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What Do River Otters Eat?
Otters are well loved for a variety of reasons, including their adorable personalities and affinity for holding hands. But ...
The Washington Post5mon
Green crabs have invaded habitats. Sea otters might be the solution.
But at California’s Elkhorn Slough, a reserve where about 120 southern sea otters live, the cute apex predators have led to green crabs’ demise by eating up to 120,000 of the invasive species ...
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Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry otters
A southern sea otter eating a female green crab carrying orange eggs at Elkhorn Slough near Monterey Bay in California But researchers in California's Elkhorn Slough (pronounced "slew") have been ...
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A Southern sea otter foraging and eating mussels in Monterey Bay. (IMAGE)
Caption A Southern sea otter foraging and eating mussels in Monterey Bay. Research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium published in the journal Science Advances shows that a mass die-off of ochre sea ...
USA Today5mon
Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry otters
SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer5mon
Out-of-control invasive species meets its match: Cute and hungry otters
SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population ...