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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 ...
Utterly charming, otters are web-footed animals that inhabit rivers and seas around North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. Otters are known to be intelligent and very social aquatic ...
Depending on its habitat, the diet of an otter can vary. What do otters eat? Otters are carnivores, so their diets primarily consist of meat. What type of meat depends on what's available.
Otters often float on their backs to eat, rest and groom themselves. (Image credit: Kirsten Wahlquist | shutterstock) With long, sleek, streamlined bodies and webbed feet, otters are born swimmers.
A recent study found sea otters are eating thousands of green crabs at a California reserve, reducing the invasive species’ population.
Some otters rely on tools to bust open hard-shelled prey items like snails, and a new study suggests this tool use is helping them to survive as their favorite, easier-to-eat foods disappear.
At the Otter, a new seafood restaurant in Soho’s Manner Hotel, chef Alex Stupak is turning his creative focus to seafood, with dishes like Ritz-topped agnolotti and swordfish au poivre.
Hungry Sea Otters Are Taking a Bite Out of California’s Invasive Crab Problem, New Study Finds Researchers estimate southern sea otters eat up to 120,000 European green crabs per year at the ...
The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows. Sea otters eat constantly and one of their favorite snacks is the ...
Sea otters are on the edge of extinction. There are currently around 3,000 of them living off the coast of California’s Monterey Bay, according to Brett Long, with the Aquarium of the Pacific… ...
Researchers found that the return of the crab-eating sea otters to a tidal estuary near Monterey since the 1980s has helped curb erosion.
Learn about the different foods animals eat with these interactive learning resources for KS1 Science students aged 5-7 from BBC Bitesize.