How a 'happy little otter' named Juno learned to dunk.
Juno, a 5-year-old rescued southern sea otter, risks being called for a technical foul for hanging on the rim at the Oregon Zoo. By Jacob Bogage Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow May 6 at 9:06 AM Hello, would you like to read about an otter dunking a basketball? Well, you have come to the right place.
The dunks are happening at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. More specifically, at a hoop that is in a behind-the-scenes area of the facility. There is a Portland Trail Blazers sticker in the middle of the backboard, which Juno earned when she learned to dunk in April.This is the story of how Juno the otter learned to dunk, a two-month-long process that has concluded with triumph and many fish snacks.
Eddie already knew how to retrieve an object and bring it to keepers, so keepers tossed a ball into his enclosure and positioned their hands above a plastic rim. Soon, he was jamming like a pro, and he would become Internet famous when footage of his slam dunks went viral. “We get so attached to these animals in the zoo,” Hash said. “It was hard when he died, and in memoriam, we decided someone needs to learn to dunk a basketball.
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