Pronunciation of the English word otters.
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1. | Sea otters love to eat clams while swimming on their backs. | |
2. | Sea otters are cute. | |
3. | Sea otters spend more than 90% of their lives in water. | |
4. | All cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), all sirenians (manatees and dugongs) and several marine carnivores (seals, otters, walrus, and polar bears) are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). | |
5. | The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is one of the best places in the world to see marine wildlife. You can see seals, sea lions, sea otters, whales, dolphins and seabirds any time of year! | |
6. | Sea otters are smaller than seals and sea lions, have stubby front paws and rest by floating on their back. | |
7. | Usually found in or near kelp forests, sea otters dine on invertebrates such as snails, crabs, octopuses, urchins, and abalone. | |
8. | Sea otters often use small rocks to crack open hard-shelled prey. | |
9. | Since sea otters lack blubber, they burn calories quickly and eat up to 25 percent of their body weight a day. | |
10. | Sea otters rest by wrapping themselves in kelp to keep from drifting away. |