1. GoldenStateImages - Sea Otter Photography Photography of sea otters taken in the wild along the southern California coast. http://www.goldenstateimages.com/otter.htm

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2. Friends Of The Sea Otter (FSO) Home page of Friends of the Sea Otter, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the threatened Category Society Issues Species Loss Mammals Marine Mammals...... Sea Otter (FSO) is an advocacy group dedicated to actively working with state andfederal agencies to maintain the current protections for sea otters as well http://www.seaotters.org/

This site is best when accessed with the following: Friends of the Sea Otter (FSO) is an advocacy group dedicated to actively working with state and federal agencies to maintain the current protections for sea otters as well as to increase and broaden these preservation efforts. We wish to inspire the public at large about the otters' unique behavior and habitat. During the fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries, southern sea otters were hunted to near extinction. Today only about 2,200 otters can be found off California's central coast. Since January 1977, US Fish and Wildlife Service has placed sea otters on the Endangered Species list so they are protected by state and federal laws. Would you like to join Friends of the Sea Otter and help us protect this remarkable animal? Please click here to SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER . You will receive an immediate 15% Discount on any purchases you make when you SHOP AT OUR ONLINE STORE . All membership dues, donations and profits from our retail and online sales directly support FSO’s ongoing advocacy and educational programs. For Information about our FREE IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM ( click here For Information about the Southern Sea Otter ( in English ) Datos Sobre la Nutria Marina del Sur ( en Espanol ) MyCause.com

3. Discovery Online - Sea Otters sea otters From the Cradle to the Wave by Jane Ellen Stevens Tens of thousands oframbunctious sea otters the typeA creatures of the animal world once http://www.discovery.com/stories/nature/otters/otters.html

Sea Otters: From the Cradle to the Wave by Jane Ellen Stevens Tens of thousands of rambunctious sea otters the type-A creatures of the animal world once played, foraged and raised their pups along the entire California shoreline. From the mid-1700s to the early 1900s, fur traders killed all except one small group that survived in a remote cove. Under heavy protection, those 32 multiplied to 2,377. Since 1995, however, the numbers have been declining to 2,114 this spring. And recent news is even more grim: The annual fall otter count found less than 2,000 otters on the California coast. No one knows why the numbers are declining so dramatically. To turn the tide, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has been rescuing orphaned pups and sick adult otters and treating them in its Sea Otter Research and Conservation Program. Come along to see how they rehabilitate wayward otters and be on hand as the otters are returned to the wild. Start your journey here. S E A O T T E R S Main Inside the Otter Nursery Meet Hunter Thelma and Eddie Releasing Thelma ... Dolphin Sponsorship Kit Many wonderful creatures that roam the oceans, seas and rivers of the world play an important role in the marine ecosystem. Through Shop Discovery you are invited to sponsor one of the many dolphin that is severely threatened and in need of your support. 1998 Discovery Communications Inc.

4. Monterey Bay Aquarium: Focus On Sea Otters Renowned California aquarium offers educational material about sea otters. Check out the otter cam and the FAQ. http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_fo/fo_otter.asp

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5. ADF&G's Wildlife Notebook Series: Sea Otter In 1867, when Russian exploitation had greatly reduced the numbers of sea otters, Alaska was sold to the United States. http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/marine/seaotter.htm

