Apricot - Asian Short-Clawed Otter
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Apricot, female Asian Short-Clawed Otter, was born at Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary on the 23rd July 2004, and moved to Birmingham Sea Life with her sister Mango on 15th March 2005.
In 2015 Apricot and Mango began to have difficulties as Asian short-clawed otters usually have one dominant female within a territory. This led to Apricot moving to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in November 2015 so both otters could have their own space.
Her partner at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary was Harris, he came from the Welsh Mountain Zoo in early 2016.
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Apricot was very friendly and confident and really enjoys enrichment and husbandry training. She loves peanuts and was often given food parcels to aid her natural foraging skills.
We will let you into a secret, Apricot doesn´t like water at all, it will make it easier for the Animal Care Team to hide vitamin supplements in her tablets.
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It is with great sadness that the Cornish Seal Sanctuary announced the passing of the 16 year old female Asian Short-Clawed Otter Apricot on 26th August 2020.
Tamara Cooper, the Sanctuary´s Curator said "They had five very contented years together but last year the animal care team noticed that Apricot was starting to slow down and had some small growths on her underside. She was taken to the vets to investigate further." Click here to read more.
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