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The pinniped population is decreasing, because of lack of food and global warming, so the killer whales now seem to be eating sea otters instead of pinnipeds.

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humans are still the biggest threat

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Q: What is the biggest threat to sea otters today?
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What are the sea otters biggest stimuli?

Jesus


Do sea otters have lots of enemies?

As others have written, killer whales and sharks are the biggest threat to sea otters of all sizes if they are in the ocean. The younger sea otters can also be attacked on the water surface by bald eagles. While on land, all sea otters may be eaten by bears and possibly even coyotes.


Is it illegal to hunt sea otters today?

yes it is


What do sea otters die from?

the biggest threat is running out of food and having humans killing them even when there's a law against hunting them.


Are Otters threatened or near extinction?

Sea otters are under threat from pollution (particularly in the form of oil spills), changes/imbalances in the food chain, and the lingering threat of the fur trade, among other factors.


What are several new dangers to sea otters today?

white sharks and killer whales bald eagles sometimes hunt young sea otters


What is the starfish biggest threat?

sea birdsdolphinsfishstarfishsea ottersporpoiseslobsters and crabsgullshumans


Sea otters reproductive?

yes, sea otters have young sea otters called pups


What is the sea otters habitat?

a sea otters habitat is the sea


What is the habitat of the otters?

a sea otters habitat is the sea


When were sea otters invented?

Sea otters were not invented.


What is the sea otter population?

Well in a population estimate made between 2004 and 2007 the sea otter population was given a worldwide total of approximately 107,000 sea otters of course this estimate will have probably changed by now.