Notebook Home Search Contact Us Sea Otter The sea otter Enhydra lutris ) lives in shallow water areas along the shores of the North Pacific. Its range once extended from southern California north then west through the Aleutian Islands, to the Kamchatka Peninsula, and south to the northern islands of Japan. In 1742, Vitus Bering's men returned with sea otter pelts from the historic voyage of discovery of Alaska. Interest in these rich furs initiated an era of exploitation which almost wiped out the sea otter. The early Russian settling of Alaska was largely a result of the sea otter industry. In 1867, when Russian exploitation had greatly reduced the numbers of sea otters, Alaska was sold to the United States. The few conservation measures that had been instituted by the Russians in their final years of occupation were dropped by the Americans, and hunting intensified. Sea otters became alarmingly scarce. Finally in 1911, when so few animals were left that it was no longer profitable to hunt them (in many areas they were completely exterminated), sea otters were given full protection under the Fur Seal Treaty. The treaty was signed by the United States, Great Britain, Russia, and Japan. In 1960, the state of Alaska assumed management authority for sea otters. The management program conducted by the state included the successful reintroduction of sea otters to unoccupied habitat in Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington. The Marine Mammal Protection Act transferred management authority to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1972. Recovery of the Alaska sea otter population has been dramatic. Perhaps as few as 2,000 total animals existed in 1911, but by the mid-1970s the Alaska population numbered between 110,000 and 160,000. Most of the sea otter habitat in Alaska has now been repopulated. The principal exception is Southeast Alaska where numbers are increasing rapidly and otters are moving into new areas. Smaller populations exist in the Commander and Kurile islands, British Columbia, Washington, and California.

6. Arctic Studies Center sea otters are playful animals that spend almost all their time in the sea. In thedaytime sea otters float on their backs eating Abalone, their favorite food. http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/sea_otter.html

Vikings Looking Both Ways Arctic Wildlife Crossroads/Continents Yup'ik Masks Alutiiq Dance Arctic Social Sciences Repatriation Yamal Ainu Get Plug-ins Help Printing Credits Sea Otter Enhydra lutris Sea Otters are playful animals that spend almost all their time in the sea. They eat, sleep, and even have their babies in the water. In the daytime sea otters float on their backs eating Abalone, their favorite food. To open the Abalone shell they place a small rock on their chest and smash the shell against it. Sea otters are one of the few mammals, beside humans, that use tools. They will use strands of kelp to tie themselves into the kelp beds for a secure night's sleep. They love to frolic with other otters and seals. Unlike seals and walrus, sea otters have no blubber to keep them warm in the cold arctic waters. Air trapped in their fur keeps them warm and bouyant. Oil spills can damage this fine fur and cause the otter to get very cold and die. That is why volunteers cleaned the sea otters so carefully after the oil spills in Alaska. Sea otters also faced great dangers from hunters who wanted their valuable coats. They were hunted so heavily in the 18-19th Centuries that they had to be placed on the U.S. government endangered species list. Now the populations have come back to a large extent, but conservationists would like to continue to protect them. Fishermen would like them off the endangered species list in order to protect the abalone harvest.

7. Surfing The Net With Kids: Sea Otters The best sea otter sites for kids, teachers and families, from United Feature Syndicate. http://www.surfnetkids.com/seaotters.htm

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8. Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Marine And Sea Otters Bibliography of technical and popular articles from the Encyclopedia Smithsonian. http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/otter.htm

Marine Otters - Technical Brownell, R.L., Jr. 1978 Ecology and conservation of the marine otter, Lutra felina Otters, Proceedings of the First Working Meeting of the IUCN - SSC Otter Specialist Group, Paramaribo, Suriname . IUCN Publication New Series, pp. 104-106. Cabello, C.C. 1978 La nutria de mar ( Lutra felina ) en la Isla de Chiloe, Chile. Otters, Proceedings of the First Working Meeting of the IUCN - SSC Otter Specialist Group, Paramaribo, Suriname . IUCN Publication New Series, pp. 108-118. La nutria de mar en la Isla de Chiloe . Corporacion National Forestal, Bol. Tec. 6, pp. 1-37. Castilla, J.C. 1982 Nuevas observaciones sobre conducta, ecologia y densidad de Lutra felina (Molina 1782) (Carnivora: Mustelidae) en Chile . Publicaciones Ocas. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat.. No. 38, pp. 197-206. (In Spanish with English summary.) Estes, J.A. 1986 Marine otters and their environment. Ambio , Vol.15, No. 3, pp. 181-183. Grimwood, I.R. 1969 Notes on the Distribution and Status of Some Peruvian Mammals 1968 . Special publication 21, American Committee for International Wildlife Protection and New York Zoological Society, Bronx, New York. 86 pp.

