Download The Sea Otter Enhydra lutris

Leilana Townsend
Jesse Covert
 The

Pacific Ocean
The coast of California to the coast Japan
 Diet:
urchins, abalone, mussels, clams,
crabs, snails, and about 40 other marine
species
 Size: Height- 4-5 ft Weight- 45 lbs (females)
65 (males)
 Housing Requirements: They sleep on top of
the water
 Climate Requirements: Water and minimal
land
 Relationship
with other species: Prey- (refer
back to diet) Predator- Orcas, Sea Lions, Bald
Eagles, Great White Sharks, Polar Bear
 It takes 3-6 years to be sexually mature
(Pregnancy lasts for 6-8 months)
 They usually have 1 pup but can have twins
 They reproduce year round, but mainly in
May and June
 Otters are “Pack” animals
Otters
are “Pack” animals
They float together in groups of
less than 10 to more than 100
called “rafts”
Oil
spills
Potential fisheries
Predation
Disease events
 Population:
 Nothing
2004-07 106,822
is being done to save them at the
moment, they are researching how
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http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/Boehm/Hab
itats.html

http://www.defenders.org/sea-otter/basic-facts

http://www.kidsplanet.org/coolstuff/otters/faq.html
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090316114526
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http://www.seaotter-sealion.org/seaotter/factsseaotter.html
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http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/7750/0