CUTEST SEA OTTER 🤩 CATCHING EGGS 🥚

Sea otters are part of the weasel family. They have webbed feet, water-repellent fur to keep them dry and warm, and nostrils and ears that close in the water.
FUR
Sea otters have the densest fur of any mammal, with up to one million hairs per square inch. This layer protects them from the cold of the Pacific Ocean.

TOOLS

Sea otters are one of the few marine mammals that use tools. For example, they can use rocks to open clams and abalone.

SWIMMING

Sea otters can hold their breath for over five minutes and use their hind flippers to paddle while sleeping on their backs.

DIET

Sea otters can eat up to 25% of their body weight in food each day. Their diet mainly consists of shelled creatures like clams and abalone.

SLEEP

Sea otters often sleep in groups, floating on their backs and wrapping themselves in kelp for anchor.

SOCIAL

Sea otters are a social species, with females and their pups often spending time together in one group, and males in another.

PREDATORS

Sea otters are preyed upon by sharks, killer whales, coyotes, brown bears, and bald eagles. When threatened, sea otters dive or play dead, or raise a forepaw to signal alarm.