Monterey Bay Aquarium apologies for viral tweet about otter

Thursday, December 20, 2018
MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium is apologizing for a viral tweet.

The Aquarium posted a photo of an otter named Abby, describing her with language the Aquarium says originated in African American culture. The tweet garnered plenty of likes, but also backlash.
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The aquarium later tweeted an apology, admitting the memes had connotations the people who wrote the original Tweet were not aware of.


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Abby the otter serves as a surrogate mother to otter pups at the aquarium.
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