\u201cAs Jade builds relationships with the other otters, she displays different behaviors with all of them,\u201d officials said in a news release. \u201cJade and Luna can often be seen grooming one another or taking naps in felt \u2018kelp\u2019 strips, whereas Jade and Seldovia tend to exhibit more play behavior.\u201d <\/p>\n
In the video below, Jade can be seen playing with ice, diving into the water and bonding with the other four otters. <\/p>\n
The full raft can sometimes be spotted spending time all together in the aquarium\u2019s Abbott Oceanarium. <\/p>\n
In the wild, sea otters form social groups, which help them stay warm and prevent individuals from drifting away when resting. Social behavior is an essential survival skill for wild otters. <\/p>\n
Jade is training to be a surrogate mother<\/a> to future pups and will teach them the social skills that she\u2019s practicing now. <\/p>\n Southern sea otters are a threatened species protected under the Endangered Species Act. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rescued sea otter is now fully integrated into the otter group at a renowned aquarium near Michigan.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-184266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Otters](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/B7CDECORKJB3NF7L6SKRZXZ7Q4.jpg\"\/)
Rescued southern sea otter Jade is now fully integrated with the otter raft at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. She is seen here with Luna.Shedd Aquarium\/Brenna Hernandez<\/p>\n