1. Sea Otter Sea Otter Enhydra lutris Threatened The sea otter has been hunted to near extinction for its soft, thick, lustrous fur. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

2. OTTERNET.COM - Homepage Sea otters are one of the rare mammals who use tools. We invite you to explore Otternet and learn more about these fascinating animals! http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

3. Friends Of The Sea Otter (FSO) - 20050804081514 for sea otters as well as to increase and broaden these preservation efforts. We wish to inspire the public at large about the otters' unique http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

4. Friends Of The Sea Otter - Sea Otter Information - 20050721151647 Cal. Otter Range Map. California Sea Otter Census. Endangered Species. FAQs about Sea Otters. How Can I Help the Sea Otter? Oil Spills 1 http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

5. Sea Otter Kids' Planet Defenders Of Wildlife California, or southern, sea otters are listed as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and "fully protected" under http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

6. OceanInfo Sea Otters, Enhydra Lutris Ecology 73(2)413428. Lensink, C.J. 1960. Status and distribution of sea otters in Alaska. J. Mammalogy 41 172-182. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

7. CNN.com - Alaska Sea Otters' Disappearance A Mystery - Feb. 4, 2004 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) When Russian explorers first saw sea otters bobbing in the waters off Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the mid-18th http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

8. Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otters Exhibit Information, photos, videos and activities related to the Sea Otter exhibit and the care and feeding of sea otters at the Monterey Bay Aquarium http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

9. California Sea Otter Project Home Community Center Take Action News Kids Research About Sea Otters About Us Links Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy 2004 The http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

10. Arctic Studies Center All rights reserved. Sea Otter Enhydra lutris. Sea Otters are playful animals that spend almost all their time in the sea. They eat, sleep http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

11. BBC - Science & Nature - Animals - Children's Zone - Amazing Animals - Sea Otter Amazing facts about the sea otter. Sea otter Sea otters sea otters have long, flexible bodies and often swim with three humps showing out of the water http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/reallywild/amazing/sea_otter.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index SATURDAY 24th September 2005 Text only Animals Prehistoric Life Space ... BBC Homepage In Animals Birds Mammals UK wildlife ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! You are here: BBC Animals Children's Zone Sea otter Sea otters have long, flexible bodies and often swim with three 'humps' showing out of the water. It's thought that many sightings of sea monsters can be put down to these animals. The sea otter is the smallest marine mammal, and the only one to use tools. They inhabit the food rich waters of the north Pacific, where they swim and fish in the iciest of seas. Sea otters have the warmest fur of any animal, with 126,000 hairs per square centimetre. They spend up to three hours a day grooming and blowing into their coats to fill them with insulating air. This acts like a wetsuit, and helps to keep the otter warm underwater. The sea otter's reliance on its fur makes it very susceptible to oil spills, and the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska killed several thousand animals. Sea otters feed on clams and sea urchins from the sea bed. To crack open the tough shells, the sea otter pounds them against a stone which it balances on its chest. An otter keeps a favourite stone in a 'waistcoat pocket', which is a fold of skin under its armpit. They have to eat about 25 to 30 per cent of their body weight every day in order to survive the harsh conditions.

12. Sea Otters Sea Otters are cute and a very popular attraction. Here are some interesting facts about Sea Otters. Sea Otters have a nickname which is Old men of the http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/pbelem/kelp/seaotter.html

Sea Otters Sea Otters are cute and a very popular attraction. Here are some interesting facts about Sea Otters. Sea Otters have a nickname which is "Old men of the Sea" because of the white whiskers they sometimes have on their faces. The scientific name for the otters is Enhydra Lutris which means otter in the water. Groups of otters are called rafts. Enhydra Lutris eats abalone, kelp, clams, and sea urchins. Sea Otters have big appetites. Mature male otters can consume 5,000 pounds of food each year. Although otters will eat any kind of marine animal, they tend to favor slow moving prey over speedier fish. Sea Otters are among the smallest of all mammals. Big lower teeth are used to scoop meat out of shells. Male otters grow to just over 4 feet long including their tails. Sea otters babies are almost as big as their mother. Their webbed feet act like flippers. Sea Otters are really interesting, but they were becoming extinct because they were hunted for their pelts (fur). We must try to save them. Sea Otters are cute and cool. I just hope they don't become extinct! Evaluation: RETURN TO Activity 1 Return HOME

13. Sea Otter Research Website Marine Mammals in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuarysea otters sea otters are members of the weasel family that have adapted to life almost Physically larger than river otters, sea otters also have short, http://www.seaotterresearch.org/

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14. OCAQ Exhibits - Sea Otters Sea otters, extinct on the Oregon coast since the early 1900s, have now returned Visitors can learn about sea otters natural behaviors both from animal http://www.aquarium.org/exhibitsSeaOtters.asp?sid=2

15. Sea Otters Sea otters are the largest member of the weasel family and the smallest marine mammal. Ninety percent of the world’s sea otters live in coastal Alaska. http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/seaotters/otters.htm

The Marine Mammal Protection Act protects sea otters. It prohibits commercial harvest of sea otters, and allows Alaska natives to hunt sea otters for subsistence and creation of handicrafts. Historically, sea otter populations made a dramatic comeback after near extinction due to overhunting, and later survived the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Now sea otters face steep declines in southwest Alaska. The population there has been listed under the Endangered Species Act. See Alaska Issues in-Depth Sea Otter for more details. Update: Aug 2005

