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The return of the Washington sea otter

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Sea Otters on the Washington coast were hunted to extinction in the 1810s. A nuclear experiment during the cold war created an opportunity to bring them back.

The Wild with Chris Morgan took a trip out to the coast to see these creatures in the waves, and learn about their near-miraculous return to our waters.

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