals that run into trouble along our coast. They swallow fishing lines, get hit by boat propellers and, increasingly, come down with a bacterial infection that scientists say they still don't understand.

An amazing whale story (Realplayer required)***