SEA OTTERS

POPULATION

• World wide- 106,000
• California- 3,000

HABITAT

• Shallow costal waters
• Northern pacific
• Most sea otters are found in the waters of Alaska
• Originally found in Japan and Siberia

BEHAVIOR

• Spend much of lives in the water
• Can dive up to 300 feet
• One of the few animals to use resources
• Small rocks or other small objects

REPRODUCTION

• Mating season- all through the year
• Gestation- 6-8 months
• Litter size- normally one pup
• Sometimes can give birth to twins

ENDANGERED OR THREATENED

• Sea otters are endangered
• Oil spills
• Need for otter fur
• Population
• Person fined $21,000 for shooting 3 otters

DIET

• Mollusks
• Crustaceans
• Small types of fish
• Hunt during day
• Pregnant females hunt during night

FACTS

• largest member of the Mustelidae, or weasel family
• Sea otters can live up to 25 years of age
• smallest marine mammal
• brown to almost black with guard hairs that may be silver, light brown, or black
• Sea otters phyla is a mammal

FOUND???

• Pacific Ocean in North America
• Asia

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/sea-otter/
• http://www.defenders.org/sea-otter/basic-facts
• http://www.seaotter-sealion.org/seaotter/factsseaotter.html