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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 and 100 lb), making them the heaviest members of the weasel family, but among [3] the smallest marine mammals.
Marine otters are known to be susceptible to Toxoplasma gondii infection along the northern and central coast of Chile, [14] though T. gondii seroprevalence in this otter species is lower than in other aquatic mustelids such as the southern river otter and American mink in southern Chile, [15] likely because of the general dryness of the former ...
For most otters, fish is the staple of their diet. This is often supplemented by frogs, crayfish and crabs. [12] Some otters are experts at opening shellfish, and others will feed on available small mammals or birds. Prey-dependence leaves otters very vulnerable to prey depletion. Sea otters are hunters of clams, sea urchins and other shelled ...
Southern sea otters were thought to be extinct until the early 1900s. Then a tiny remnant population was found surviving in Bixby Cove near Big Sur in 1914 , site of the now Instagram famous Bixby ...
Sea otters eat crabs, sea urchins, abalones, clams, mussels, snails, and slow-moving fish. Again, what an otter will eat depends on where they live or are located. They catch their prey using ...
A medium-sized otter, the southern river otter's body can grow up to 70 cm (28 in) long, with the tail adding about 40 cm (16 in). Body weight averages about 5–10 kg (11–22 lb). Its fur is dark brown on the upper parts and a lighter cinnamon color or can be almost white on the underside.
Rosa was adopted by the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 1999 and served as surrogate mother for a record 15 otters. She outlived the life expectancy for wild southern sea otters.
Sea otters can do well in captivity, and are featured in over 40 public aquaria and zoos. [4] The southern sea otter which range historically spanned from Baja, California all the way up to the shorelines of Oregon and Washington, now only stretches from Southern California to just north of Half Moon Bay, California. What was historically a ...