How long have sea otters been around?
With use of genetic and fossil evidence, sea otters have been around for at least 5 million years.
well they only eat them if they are salted enough and contain atleast 20% of random stuff on it
How did the Sea Otters become extinct?
Sea Otters are not extinct.
they became endangered by being hunted by the russians
people still poach(george steller waz the reason for this
How old can a pup be to leave its mom?
A chihuahua puppy can leave there mother at 5 weeks old as long as there healthy and eating well. I have had 6 chihuahuas and I have took them all at 5 weeks old. My chihuahua had a litter of puppies and they started eating soft dog food at 4 weeks old. Everyone says a puppy shouldn't be taken from its mother until 6 to 8 weeks. That is not true at all. Every dog I have ever had has been taken at 5 weeks and they are very healthy. Some people also say if you take a puppy that early it causes problems with them biting and playing. That is also not true. So as long as a puppy is eating good it CAN be taken from its mother at 5 weeks of age...
Adult sea lion- Ears, dark eyes, closable nostrils, pointed snout, sensory whiskers (vibrissae) and wing-like foreflippers. The adult sea lion has thick, short fur which is brown to buff coloured.
Baby sea lion- Sensory whiskers (vibrissae), dark eyes, closable nostrils and a pointed snout. Baby sea lions are dark grey to light brown in colour.
*I got this information from the Singapore Zoological Gardens when I visited that place. To confirm my answer, I checked the Singapore Zoological website and also asked my teacher:)
What type of fish do sea otters eat?
The Sea Otter usually eats the smaller and slower swimming fish, along with other invertebrates like the crabs, clams, snails, abalones, sea urchins, mussels. They eat a wide range of other sea animals. For more details, please see the sites listed below.
What distinctive features of a sea otter?
Sea Otters can have some very strange physical characteristics such as they have no blubber, instead a very thick fur covers every inch of there bodies. Much like that of an underground animal sea otters consider smell more important than sight and high-sensitive whiskers and front paws are used more than sight in the hunting of prey.
Social characteristics of sea otters are rather odd. Each sex of an otter will join hands together and float on there backs in a big formation stretching from 10-100 otters on average. This formation is called a rompt or a raft. When a rompt of otters enters another's territory another otter will attempt to scare away the pack but fighting amongst these two rompts rarely occurs. During mating season the male will mark the females its mated to by biting its muzzle often leaving scars.
For more information on sea otters go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_otter
otters live near fresh water to clean the salt out of their fur. They do this to keep it waterproof, otherwise they would die of cold. Er ... no. Otters are aquatic mammals. They have webbing between their toes to help them swim better, and thick waterproof fur that they keep waterproof with their own body oil. They live near rivers and ponds and the ocean because they are aquatic - they eat fish and shellfish and other water animals. Otters are much more easily killed by predators like bears and bobcats when they are out of the water. A swimming river otter is nearly impossible for a predator to catch, though sea otters have more predators (like sharks) that can catch them. Otters enemies are few. The otter pups enemies are largely wolves, large birds of prey and large reptiles. The ability to swim and quick access to water, helps them save themselves. There is evidence that sea otters are being attacked by killer whales. The markings on otter carcasses matches dentition of the orca. Possibly there is evidence of shark attacks, but I am not sure.
Are there any law that protects the giant otter?
What are the ways otters reproduce?
The male sea otter can have as many as fifteen females in his region at a time. When otters mate, it can be a very violent, sometimes causing the female scarring. Now imagine David Attenbergh saying that.
Yes, they eat: sea urchins, fat innkeeper worms, a variety of bivalves such as clams and mussels, abalone, other mollusks, crustaceans, and snails. Sea otter's prey ranges in size from tiny limpets and crabs to giant octopuses.
Is the Asian small clawed otter a carnivore?
This species of otters is recorded as feeding mainly on invertebrates such as crustaceans and molluscs. However, they have also been seen to feed on vertebrates, in particular amphibians.
What would happen if sea otters died?
sea otters eat sea urchins so if the otters went extinct the sea urchin population would grow too big and they would eat the plants faster that they could grow. other fish that ate plants would go extinct, then the animals that ate them would go extinct. in other words... the ecosystem would be ruined.
Why don't Sea Otters get cold in the water?
Because of their specialized fur which is a dense coat that keeps in body heat
because they are warm blooded mammals and warm blooded animals take after the temp they live in.
How can humans keep sea otters from becoming extinct?
Im not so sure... You can stop putting cat litter down the drain, cause it has parasites deadly to sea otters. You can also just stop putting oil into the water. How about go to a different website. (^.^)
A porcupine is endothermic, able to maintain its own body temperature. It is a mammal, and mammals and birds are endothermic. The term 'endothermic' is the biological term for an animal that is warm-blooded.
Why was the otter released in pairs of male and female in 1960 in England?
because they like shopping
Do river otters live in Tennessee?
yes, they actually do. twra released around 437 i think a few years back. I've lived in middle Tennessee for 30 years and saw some on 9-20-10 in the wild for the first time.