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Sea otters eat about 160 different types of food. DID YOU KNOW?; When sea otters bring up hard shells with prey inside, they also bring up a big piece of rock. They then bang the hard shell on the rock until it opens enough so they can eat what is inside.
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sciencecastle.com/sc/index.php/questions/view/8
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Most of the time sea otters eat at the surface. When they come across a fast moving fish, they will swallow the fish underwater. Sea otters use loose folds of skin as shopping bags. For example, a sea otter could tuck scallops, sea urchins, crabs, or other edibles under its arm.
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library.thinkquest.org/CR0215242/sea_otters.htm
library.thinkquest.org/CR0215242/sea_otters.htm
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Sea urchins, abalone, snails, scallops, mussels, crab and fish. They dine by floating on their backs and often use stones to crack open the shells of their meal. + they also eat Justin O's trees because they are extremely nutritious for the...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_and_where_do_sea_otters_...
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Sea otters consume a diet that is derived from a wide range of resources. They feed extensively on marine invertebrates like sea urchins, bivalves, mussels, clams, abalone, mollusks, snails and crustaceans. They also consume limpet crabs, p...
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/life-cycle-and-habitat-o...
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Otternet was formed to help educate people on otters - providing a wealth of facts not found anywhere else on the web. It is the official otternet. ... Otters are very smart; they are one of only a handful of tool using mammals. Sea Otters use rocks to pry abalone off rocks and to break open shells.
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www.otternet.com/
www.otternet.com/
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Sea Otters are playful animals that spend almost all their time in the sea. They eat, sleep, and even have their babies in the water. In the daytime sea otters float on their backs eating Abalone, their favorite food.
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www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/sea_otter.html
www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/sea_otter.html
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Are killer whales eating sea lions off the cost of Alaska? ... One killer whale with a taste for sea otters could eat more than 1,800 sea otters a year, Estes said. Why the killer whales changed their diet is still a matter of speculation, but people may be the culprits.
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www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF14/1418.html
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LOOK AT WHAT SEA OTTERS AND DOGS EAT ... Gulls may be the most voracious major mouse predator along the California coast, and California sea otters routinely kill and eat gulls they stalk from underwater, as well as scavenging fresh gull carcasses.
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www.animalpeoplenews.org/02/9/lookatwhatseaotters902.ht...
www.animalpeoplenews.org/02/9/lookatwhatseaotters902.html
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Otters prefer fish which they dive underwater to catch using their sharp teeth and powerful jaws. They will also feed on mussels and limpets on the seashore and when on land they hunt down frogs, waterfowl, voles and even rabbits. ... An adult otter needs to eat about 20% of its body weight per day.
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www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/otterheat.html
www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/otterheat.html
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