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Welcome to the land of the sea otters. Get ready for an fantastic adventure in there underwater land that the sea otters call home.
Welcome to the land of the sea otters. Get ready for an fantastic adventure in there underwater land that the sea otters call home.
Diet
Diet
Sea Otters eat urchins, abalones, mussels, clams, crabs, snails, and many more marine species. Sea Otters eat approximately 25% of their weight in food in each day in order to support their high metabolism. Sea otters usually feed in small groups and all the hunting occurs on the seafloor. They use their sensitive whiskers to locate the small sea creatures and their small forepaws to capture the prey and then rub, roll, and twist It apart. Sea otters usually eat 3 to 4 times a day. After breaking open their food with rocks many otters then wash their prey by holding it on their body and turning around in the water
Sea Otters eat urchins, abalones, mussels, clams, crabs, snails, and many more marine species. Sea Otters eat approximately 25% of their weight in food in each day in order to support their high metabolism. Sea otters usually feed in small groups and all the hunting occurs on the seafloor. They use their sensitive whiskers to locate the small sea creatures and their small forepaws to capture the prey and then rub, roll, and twist It apart. Sea otters usually eat 3 to 4 times a day. After breaking open their food with rocks many otters then wash their prey by holding it on their body and turning around in the water
Behavior
Behavior
Sea otters are very social animals. Females and their baby’s spend time together in one group and the males spend time in another. Baby sea otters are called pups and they tend to stay with their mother for their first eight months of life. A sea otter pups fur traps so much air that they can not actually dive in the water. When their mother leaves to go catch food she wraps her pup in kelp that acts like a cork and makes it so that the pup can not swim away. Mother sea otters spend lots of their time grooming their little sea otter pups. Sea otters eat animals with shells with means that somehow they need to open the shells. Some Sea otters open the shells by holding a rock to their chest and slamming the prey into the rock. Other sea otters leave the pray on their chest and hit the prey with rocks. They are one of the only animals to use tools. When sea otters are searching for food they store what they have found in their armpits. Sea otters are amazing animals.
Sea otters are very social animals. Females and their baby’s spend time together in one group and the males spend time in another. Baby sea otters are called pups and they tend to stay with their mother for their first eight months of life. A sea otter pups fur traps so much air that they can not actually dive in the water. When their mother leaves to go catch food she wraps her pup in kelp that acts like a cork and makes it so that the pup can not swim away. Mother sea otters spend lots of their time grooming their little sea otter pups. Sea otters eat animals with shells with means that somehow they need to open the shells. Some Sea otters open the shells by holding a rock to their chest and slamming the prey into the rock. Other sea otters leave the pray on their chest and hit the prey with rocks. They are one of the only animals to use tools. When sea otters are searching for food they store what they have found in their armpits. Sea otters are amazing animals.
Status
Status
Sea Otters are a threatened species because of their fur. Sea otters are now protected but many die each year because of oil spills, parasites, infectious diseases, boat strikes, entanglements, and toxins. Sea otters do not have blubber and rely on their fur to stay warm. That is way lots of Sea otters die each year because oil spills. Once sea otters have oil on their fur there fur loses the value of keeping them warm. The oil can also be life threatening if they eat it. In 1989 Exxon oil spilled in Valdez, Alaska, killing several thousand otters.
Sea Otters are a threatened species because of their fur. Sea otters are now protected but many die each year because of oil spills, parasites, infectious diseases, boat strikes, entanglements, and toxins. Sea otters do not have blubber and rely on their fur to stay warm. That is way lots of Sea otters die each year because oil spills. Once sea otters have oil on their fur there fur loses the value of keeping them warm. The oil can also be life threatening if they eat it. In 1989 Exxon oil spilled in Valdez, Alaska, killing several thousand otters.
Habitat
Habitat
Sea otters live in very cold shallow waters of the coast of the northern pacific. But there historic range goes from Mexico to Alaska and even Japan. The Current population in California is around 3,300 But there is a larger population located in Alaska and some otters are still located in Russia. Sea Otters like shallow coastal habitats and prefer a place with kelp that they wrap themselves and their babies in when resting or when they are going away to hunt.
Sea otters live in very cold shallow waters of the coast of the northern pacific. But there historic range goes from Mexico to Alaska and even Japan. The Current population in California is around 3,300 But there is a larger population located in Alaska and some otters are still located in Russia. Sea Otters like shallow coastal habitats and prefer a place with kelp that they wrap themselves and their babies in when resting or when they are going away to hunt.
Time for some fun
Time for some fun
Ready for a quiz?
Ready for a quiz?
How many sea otters died in the Exxon oil spill in 1989 Valdez, Alaska?
How many sea otters died in the Exxon oil spill in 1989 Valdez, Alaska?
A. 75
A. 75
B. several thousand
B. several thousand
C. several hundred
C. several hundred
D. 8
D. 8
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Want to learn more?
Want to learn more?
Click here to learn more from The Marine Mammal Center,
or click here to find out some facts from Defenders of Wildlife
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