The Aquarium Season 1, Episode 9: Dolphin Doctor

Slimy is the New Fuzzy

The Georgia Aquarium sends a team to Cape Town, South Africa to help rehabilitate and release a group of African penguins. A dive team installs a shipwreck feature into the Ocean Voyager exhibit to provide an enrichment for their sea turtle.

61 min

Seal the Deal

Two African penguins, Freya & Neo, welcome a young chick, but there's cause for concern when health problems arise. Staff work to train a trio of harbor seals to ride the elevator, with the only hiccup being a nervous seal named Floyd.

Ready for the Jelly

A sweet beluga whale trains with staff to go on the “whale scale.” Blacktip reef shark L2 is not eating normally and staff work to figure out why. See the first sea lion born at the aquarium - 1-year-old pup Scarlett. And, sea jellies go on exhibit.

Otter Tale

Beloved Asian small-clawed otter Pinkie has a recurring bloody nose, and the team goes to great lengths to find out what could be causing it. Feisty baby American alligators arrive at the aquarium and must learn to eat in an orderly way.

40 min

Ophelia the Octopus

Trainers prepare two rescued sea lions for eye surgery. The team travels to the Bahamas to collect blood samples from native sharks for a study on the effects of plastics in the ocean. Staff devise new enrichment for giant octopus Ophelia.

60 min

Penguins in Love

A staff member heads to the Marine Mammal Center in California to help rehabilitation efforts of elephant seals. African penguins Charlie and Lizzie have been together for 25 years, and Charlie is having issues with his eyes. A piranha needs surgery.

60 min

Toddler Sea Lion Scarlett

A southern sea otter is rushed to the health center. The team travels to Key Largo to help coral restoration efforts. Young African penguins prepare for an upcoming event. And love is in the air for a trainer and his favorite sea lion pup, Scarlett.

60 min

Baby Otter Rescue

The team welcomes two rescued southern sea otter pups, Mara and Gibson, from the California coast. Young ruddy ducks arrive at the aquarium and are introduced to their new habitat. Nandi, the aquarium's smallest manta ray, is due for a checkup.

60 min