Leilana Townsend Jesse Covert. The Pacific Ocean The coast of California to the coast Japan.
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THE SEA OTTER ENHYDRA LUTRIS Leilana Townsend Jesse Covert
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Transcript of Leilana Townsend Jesse Covert. The Pacific Ocean The coast of California to the coast Japan.
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
MORE..
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
