{"id":364137,"date":"2026-08-06T08:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364137\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:46:22","slug":"otter-pups-hazel-and-toffee-arrive-at-discovery-cove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364137\/","title":{"rendered":"Otter pups Hazel and Toffee arrive at Discovery Cove"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Discovery Cove <\/a>recently celebrated its first litter of Asian small-clawed otter pups. Proud parents Butternut and Bing welcomed two baby girls on May 16. <\/p>\n

The pups, named Hazel and Toffee are thriving under the \u201cdedicated care of their parents and zoo specialists,\u201d according to a statement from Discovery Cove Orlando<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cWelcoming new animal ambassadors is always exciting, but seeing first-time parents successfully care for their pups is especially rewarding,\u201d said Buck Lyman, Vice President of Zoological Operations for Discovery Cove and Aquatica Orlando. <\/p>\n

\"\"Hazel and Toffee <\/p>\n

\u201cThe bond we\u2019ve witnessed between Butternut, Bing and their pups has been remarkable. Bing has embraced his role as a father from day one, and it\u2019s been great to watch both parents work together to nurture and protect their growing family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans can follow @DiscoveryCove on Instagram and Facebook <\/a>for updates on the pups\u2019 progress, photos and videos as they continue to grow.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n

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\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Discovery Cove recently celebrated its first litter of Asian small-clawed otter pups. Proud parents Butternut…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[129507,148036,33574,137141,148034,147,145,19226,28,66634,148033,139,141,140,148035,144,146],"class_list":["post-364137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-asian-small-clawed-otter","tag-asian-small-clawed-otters","tag-bing","tag-butternut","tag-butternut-and-bing","tag-central-florida","tag-channel-9","tag-discovery-cove","tag-florida","tag-hazel","tag-hazel-and-toffee","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-otter-pups","tag-wftv","tag-wftv-channel-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}