16. Friends Of The Sea Otter - Sea Otter Information Friends of the sea Otter 125 Ocean View Blvd, Suite 204 Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Phone 831373-2747 Fax 831-373-2749 E-Mail education@seaotters.org http://www.seaotters.org/Otters/

Back to Home FSO History Current Issues Past Actions ... Contact Us Sea Otter Information Sea Otter Pictures Behavior of the Sea Otter Cal. Otter Range Map California Sea Otter Census ... What is a Sea Otter? seaotters.org Site Navigation Bar FSO History and Information Current Issues Past Actions Membership Information Donations Shop Our Online Store Education Sea Otter Information The Raft FSO Special Events/Promotions Kids Area Mailing List Sea Otter eCards Outside Links Contact Us Send Us Email Back to Main Page Friends of the Sea Otter 125 Ocean View Blvd, Suite 204 Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Phone: 831-373-2747 Fax: 831-373-2749 E-Mail: education@seaotters.org SunStar Media

17. Arctic Studies Center sea otters are playful animals that spend almost all their time in the sea. In the daytime sea otters float on their backs eating Abalone, http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/sea_otter.html

St. Lawrence Gateways The Search for a Past (Saami) Vikings Looking Both Ways Arctic Wildlife Crossroads/Continents Yup'ik Masks Alutiiq Dance Arctic Social Sciences Repatriation Yamal Ainu Get Plug-ins Help Printing Credits Sea Otter Enhydra lutris 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. To open the Abalone shell they place a small rock on their chest and smash the shell against it. Sea otters are one of the few mammals, beside humans, that use tools. They will use strands of kelp to tie themselves into the kelp beds for a secure night's sleep. They love to frolic with other otters and seals. Unlike seals and walrus, sea otters have no blubber to keep them warm in the cold arctic waters. Air trapped in their fur keeps them warm and bouyant. Oil spills can damage this fine fur and cause the otter to get very cold and die. That is why volunteers cleaned the sea otters so carefully after the oil spills in Alaska. Sea otters also faced great dangers from hunters who wanted their valuable coats. They were hunted so heavily in the 18-19th Centuries that they had to be placed on the U.S. government endangered species list. Now the populations have come back to a large extent, but conservationists would like to continue to protect them. Fishermen would like them off the endangered species list in order to protect the abalone harvest.

18. The Kenai Peninsula's Coastal Sea Otters The coastal waters around the Kenai Peninsula contain abundant numbers of sea otters and it seems the population is continuing to expand. http://alaskaoutdoorjournal.com/Wildlife/kpotters.html

by Klondike Kid Sea Otters, Seals and Sea Lions on the Kenai Peninsula The cutest of all saltwater wildlife has to be the sea otter. Its whiskery "old man" look and innocence make it a mammal that everyone loves to view. The coastal areas surrounding the Kenai Peninsula support large numbers of sea otters as well as populations of seals and sea lions. Otters are frequent visitors to kelp patches where much of their primary food sources occur. Seals and sea lions feed in more open waters primarily for herring and other bait fish but best viewing is along rocky shorelines where they haul out to sunbathe. Shore-based Viewing Although viewing from shore is somewhat limited there are a few locations which will give you an opportunity to view and photograph these creatures. If you are in Homer , I have always encountered a sea otter or two swimming just off the beach at the end of the Homer Spit around Land's End Resort. This area provides no protection for them so the ones that frequent this location are passing through during their feeding. Its a waiting game but you won't be bored. The view of the bay, glaciers, mountains and the procession of sport and commercial fishing boats is breath-taking. If you are in Seward , you will have excellent opportunities to view sea lions and sea otters right in town near the Small Boat Harbor. A large number of

19. Sea Otters And Kelp Forests In Alaska: Generality And Variation In A Community E The paradigm holds that where sea otters occur herbivores are rare and plants are abundant, whereas when sea otters are absent herbivores are relatively http://www.esajournals.org/esaonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0012-9615&volume

20. Golden State Images - California Sea Otter Photographs - Stock Photography Photography of sea otters taken in the wild along the southern California coast. http://www.goldenstateimages.com/otter.htm

Natural History Photography of California [ Photography ] California Sea Otter Photographs Enhydra lutris See Also - Marine Mammals Big Sur Coast Dolphin Kelp Forest ... Seals Range: Alaska to California. In the early nineteen hundreds Sea Otters were decimated for their prized pelts. By 1911 they were presumed extinct throughout their entire range, but a small group had survived along the central California coast. Today, about 2000 are believed to inhabit the California coast and they continue to repopulate their historical range. They live in shallow coastal waters among kelp beds and areas rich with shellfish. OTT-001 OTT-002 OTT-003 OTT-004 OTT-005 OTT-006 OTT-007 OTT-008 OTT-009 OTT-010 OTT-011 OTT-012 OTT-013 OTT-014 OTT-015 OTT-016 OTT-017 OTT-018 OTT-019 OTT-020 OTT-021 OTT-022 OTT-023 OTT-024 OTT-025 OTT-026 OTT-027 Click on any image to display an enlarged view.

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