And from that moment on, he on a tray of ice dice, also known as otter cat grass.
Joey’s an orphan. In July, he noticed Kyuquot alone and in tears. His mother realized he was floating, dead a day later.
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He was taken to the Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue Center off site at the Vancouver Aquarium, where he has been living lately.
But, something unforeseen happened in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Joey, a live streaming sensation on YouTube.
Now the little otter cub has over 1000 engaged viewers from around the world watching his routines from the many cameras installed on the premises and commenting in an active live chat.
The rescue center also posts videos on its YouTube page for those who need to see the highlights, such as the classic “Joey and the Evil Towel”, a video with over 52,000 views, and 509,000 perspectives “Move, move, JUMP!”where Joey tries to escape while running with veterinary technician Zion Cahoon.
Cahoon had worked on a small animal practice with dogs and cats for thirteen years before worrying about the program. The day he spoke to Fox News, he had just untangled a sea lion off site and took a penguin to get a scan.
Cahoon spoke to Fox News while running with Joey on FaceTime before this month. She remembers the day she contacted Joey and the moment she saw her new furry friend, who was flying on a seaplane near Vancouver airport. weighed only 3. 5 pounds.
First of all, Cahoon was concerned about his temperature-consistent temperament. Otters have no fats to heat and rely on their soft, dense fur to insulate themselves. Otters have about 1 million hair follicles consistent with a square inch of their fur.
She was also involved with her blood sugar level, as otters can hypoglycemia very quickly.
“That’s why we have to feed them like this, to maintain that metabolism and keep blood sugar levels high,” Cahoon explained.
Joey has a staff member and a volunteer 24 hours a day. His activities include caring, playing with his many toys, eating a clam-based formula every two hours, diving in ice cubes, swimming around his children’s turtle pool. affectionately called “Sheldon”, and more recently swimming and diving.
He’s curious, very smart, and Cahoon noticed he’s “demanding. “She cried loudly for the most of the Fox News interview.
According to the California Monterey Bay Aquarium, which has its own rescue program, an otter needs about $16,000 a year.
Joey will eventually have to become independent and move in with the other otters downtown, some of which he has already met, but with apprehension.
Breeding wild animals, rescues, can be a daunting and expensive activity. Unfortunately, the Vancouver Aquarium has closed indefinitely.
Cahoon explained that health restrictions did not allow the aquarium to have enough staff on site to increase the budget as they do and that many of his colleagues have been fired ever since.
“So it’s been a really difficult time and a really unhappy moment here,” he admitted. “You know, [there are] other people [who] had been here for a long, long time and probably enjoyed running in the aquarium and we had to say goodbye to them. And. . . obviously, it’s not something you need to see happen in your life, however, COVID has taken this to a lot of other people. So we’re doing it in the most productive way. we can. “
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Lately there are about 75 animals in line with the worker on site, adding fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians, monkeys and marine mammals.
With so much care to take care of and no paying visitors, the aquarium relies heavily on donations to keep them active.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium and Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium have experienced monetary problems.
The Vancouver Aquarium expects donations to keep them afloat, as well as otters like Joey.
Ocean Wise communications director Amber Sessions told Fox News that they had won donations from “more than 30 countries, in addition to Finland, the Philippines, Japan and Slovakia. “Donations appear in a ticker in Joey’s feed.
Joey’s popularity had an effect on his fans and adoptive “parents. “
A British psychology student, who sought to remain partially anonymous, was so encouraged through Joey after watching her jellyfish toy video that she asked Ocean Wise to examine Joey’s effect on the intellectual aptitude of those who see him frequently.
The student, who goes through Georgina T. , realized that watching her videos satisfied her and relieved some of her stress; he also discovered that others shared these emotions and aroused his interest.
She is conducting a survey to examine the positive effect young Joey has had on audiences around the world and whether or not his understanding of sea otters and the conservation of marine mammals has replaced him since his observation. about 500 responses.
“Psychiatrists are interested in therapy, and I’ve been interested in [the analysis] of therapy: especially dog-assisted therapy,” he told Fox News. “So I was excited about the concept that a sea otter could potentially do something similar and bring positive benefits to people. I think it was great.
A recent report shared in the New York Post detailed a collaborative survey through the University of Leeds and Tourism Western Australia that concluded that watching videos of cute animals can generate emotions of tension and anxiety in particular.
Nineteen participants watched videos of Western Australia’s quokkas, an adorable and remarkable marsupial, for 30 minutes. He took the blood pressure and central frequency of individuals before and after seeing animal clips, and the researchers discovered that either had particularly diminished the viewing of videos.
In addition, clinical mental research found that anxiety levels were reduced by an average of 35% and, in some cases, by nearly half, according to the Daily Mail.
Georgina said she thinks other people are attracted to Joey as a way to escape reality. She herself helps keep Joey on her computer screen at all times.
“And it’s transparent that Joey has literally helped a lot of people,” Georgina said.
Although there is no conclusive account of how much cash or how many other people Joey raised, Cahoon promised that Joey’s team would retire to stay as long as possible.
She noticed the “community” Joey had gathered.
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“It’s really [. . . ] touching and comforting to see a little creature like this bring in combination so many other people from so many other places,” Cahoon said. “And I put on goose bumps just to talk about it. But. . . especially during those difficult times when Array . . . everyone jumps in line and can unite and feel close to each other through this crazy little creature that screams . . . I think it’s wonderful and I love it.
“I’m so pleased that I can bring happiness to so many other people,” she added. “It’s great. “
To be more informed about the Vancouver Aquarium, enthusiasts can move on to vanaqua. org. To symbolically adopt Joey or some other rescue patient at the Marine Mammal Rescue Center, stakeholders can mmrpatients. org.