Sea Otter
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Enhydra
Enhydra lutris
Highly aquatic, the Sea Otter eats, sleeps, mates, and even gives birth at sea, and can remain submerged for four to five minutes. Flipper-like hindlegs make the species clumsy on land; it takes to the beach… More »
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Friends of the Sea Otter (FSO) is an advocacy group dedicated to actively working with state and federal agencies to maintain the current protections for sea otters as well as to increase and broaden these preservation efforts ... Currently, Friends of the Sea Otter (FSO) has more than 4,000 members world-wide.
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A Sea Otter's Habitat ... Sea otters need unpolluted habitats near the shore with depths under 40m.  A plentiful food supply is needed consisting primarily of shellfish, and freedom from excessive human disturbance. The west coast has lots of islands, bays and reefs that provide food and shelter from storms.
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A sea otter's diet consists mainly of slow-moving fishes and marine invertebrates including crabs, sea urchins, abalones, clams, mussels, and snails. Food preferences vary among individuals. ... Habitat & Distribution...
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This makes the Sea otter the largest member of its family, Mustelidae. They have long hind legs with large webbed feet and short forelimbs with retractable claws. The Sea otter has a relatively short tail that ... Subspecies Distribution Habitat Behavior Diet Reproduction Predators Ecological Role The Fur Trade Status...
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Sea otters live in the Pacific Ocean. Sea otter habitats range from the Soviet Union to California. ... main page habitat thermoregulation metabolism fur; other physiological adaptations; oil spills and sea otters; references...
www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/Boehm/Habitats... www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/Boehm/Habitats.html
We have in-depth species profiles giving you tons of information on all 13 species of otter. We also have habitat overviews for the five continents otters live on; there you can find which otters live in each country, what the threats to them are, ... Sea Otters use rocks to pry abalone off rocks and to break open shells.
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Everything You Need To Know About the Sea Otter ... Send Sea Otters to Washington! Contribute to the Give Otters A Voice Fund! ; Latest news! The Otter Project files suit against the USFWS ... Become a fan!; Follow us! Sea Otter Scoop; Share photos;
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The threatened California sea otter numbers just 2,700 statewide. The Morro Bay/Cayucos sewage plant in California has dumped pollutants into the ocean for more than two decades -- directly into bay waters that are a hotspot for sea otter deaths.
www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/morrobay.asp