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Sea Otters May Be Small Marine Mammals, But Their Effect on an Ecosystem Can Be Huge

Sea otters are North America’s smallest marine mammal, weighing just 30 to 100 pounds, but their appetites are huge. They burn calories at three times the rate expected for their size, chomping on ...
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Elakha Alliance leads charge to restore sea otters to Oregon coast

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sea otters have been missing from the Oregon coast for more than a century, and local non-profit Elakha Alliance is trying to bring them back. The marine mammals, which help protect ...
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Sea otters help kelp forests recover — but how fast depends on where they are

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins. But how ...
Houston Chronicle

How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy

The giant sea stars, recognizable for their many arms, kept the urchin population in check, with the help of sea otters, lobsters and some large fishes. That balance allowed the local kelp forests to ...
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Human impacts on seals, sea lions, and sea otters : integrating archaeology and ecology in the northeast Pacific / edited by Todd J. Braje and Torben C. Rick

People, pinnipeds, and sea otters of the northeast Pacific / Torben C. Rick, Todd J. Braje, and Robert L. DeLong -- A history of paleoecological research on sea otters and pinnipeds of the eastern ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Farmers, tribes and scientists gather to talk otters

Did you know sea otters can eat a quarter of their body weight in food every day? That’s hundreds of sea urchins, clams, and crabs — all cracked open with a rock balanced on their bellies. It’s one of ...
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Sea otters are growing in numbers and facing more human disturbance

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, and in Morro ...
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Why This Diver Feeds Sea Urchins to Fish—And Saves the Reef

What you can see in this YouTube clip is very different from most of the underwater footage that you will come across online. It features a diver picking up sea urchins using a metal tool and breaking ...
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Spaghetti with Sea Urchins

To prepare spaghetti with sea urchins, start by opening the urchins. You can consult the culinary school, how to clean sea urchins for all the steps in detail. Use the sea urchin cutter and cut off ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Chicagoans vote to name Shedd Aquarium's newest sea otter

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SeaWorld baby boom: SeaWorld San Diego has baby sharks, dolphins, penguins, otters, and flamingos

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — SeaWorld San Diego has several new baby animals you can visit at the park and they are sharing them with you. This year, the park has seen the birth of baby bamboo sharks, ...