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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without them the southern sea otter would die. The underfur is soft, silky and velvety to the touch. The back is usually black or dark brown, the belly, neck and face lighter. The forearms are short and stubby and end in small claws.
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NRDC researchers gathered data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the numbers and general health of the southern sea otter population (the southern sea otter is one of three sea otter subspecies; it is found only off the California coast).
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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 ... Track H.R.556- Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act has passed the House!
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Get the facts on sea otters. Endangered Species Act: California, or southern, sea otters are listed as threatened under the federal ESA and fully protected under California state law. Take action and help save endangered sea otters. ... Endangered Species Act: California, or southern, ... Sea Otter Alliance; Sea Otter Research...
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To help it stay warm in cold water, a sea otter burns calories at nearly three times the rate you do. An otter fuels its fast metabolism by eating up to a quarter of its weight in food a day. (A 150-pound person would have to eat 35-40 pounds of food a day to match that!);
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Sea otter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sea otter ( Enhydra lutris ) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg (30 to 100 lb), maki...
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