Sea otters have powerful teeth and even more powerful bites – an estimated 615 pounds of force. That’s about as much as a black bear. This strong smile helps them bust through the hard shells of their ...

What type of meat depends on what's available. Most otters will eat crustaceans and fish, according to the Blue Reef Aquarium. For the North American river otter, fish, crayfish, frogs and turtles ...

Suzi Eszterhas Scientists have long designated the california sea otter a “keystone predator,” meaning what the animal eats has a large impact on its environment. The otters devour ...

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The return of sea otters, a top predator, to a California estuary is helping slow erosion and restore the estuary’s degraded geology. A sea otter in the estuarine water of Elkhorn Slough ...

They start eating solid foods shortly after birth, but are dependent on their mothers for up to a year. Pups start diving within two months. LIFE CYCLE: Male sea otters live between 10 and 15 years, ...

But at California’s Elkhorn Slough, a reserve where about 120 southern sea otters live, the cute apex predators have led to ...

Contemporary Tlingit do not eat sea otter. By arguing that this condition should be met before Alaska Natives should be entitled to harvest sea otters, these environmentalists are attempting to define ...

A sea otter dines on a clam. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

Researchers found that otters eat like gluttons, which causes a drastic change in the underwater landscape. The effects of foraging within these habitats are yet to be determined, but the results of ...