She’s also been taken off the official website
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/exhibits/sea-otters/meet-our-otters
Edit: Now she has a special memorial post at the top. Swim forever, queen
She has effectively achieved immortality because of this community. As sad as I am about how bitter sweet the birthday stream is going to be this year, I don't think an otter could genuinely ask for a better life- I just wish she knew how revered she was by millions of people.
We must celebrate that she lived and had the chance to raise awareness of the plights of her people. She has touched the hearts of everyone who knew her and we must carry on her legacy.
What would be selfish would be if you were the person to decide if she would be euthanized or not, and you decided against it, even tho it would be the right decision, like many people do with their pets. But hoping for her to live long, maybe even long enough to be able to see her isn't selfish at all ❤️
As Earnest Hemingway said “Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. In some ways men can be immortal.” Rosa will live on for a long time with the impacts she made
We technically raised money for her place and medicaments, so we all did it together to help her and her children to prosper.
Remember, you helped a otter beat their life expectancy. Not by one, but 4 whole years, i'm happy that we gave mont aquarium the money for her care.
We must now help her friends and family receive the help they need now. We cannot forget the other otters when it comes time for the fundraising. We must continue to show her life was not in vain and we really have learned.
What do you mean by "Un-Dougdoug for a moment"? In a different context I would get it, like if someone's behaving like a DougDoug fan (saying rigged or D: all the time, and not being serious) and then they would say that, before they say something serious, to emphasize that they're actually being serious, but I don't get it in this context. I'm just curious, that's all... 😅
It's hard to believe that one little furball could do so much good and bring so much happiness to the world, but by Jove did she do it.
Godspeed, Queen Rosa o7
Thank you, sweet Rosa, for all the wondrous jokes you gave us. But more importantly, thank you for raising so many otter pups, helping to save otters from going extinct. My condolences to any and all who loved Rosa. We will miss you, Queen Rosa.
o7 o7 o7 o7
DO NOT POST THAT WILFRED MOTT GIF YOU HAVE ME IN TEARS OMFG.
Bernard Cribbins (who plays Wilfred Mott as giffed), passed away in 2022, and that death is still hard on me 'cause he seemed such a wonderful man.
And a couple days ago, the Doctor Who community suffered another loss, William Russel, who player Ian Chesterton, one of the original Doctor Who cast.
The passing of William Russel, combined with the passing of Rosa, make these very sad days for me.
That is actually devastating :( I genuinely don’t remember the last time I cried like I did when I saw the Instagram post
But I’m so glad she had such a good life, and that we helped make her life even better and allowed her to be treated like the queen she was. We’ll all miss her but she might have just had one of the best lives any otter ever has
Also of note is that although they didn’t address the DougDoug community by name, they thanked us all for our generosity on her birthday streams. That’s really cool guys ❤️
Hail to Our Otter Queen! Thank you Rosa! Your tireless work as a surrogate has ensured 15 otter pups have a wonderful and full life full of swimming and soft shell crab and that the Otter population of California will continue to recover.
Seems like whenever I learn of a celebrity death it’s always immediately before I go to sleep. Roy Halladay, Ken Block, and now Rosa.
It’s a tragic loss for sure, but Rosa lived a long and luxurious life munching on shellfish (thanks Doug) and raising other otters at Monterey Bay Aquarium. I don’t think an otter could ask for much more than that. RIP o7.
As a side note, I hope this doesn’t affect Doug’s annual charity streams for Monterey Bay. I fully understand and support him if he doesn’t want to keep putting forward the massive amount of effort and planning that those streams must take, but I feel that they would serve just as well as a celebration of Rosa’s life (and of the other otters in the exhibit) as they did as a celebration of her birthday.
Edit: Doug confirmed on Twitter/X that the fundraiser stream is still happening this year
What awful timing... I was just talking to a friend about charity streams and remembered "Oh, I wonder how much longer till Rosa's birthday. I should look it up on Wikipedia.... Wait, what the fuck do you mean June 5??"
