Sea Otter Basics
This marine mammal has the densest fur in the animal kingdom, helping it survive without a layer of blubber.
What is the sea otter?
This 1911 treaty was signed to stop the hunting of sea otters for their valuable fur
What is the International Fur Seal Treaty?
This type of forest, protected by sea otters, stores carbon and provides shelter for marine life.
What is a kelp forest?
This animal is one of the only marine mammals that doesn't have a layer of blubber
What is the sea otter?
This organization educates the public and protects otters through community outreach.
What is Sea Otter Savvy?
This word describes how sea otters use rocks to open clams while floating on their backs
What is tool use?
This major oil spill in 1989 caused the death of over 30,000 sea otters.
What is the Exxon Valdez oil spill?
This sea creature, a favorite sea otter snack, eats kelp holdfasts and destroys underwater forests when not kept in check.
What is a purple sea urchin?
Sea otters use this object to break open shellfish on their bellies.
What is a rock?
You can reduce your impact on sea otters by using less of this fossil fuel.
What is oil?
This adaptation allows sea otters to float while eating, grooming, or sleeping.
What is high lung capacity?
This U.S. law passed in 1972 protects sea otters and other marine mammals from human harm and harassment.
What is the Marine Mammal Protection Act?
Sea otters help protect these grassy underwater habitats by eating crabs that would otherwise destroy them.
What are seagrass meadows?
Sea otters often float together while __ in a group called this.
What is holding hands?
Supporting this type of science-based project can help otters survive long-term.
What is a conservation or research project?
Sea otters often float in large groups called this.
What is a raft?
This type of pollution, now estimated to cover 88% of the Earth, threatens otter habitats.
What is air pollution?
This process, boosted by healthy kelp forests, removes carbon dioxide from the air.
What is carbon sequestration?
Sea otters spend between 11% to 48% of their day doing this.
What is grooming
Simply doing this at the beach or near the ocean helps protect marine life.
What is cleaning up litter?
This body part of the sea otter changes over time, going from 26 baby teeth to 32 adult teeth.
What are their teeth?
These two predators target sea otters when their usual prey becomes scarce.
What are killer whales (orcas) and sharks?
Without sea otters, these two ecosystems would likely collapse.
What are kelp forests and seagrass meadows?
Baby sea otters are born with this many baby teeth.
What is 26?
You can help otters by avoiding this type of device when near wildlife.
What is a drone or remote-controlled aircraft?