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Fur
True or False Habitats
Pups
Food
Other
100
What are the types of fur?
Guard hairs and underfur
100
Alaska
True
100
What are pups?
Baby otters
100
How much food do they eat each day?
1/4 their body weight
100
What is kelp?
A brown seaweed
200
What is underfur?
Short, fine hairs that collect bubbles
200
6 miles off the shore
False
200
When are they usually born?
Early spring
200
Name 4 things an otter eats
Crab, sea urchins, abalone, anemones, scallops, sea cucumbers, starfish, limpets, octopus, squid, mussels, snails, barnacles, and fish
200
What is a raft?
A group of otters in the water
300
What are guard hairs?
Coarse, thick hairs that hold the bubbles in
300
Rough Waters
False
300
Name one way otters play.
Hide and seek, juggle, slide
300
Name 5 things an otter eats
Crab, sea urchins, abalone, anemones, scallops, sea cucumbers, starfish, limpets, octopus, squid, mussels, snails, barnacles, and fish
300
What is the biggest raft observed by humans?
2,000 otters
400
How many hairs do otters have per square inch?
1 Million
400
Japan
True
400
What do they do when they leave their den?
Learn to dive, swim, hunt, and fish
400
What do they do to crack open the shells of their food?
Pound on it with a rock
400
What do otters use kelp for?
To wrap themselves so they don't float away
500
What are the bubbles for?
They keep the otter warm, they replace blubber
500
Clean unplanty water
False
500
In hide and seek what do they do if the otter is found?
Play fight
500
How do otter teeth and bones turn pink?
They eat too many red sea urchins
500
Name three things otters are related to
Skunks, minks, badgers, and weasels