User:Oh yuh/Eddie the sea otter

Eddie was southern Sea Otter at the Oregon Zoo. Orphaned as a pup along the California coast in 1998, and lacking the skills to survive on his own in the wild, Eddie was taken to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's rescue and care program for rehabilitation. Eventually, though, he was deemed non-releasable by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and in 2000 he came to the Oregon Zoo. Eddie had arthritis in his right leg so to exercise, the trainers taught him to dunk on a Trail Blazers mini hoop. He went viral in 2013 earning 1.7 million views. Eddie sadly passed away in 2018 he was nearly 21 years old. In his later years he was one of the oldest Sea Otters on the planet.