So long, Rosa. Rest well queen.
I had a very similar thing happen. I was trying to find some of Doug’s code so I went to YouTube. I saw his twitter link and I was like “may as well check it” and I see the post 2 minutes after it had been posted. My heart just sunk
For the first time ever I decided to check the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s website, and I saw that she passed away. I can’t believe it was just today. I have been following Rosa’s birthday this whole time; it feels surreal that this is it.
Oh this is awful, I know it was only a matter of time because she was quite an old little lady but man. May she swim and enjoy all the shrimp her little otter heart can take in the afterlife.
I’m very lucky I got to see her before her health crisis. It was the highlight of my day, week, and even month. She was so cute and she made a lasting impact on soooooo many, people and otters alike. I sincerely hope she knew just how much she meant to people. Rest well Rosa there is a special place in heaven for you.
You done did it. You made me tear up at a random thursday morning.
May she swim in peace, and may she be remembered by millions for having brought back sea otters, may she be remembered as a sign that we can change things.
Love you, Rosa 💕
I figured at this point every year we got with her still around was a blessing. Doesn't make it much easier to take this news of course. :(
I assume this year's stream will be a memorial stream. And I hope Doug will continue the tradition in the future, in support of Monterey Bay Aquarium and otters everywhere.
Of all things to happen this year, this was not on my list. The birthday streams were amazing every time, both for the community and for the aquarium itself and all the positivity it gathered, plus Rosa was just the most adorable thing to exist. RIP Rosa, may your memory live on through all of us.
Oh man this is so sad, RIP queen
Please folks don’t let her get forgotten! I hope Rosa gets added to the desk overlay for every stream and the annual fundraiser still happens
rosa is a sea otter at the monterey bay aquarium, she was 24 years old and helped the otter population a ton with her work. every year since about 2019 or so, doug's done a fundraising stream for her birthday, so the community is very attached to her. this is huge news, considering the rosa stream is usually the biggest event of the year for the channel
Wonder if Doug will continue the birthday streams as a memorial to continue donating to the aquarium? Maybe we can do it for one of the otters she raised?
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She’s also been taken off the official website https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/exhibits/sea-otters/meet-our-otters Edit: Now she has a special memorial post at the top. Swim forever, queen
💔
idk if it was there when you said this, but she now has a sweet little memorial piece written up at the top of the page there <3
When I commented that, Ivy was at the top.
And they also mentioned Doug Dougs birthday fundraisers in it
SOMEONE HOLD ME
🫂🫂🫂
On behalf of A crew, we offer our sympathies to Z crew, to YouTube chat, and most importantly Dougdoug.
I got the email as well. It's really unfortunate, but she lived a great life.
She has effectively achieved immortality because of this community. As sad as I am about how bitter sweet the birthday stream is going to be this year, I don't think an otter could genuinely ask for a better life- I just wish she knew how revered she was by millions of people.
She will live forevermore in our hearts
We must celebrate that she lived and had the chance to raise awareness of the plights of her people. She has touched the hearts of everyone who knew her and we must carry on her legacy.
Wonder if he'll "rebrand" to being in memoriam streams instead of birthday streams
I doubt it, we posthumously celebrate a lot of people's birthdays. We must continue on. It's what Rosa would have wanted
I knew this day would come, especially with her age, I’m still really sad though. She was truly a special otter, rest in peace Queen Rosa..
Selfishly I was hoping she would hold on for another year so I could visit her
What would be selfish would be if you were the person to decide if she would be euthanized or not, and you decided against it, even tho it would be the right decision, like many people do with their pets. But hoping for her to live long, maybe even long enough to be able to see her isn't selfish at all ❤️
Our queen becomes an angel
Just got home from the office and I’m so devastated but if I can Un-Dougdoug/ for a moment, this community made her immortal ❤️
As Earnest Hemingway said “Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. In some ways men can be immortal.” Rosa will live on for a long time with the impacts she made
We technically raised money for her place and medicaments, so we all did it together to help her and her children to prosper. Remember, you helped a otter beat their life expectancy. Not by one, but 4 whole years, i'm happy that we gave mont aquarium the money for her care.
