adult male sea otter | has length 1.27-1.63 m | |
is a kind of adult sea otter | |
is a kind of male mammal | |
weighs 34.4 kg | |
adult sea otter | can stay underwater for 15-150 seconds | |
eats sea urchins, mussels, crabs, limpets, snails, fish | |
has breeding season spring or summer | |
has colour rusty red, brown, almost black, usually paler on the throat, chest and head | |
is active all winter | |
is clumsy on land | |
is polygamous | |
reaches sexual maturity by 3 years | |
relies on its thick fur for insulation | |
sleeps on it back in patches of kelp | |
swims well | |
sea otter | has distribution west coast of Canada | |
has habitat the sea, off rocky reefs, islets and coasts | |
has lifespan about 8 years | |
has name in French loutre de mer | |
has picture | |
has scientific name Enhydra lutris | |
is aquatic | |
is diurnal | |
is eaten by killer whale | |
uses flat stone as an anvil for pounding mussel shells to open them | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |
weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
is carnivorous or omnivorous | |