1. Sea Otters are the largest member of the weasel family.

2. Sea Otters spend most of their time in the water.

3. The scientific name for Sea Otters is Enhydra lutris.

4. They are the smallest of the marine mammals.

5. There are 12 species of sea otters.

 

1. Sea otters are only found near the pacific ocean.

2. They live along the rocky shoreline and in coves.

3. They are only found in the coasts of Russia, Alaska and central California.

 

1. Sea otters pups are born on both land and water.

2. Sea otter babies weigh 4 or 5 pounds when they are first born.

3. The mother sea otter wraps her pup in kelp to keep the pup from floating away.

4. For the first month the baby is alive the mom caries the pup on her chest.

1. Sea Otters favorite food is shellfish.

2. Sea otters use tools to help them catch there food.

3. They bang shellfish against rocks to crack there shells.

4. They like scallop, clams, mussels and abalone.

5. They like foods that they can pick up easily.

1. A sea otters lungs are twice the size of other mammals.

2. Their lungs help them float and dive.

3. Sea otters have strong jawbones and round teeth to crush crab shells.

4. Their big lower teeth, called incisors, jut forward and are used to scoop the meat out of the shells.

1. Sea Otters have a roll in maintaining balance in the world.

2. No body knows why they are dying.

3. 12% of  the sea otters in the coast of California have died since 1995.