Carol DM
Continuing with my Otter series. Here is the second post if you missed it:
Playful Facts About Otters ~ #2
Many otters eat tough food, particularly sea otters that inhabit the shallow coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
Sea otters obtain their food by diving. Using their webbed feet, which are well adapted for swimming, sea otters can dive more than 200 feet and stay underwater for up to 5 minutes.
These otters can sense prey using their whiskers. They also use their agile front paws to find and grasp their prey.
They are known for preying on hard shelled marine invertebrates, including abalones, sea urchins, clams, mussels and crabs, usually fracturing the shells with their teeth.
A sea otter can consume up to 11kg of food per day to support its high metabolism, about a quarter of its own body weight!
Sea otters have loose skin and baggy “pockets” underneath their forelimbs. They can store extra food, and rocks used as tools, in these pockets.
*Not my photo. I wish I could take credit but not this time.
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Otters can sense prey with their whiskers. Cool right!
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We have otters visiting our parks LOL they swim in the pond sometimes…
since they came to Asia, they seems to pick up the skill of crossing the road.
They’ve been spotted doing that many times 🙂
Thanks for the cool information about them! :p
Good to see you. Hope you are safe and well. So happy you see these adorable otters as well.
Thank you, Carol!
Hope you’re doing well on your side too 🙂
I love these mini documentaries Carol. 🙂 Otters are so cool. Unless theyre damming up your waterway that is. 😉
Thanks Kim, wish I had my own photos. Would love to see otters in their natural setting. Have only seen these in zoos.
i guess we otter leave those whiskers alone.
i really need to get some new jokes!
i love otters, they are so much fun to watch.
Yes you are right, we otter. 🙂 They are cute.
they are, i was in northern California, and we were near the ocean. my coworker said have you ever seen sea otters.
i said no. we spent the entire Saturday watching them.
I have spent hours at zoos watching them as well.
they were all over Wisconsin Dells (river otters) when I was little.
I was around creeks, ponds and rivers but never saw them.
That is a very cute otter. They are wonderful to look at.
They are so cool to learn bout too.
Such precious animals! I almost want to get the cute otter plushies in the ads below your post.
Their whiskers are my favorite part! I know right! I may have to get one of these stuffed otters for myself.
Thanks for sharing some interesting facts. I didn’t know that an otter can eat such a large amount of food.
You are welcome, I love these little otters. I thought this fact was so cool…
Sea otters have loose skin and baggy “pockets” underneath their forelimbs. They can store extra food, and rocks used as tools, in these pockets.
Otters seem to be very smart. They know how to take care of everything.
They are smarter than many realize actually.
We have river otters here and they are playful little critters.
Oh I would love to see them. I never get the chance.