9. Friends Of The Sea Otter - Sea Otter Information Material; Cal. Otter Range Map; California Sea Otter Census; EndangeredSpecies; FAQs about sea otters; How Can I Help the Sea Otter? Oil http://www.seaotters.org/Otters/

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10. Care2's Race For The Oceans Each free click generates a donation to save the oceans and protect sea life such as dolphins, whales, sea otters, and turtles. http://oceans.care2.com/index.html?pup=1

11. CeasarsRock Features "The Marine Animals Of Monterey Bay" Features, characteristics, and local habitat of fish, octopus, squid, seals, sea otters, and whales of the Monterey Bay region in California. http://ceasarsrock.com/monterey/

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12. Discovery Online - Sea Otters: Inside The Otter Nursery sea otters Main Inside the Otter Nursery Meet Hunter Thelma and Eddie ReleasingThelma Otter Hangouts WebLinks FEATURE STORIES Pictures and video Jane Ellen http://www.discovery.com/stories/nature/otters/nursery.html

VIDEO: Julie Hymer feeds Summer a bottle. VIDEO: Candice Tahara carries Summer after a swim in the Pacific Ocean. VIDEO: Female No. 3075 cracks and eats clams. Coo Grunt Whine Inside the Otter Nursery Monterey Bay, Calif. It’s been a strenuous afternoon. Summer, a 3-month-old sea otter pup, has worn herself out during an hour-long romp in the cold Pacific Ocean waters with otter surrogate Candice Tahara. The pup wraps her furry body around a yellow towel her security blanket in the Monterey Bay Aquarium sea otter nursery. She’s ready for a nap. But first, caretaker Julie Hymer wants to feed Summer. Hymer warms a bottle of sea otter formula a super-high-fat blend of liquefied squid, clams, cod liver oil, half-and-half, vitamins and minerals. She tests the formula's temperature on her wrist. Now seven months pregnant with her second child, Hymer raised baby sea otters for 10 years before the birth of her daughter. "It took me a week before I began talking to her," she says. That made no sense until she explained the first rule in raising sea otter pups: Don’t talk to them. Hard lessons in otter care The staff of the Sea Otter Research and Conservation Program (SORAC) has learned some hard lessons since the first orphaned otter was brought to the aquarium in 1984.

13. Ed Tussey.com - Alaskan Fine Art Alaskan, marine, wildlife, and landscape prints and original paintings by artist Ed Tussey. Glaciers, whales, seascapes, and sea otters are some of the sujects Mr. Tussey captures on canvas. http://www.edtussey.com

Tussey's Fine Arts welcomes you to the website of artist Ed Tussey This site will enable you to view the artist's limited edition prints, current print values , information on new releases upcoming shows and exhibits originals , and a listing of galleries that feature the work of Ed Tussey. Please contact us with any inquiries you may have regarding Tussey artwork. - Jacki Tussey, Tussey's Fine Arts home prints originals about the artist galleries ... what's new Designed by and may not be used without permission.

14. CeasarsRock Features "The Marine Animals Of Monterey Bay" Features, characteristics, and local habitat of fish, octopus, squid, seals, sea otters, and whales of the Monterey Bay region in California. http://ceasarsrock.com/monterey/index.php

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15. Monterey Bay Aquarium: Focus On Sea Otters - Otter Cam Male juvenile sea otters can cover hundreds of kilometers in a matter of days. ,sea otters can breed, give birth and raise their young entirely at sea. http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_fo/fo_ottr_cam.asp

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16. Marine Mammals Brief information on Bottlenosed Dolphins, Orcas, and sea otters. http://www.marine-mammals.com/

