starfish, clams, and mussels
Probably because it is food they like that they can catch.
they eat deer, Elk, bear, sea lions, seals, sea otters, salmon, Halibut, and Shellfish to accompany food.
The otters favourite food is sea urchins.
Sea otters have to eat at least 25% oftheir body weight each day.
Alligators DON'T eat sea otters, Killer whales (orcas) do!
Sea otters are secondary consumers. This because sea urchins are primary and sea otters eat sea urchins.
cougars dont live in the same ecosystem as sea otters
Sea Urchins
Sea otters do not eat kelp but they do live in the kelp forests. They use the deep cover as protection from predators. Sea otters eat the red sea urchin that will destroy a kelp forest if left unchecked.
Sea Otters find sea urchins on the ocean floor and break it open with a rock. It will then eat everything except the spines (the insides).
otters get their food by catching fish in the water. so they eat fish. they swim down in the ocean and catch fish with there mouth
A consumer. Producers are generally plants, which "produce" (hence the name) energy from the sun through photosynthesis. Everything else needs to get energy by consuming (hence the name "consumer") a producer, or another consumer. Sea otters generally eat sea urchins and shellfish, which feed on algae. In this food chain, the sea otters are secondary consumers, the urchins and shellfish are primary consumers, and the algae are producers.