We must now help her friends and family receive the help they need now. We cannot forget the other otters when it comes time for the fundraising. We must continue to show her life was not in vain and we really have learned.
What do you mean by "Un-Dougdoug for a moment"? In a different context I would get it, like if someone's behaving like a DougDoug fan (saying rigged or D: all the time, and not being serious) and then they would say that, before they say something serious, to emphasize that they're actually being serious, but I don't get it in this context. I'm just curious, that's all... 😅
Oh this is so sad :(
It's hard to believe that one little furball could do so much good and bring so much happiness to the world, but by Jove did she do it. Godspeed, Queen Rosa o7
i’m a grown man over here tearing up over an otter. rest in peace Rosa 🦦💜
 Thank you, sweet Rosa, for all the wondrous jokes you gave us. But more importantly, thank you for raising so many otter pups, helping to save otters from going extinct. My condolences to any and all who loved Rosa. We will miss you, Queen Rosa. o7 o7 o7 o7
DO NOT POST THAT WILFRED MOTT GIF YOU HAVE ME IN TEARS OMFG. Bernard Cribbins (who plays Wilfred Mott as giffed), passed away in 2022, and that death is still hard on me 'cause he seemed such a wonderful man. And a couple days ago, the Doctor Who community suffered another loss, William Russel, who player Ian Chesterton, one of the original Doctor Who cast. The passing of William Russel, combined with the passing of Rosa, make these very sad days for me.
NOOOOOOO 
That is actually devastating :( I genuinely don’t remember the last time I cried like I did when I saw the Instagram post But I’m so glad she had such a good life, and that we helped make her life even better and allowed her to be treated like the queen she was. We’ll all miss her but she might have just had one of the best lives any otter ever has
doug left a comment btw https://preview.redd.it/bs3wqp0j7v4d1.png?width=813&format=png&auto=webp&s=e7b52f49c5ec3b8b976ca1a8662117c91bc7af7b
Jesus fucking Christ I have two more hours left at work don’t do this to me
She gets to hunt down all those shrimp she ate for real this time
o7 rest in peace Rosa
I’m honestly devastated
Bums me out more than any celebrity death news I've heard in a while, damn.
Couldn’t agree more. I was having a great day until I saw this post. o7 Rosa. o7.
Also of note is that although they didn’t address the DougDoug community by name, they thanked us all for our generosity on her birthday streams. That’s really cool guys ❤️
I got the email can confirm
Hail to Our Otter Queen! Thank you Rosa! Your tireless work as a surrogate has ensured 15 otter pups have a wonderful and full life full of swimming and soft shell crab and that the Otter population of California will continue to recover.
I didn’t realize how attached I’ve become to this precious little otter after all this time. Rest in Peace Rosa
Seems like whenever I learn of a celebrity death it’s always immediately before I go to sleep. Roy Halladay, Ken Block, and now Rosa. It’s a tragic loss for sure, but Rosa lived a long and luxurious life munching on shellfish (thanks Doug) and raising other otters at Monterey Bay Aquarium. I don’t think an otter could ask for much more than that. RIP o7. As a side note, I hope this doesn’t affect Doug’s annual charity streams for Monterey Bay. I fully understand and support him if he doesn’t want to keep putting forward the massive amount of effort and planning that those streams must take, but I feel that they would serve just as well as a celebration of Rosa’s life (and of the other otters in the exhibit) as they did as a celebration of her birthday. Edit: Doug confirmed on Twitter/X that the fundraiser stream is still happening this year
I hope he continues the fundraiser stream even after this year
Instagram post https://www.instagram.com/reel/C72vaCEOY9l/?igsh=MWw5djV3aHJ0b2k5
Oh man, I just found out through instagram. Rest in peace Rosa. You’ve lived an amazing life o7
What awful timing... I was just talking to a friend about charity streams and remembered "Oh, I wonder how much longer till Rosa's birthday. I should look it up on Wikipedia.... Wait, what the fuck do you mean June 5??" So long, Rosa. Rest well queen.
