Watch: Otter plays basketball to help with arthritis

Zoo unit successful the US person trained a rescued 9-year-old otter, Juno, however to play hoops respective years agone successful bid to workout her elbow joints and easiness her arthritis.

"Juno loves to play basketball," said Nicole Nicassio-Hiskey, Oregon Zoo's elder marine beingness keeper. "She gets truthful excited whenever we bring the shot retired for her grooming sessions. And she's bully too!"

Juno was rescued arsenic a pup aft she was orphaned disconnected the seashore of California. She was brought to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's rescue and attraction programme for rehabilitation. Unable to beryllium paired with a surrogate mum, she was deemed non-releasable by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.