THE SEA OTTERENHYDRA

LUTRISLeilana Townsend

Jesse Covert

NATURAL HABITAT The Pacific Ocean The coast of California to the coast

Japan

LIFE HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS

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

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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”

THE SEA OTTER IS ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF..

Oil spillsPotential fisheries

PredationDisease events

Population: 2004-07 106,822

Nothing is being done to save them at the moment, they are researching how

WORKS CITED http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/

Boehm/Habitats.html http://www.defenders.org/sea-otter/basic-facts http://www.kidsplanet.org/coolstuff/otters/faq.html http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?

qid=20090316114526AARbMzR http://www.seaotter-sealion.org/seaotter/

factsseaotter.html http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/7750/0