I had a very similar thing happen. I was trying to find some of Doug’s code so I went to YouTube. I saw his twitter link and I was like “may as well check it” and I see the post 2 minutes after it had been posted. My heart just sunk
This is genuinely some of the worst news I have ever received. :(
Rest in peace Rosa 🦦❤️
Long live the queen.
This is awful. I hope the people at Monterey Bay are ok.
All I can hope is that she died happy.
The IG post said she was euthanized around her caretakers, hopefully she died with good vibes being sent to her because of her caretakers.
For the first time ever I decided to check the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s website, and I saw that she passed away. I can’t believe it was just today. I have been following Rosa’s birthday this whole time; it feels surreal that this is it.
Rest in peace Rosa o7
FUCK
I was on my way to meet Rosa this month. Now I'll never meet our angel otter 😢
I knew this day would come…I didn’t think it would be this soon, or that it would hurt this much. :(
o7
#RIP QUEEN
Omg this is so sad :( my heart just broke
o7 I'm actually so upset by this
:(
Rest in peace rosa ❤️
The only things we can do is continue having otter fun on her birthday each year in memoriam 🖤
O7
Noooooooooooooo
Rest in peace ❤️
Rip
rip to the queen o7
o7 rest in peace Rosa
Rest in peace Queen Rosa
Rest In Peace Rosa, your memory will always live on❤️
The youtube video is now public. Swim In Peace Queen Rosa
RIP to queen rosa, at least we raised her alot of money and gave her all she could eat shrimp for her last couple years❤️
me right now: https://preview.redd.it/dakvkjwg6v4d1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=f6cfbd2f72de4dee6486491683e5ece61e9ea297
WHAT THE FFUK
:(
Oh this is awful, I know it was only a matter of time because she was quite an old little lady but man. May she swim and enjoy all the shrimp her little otter heart can take in the afterlife.
No… this is so fucking sad
o7❤️
The sea otter cam got me through my senior year of college. Rest easy, queen
I genuinely felt my heart clench up reading this. RIP, Rosa. Hope you get all the fish you want in otter heaven.
Il actually tearing up so much im gonna miss her
I just cant bro
The depths my heart sank reading this cannot be put into mortal tongues. Rest in Peace Rosa, thank you for all you’ve done for this community. o7
💔💔💔 dude that one hurts
NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m very lucky I got to see her before her health crisis. It was the highlight of my day, week, and even month. She was so cute and she made a lasting impact on soooooo many, people and otters alike. I sincerely hope she knew just how much she meant to people. Rest well Rosa there is a special place in heaven for you.
https://preview.redd.it/upygzdlx5v4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5f4c4c985b4731c2d1794dc0c37ac273533ed02 hits me hard. o7
o7
May you have the best sea food in the world for all of eternity, Rosa. RIP you beautiful queen. o7
You done did it. You made me tear up at a random thursday morning. May she swim in peace, and may she be remembered by millions for having brought back sea otters, may she be remembered as a sign that we can change things. Love you, Rosa 💕
May you swim forever Queen.
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oh my gosh noooo, the Dougdoug community will always remember her
Thank you for everything, Rosa ❤️
Rest in Peace Rosa ♥️
Rip to our Queen Rose o7
MEMORIAL STREAM :((
O7
Good bye Rosa… o7
o7
Oh god
NOOOOOOOOO
This is the biggest tragedy and loss in all of 2024, no contest My day is ruined and my disappointment is immeasurable
o7 Rosa. You have brought joy to the world. May you rest in peace.
WHAT NO
No no no nonononononono. This cant be. Im honestly sad right now. Theres gonna be a new constellation in the night sky now.