17. The Otter Project - Helping Southern Sea Otters Promotes the rapid recovery of the California Sea Otter, an indicator of near shore ocean health, Category Science Biology Mammalia Carnivora Mustelids Otters......Our Mission The Otter Project exists to promote the rapid recovery of the Californiasea otter, an indicator of near shore ocean health, by facilitating http://www.otterproject.org/

Our Mission: The Otter Project exists to promote the rapid recovery of the California sea otter, an indicator of near shore ocean health, by facilitating research and communicating research results to the general public and policy makers. Our Point of View: Our Vision: Our vision is of a healthy sea otter population, a productive, diverse and healthy marine ecosystem, and sustainable fisheries along the California coast. Special thanks to Jeff Foott photography for providing the photos seen on this website. The Recovery Report The Otter Project Newsletter, Summer 2002 Read this issue Biological Resources Division Releases Spring 2002 Sea Otter Survey Population declines again More Sea otter found shot dead in Santa Barbara More webmaster@otterproject.org The Otter Project 3098 Stewart Court Marina, CA 93933

18. Otter Bay Gifts, Marine Mammal Merchandise, Including Sea Otters, River Otters, Specializes in items related to marine mammals, specifically sea otters, whales, and dolphins. http://www.otterbaygifts.com

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19. Organochlorine Contaminants In Sea Otters: The Sea Otter As A Bio-Indicator Endangered Species Updated December 1996 - Vol. 13, No 12. OrganochlorineContaminants in sea otters The Sea Otter as a Bio-Indicator. http://www.otterproject.org/esu_1296/05.html

Scientific Papers home Endangered Species Updated - December 1996 Endangered Species Updated - December 1996 - Vol. 13, No 12 Organochlorine Contaminants in Sea Otters: The Sea Otter as a Bio-Indicator Walter M. Jarman, Corinne E. Bacon, James A. Estes, Mary Simon, and Ross J. Norstrom Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) were once distributed throughout the North Pacific Rim from the Kuril Islands to Baja California, with estimates of the worldwide population between 150,000-300,000 individuals (Marine Mammal Commission 1992; see Anderson et al., this issue). Fur harvesting during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries nearly exterminated the species, and by the early 1900s the total world population had been reduced to an estimated 1,000-2,000 individuals; the California population was estimated at fewer than 50 animals (Kenyon 1969). Since sea otters were legally protected in 1911 by the International Fur Seal Treaty these remnant colonies, and others established by relocations, have increased (Estes 1990). The rates of recovery, however, have differed among areas or populations. The California sea otter population has increased at a rate of about 5% per year, compared with 17-20% per year for more northerly populations (Estes 1990). The explanation for the depressed rate of increase in the California sea otter population is ambiguous and most likely complicated. Potential factors are (1) emigration; (2) reduced fecundity; and (3) increased mortality, possibly caused at least partially by environmental contaminants (Estes 1990).

20. Minnesota Zoo/Animals/Northern Trail Contains information about sea otters. Information includes habitat, diet, and physical description. http://www.mnzoo.org/animals/minnesota_trail/otter_1.asp

Select an animal Beaver Bull Snake Eastern Cottontail Ermine Fisher Great Horned Owl Lynx Minnesota Bats Otter Porcupine Puma Saw-whet Owl Southern Flying Squirrel Spotted Skunk Timber Rattler Wolverine Animal Search A-Z Otter SSP Species / Endangered Species Description: Head and body length: 55-80 cm (21.5 - 31.5 in); tail: 30-50 cm (11.75 - 19.75 in); weight: 4.5-14 kg (10-30 lbs). Upper parts are brownish and underparts are paler; lower jaw and throat may be whitish. Rich dark brown to chocolate to seal brown; fur is short and dense; head is flattened and round with short neck; tail is thick, flexible and muscular, tapering to point at the end; short legs and webbed feet; small ears and nostrils can be closed when animal is submerged. Males are about 5% larger than females; long slender body. To learn more click here.

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