In early January, a five-week-old sea otter was found stranded in Morro Bay and rescued by staff from the Aquarium’s Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC) program and the California Department of Fish and Game. On February 18, the otter, named Kit after a fictional character in John Steinbeck's
The Wayward Bus, became the youngest otter ever to go on exhibit at the Aquarium.