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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.
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 ...
Southern sea otters along the West coast were hunted almost to extinction for their thick, soft fur, only gaining protection in 1913 when California declared them a "fully protected mammal." Even ...
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 ...
An otter at the St. Louis Aquarium in St. Louis, Missouri had one woman stressed. The poor thing was hungry! All he wanted was for one of the many guests at the aquarium that day to give him a snack.
A detailed study says reintroducing sea otters to the Oregon Coast would benefit nearshore marine communities. Sea otters take ‘important step’ toward reintroduction on Oregon Coast with study ...
An orca breaching in Hood Canal. The marine mammals of the Salish Sea are numerous and diverse, both in taxonomy and morphology. A total of six species of pinnipeds, eight species of baleen whales, seventeen species of toothed whales, and one mustelid (the sea otter) inhabiting the local waters of the Salish Sea and the outer coastal waters over the continental shelf off Washington and British ...
Southern sea otters, whose population dwindled to about 50 in 1938, are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They are listed as federally threatened under the Endangered Species Act and ...