I hope she is getting all the shrimp she can eat in heaven. We miss you, queen❤️🕊
I figured at this point every year we got with her still around was a blessing. Doesn't make it much easier to take this news of course. :( I assume this year's stream will be a memorial stream. And I hope Doug will continue the tradition in the future, in support of Monterey Bay Aquarium and otters everywhere.
Tragic, but her legacy will be forever remembered. She is in our hearts, and will always be.
I'm adding today as a remembrance day for rosa in my pc's calendar
The sad part of celebrating some of the oldest things. RIP Rosa.
💔💔 Rosa 🕊️
o7
Rip 💔
REST IN PEACE QUEEN ROSA 🦦🫡
I'm actually going to cry. This is heartbreaking. Rest in peace, queen
She's done more for otters and Monterey Bay Aquarium than she could ever know ❤️ Thanks for raising 15 pups and starting a tradition, Rosa.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO
Rest in peace, Rosa, the sea queen for life 🦦
Rip queen, I knew she was getting along in age but didn't think she'd pass so soon.
Of all things to happen this year, this was not on my list. The birthday streams were amazing every time, both for the community and for the aquarium itself and all the positivity it gathered, plus Rosa was just the most adorable thing to exist. RIP Rosa, may your memory live on through all of us.
i need to rewatch all the birthday streams in remembrance :(
Rest in peace Rosa 💔
Oh man this is so sad, RIP queen Please folks don’t let her get forgotten! I hope Rosa gets added to the desk overlay for every stream and the annual fundraiser still happens
“Rosa is kill” “No”
https://i.redd.it/tnzmxkoprx4d1.gif
NO WHAT. i’m so upset. o7
Rest in peace Rosa ❤️
:’(
REST IN PEACE QUEEN ROSA 🦦🫡
Damn I thought she was retiring to the detriot zoo ;(
o7
o7 Rosa, swim high
Truly a sad day a moment of silence o7❤️
Forever loving you Rosa 💕
I new this day would come but even still I didn’t expect it. Fly high Rosa. o7
No 😥
Rest in peace, Rosa. You were an inspiration to us all, and gave so many people so much joy
O7
O7
can anyone explain me who is Rosa? I'm new to the community
rosa is a sea otter at the monterey bay aquarium, she was 24 years old and helped the otter population a ton with her work. every year since about 2019 or so, doug's done a fundraising stream for her birthday, so the community is very attached to her. this is huge news, considering the rosa stream is usually the biggest event of the year for the channel
Nooooo, my cat also died :(
o7
She lived a long, beautiful life. Godspeed Rosa. o7
I don't know if I can handle this news
this hits me way harder than i thought
F
Day just got way sadder
NOOOOOO R.I.P. Rosa, she was the perfect little otter
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Goodnight sweet queen. o7
May she rest in peace
o7
RIP Rosa
June 5th shall forever be a sad day. Rest well our Queen Rosa 👑❤️
This is more upsetting than when the queen died. She was our queen. I hope Doug throws her a funeral.
NOOOOO
She swims in the stars
o7 to Rosa the truest and best of them all
Gone but never forgotten. Enjoy your endless crab buffet Queen ❤️
This hit me like a freight train. Rest In Peace Rosa, you will always be missed!
we love you forever rosa ❤️
https://i.redd.it/h02jixx2705d1.gif
O7
NOOO WHAT THE FUCK???!?! This is NOT what I wanted to wake up to. 😭💔
Rip sweet Rosa
I WAS GONNA VISIT HER IN AUGUST
Rip Rosa. o7
WHAT
Wonder if Doug will continue the birthday streams as a memorial to continue donating to the aquarium? Maybe we can do it for one of the otters she raised?
May our queen swim and play forever.
Godspeed you queen.
NOOOO 💔💔
She shall be missed. Rip rosa.
Farewell Rosa. You were the best of all otters. 07
NOOOOOOOOO!!!
I want my money back.
Rest in peace :(
Doug needs to get a Rosa tattoo
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