You may know sea otters float on their backs while eating, but do you know how much muscle it takes to break open those mussels? 🦦 Fifty years ago, Marlin Perkins marveled at the way sea otters could use a simple tool. Today, Dr. Rae visits the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, where otters Millie and Chloe still use tools to get their daily grub! Learn more about sea otters this weekend on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild. | Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

Rescue, rehabilitate, and release: these are the primary goals for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter program. Surrogate sea otters play a key role in getting rescued pups back into the wild. In the PBS Nature episode "Significant Otters,” Monterey Bay Aquarium sea otter experts keep these little fluffballs thriving through our rehabilitation program. Our rescued otters have contributed to a healthy population in Elkhorn Slough over the years, and we no longer release otters there. We do cont