River Otter And Sea Otter

This baby sea otter was born in the great tide pool at the monterey bay aquarium on 12 20 15.
River otter and sea otter. A sea otter is a wild animal maintaining a safe distance is the safest for both you and the otter. Sea otters and humans. Sea otters can reach 9kph underwater north american river otters are faster at 11kph and the maximum speed of the giant river otter is an impressive 14kph. The north american river otter lontra canadensis also known as the northern river otter or common otter is a semiaquatic mammal endemic to the north american continent found in and along its waterways and coasts.
The north american river otter is the most abundant otter species but surprisingly little is known about its life in the wild. If you encounter a sea otter in the wild even if one approaches you maintain your distance. A sea otter as cute as it is should not be approached by humans. It has a long stout body with a short broad head and snout with thick whiskers on the cheeks.
A newborn southern sea otter pup is a buff color 22 to 24 inches 55 60 cm in length and 4 to 5 lbs. Other places you will find them lingering include around rivers streams and lakes. Since then it has only been spotted several times in 1964 in the seto inland sea. The japanese river otter japanese.
Nihon kawauso lutra lutra whiteleyi is an extinct variety of otter formerly widespread in japan. The river otter is protected and insulated by a thick water repellent coat of fur. Otter habitat and distribution. Sharks and killer whales eat sea otters on occasion.
Otters are found on every single continent in the world except for australia and antarctica. This small 3 6 kg 6 6 13 2 pounds otter occurs on the pacific coast from peru through chile and tierra del fuego in argentina. The southern sea otter is dark to reddish brown in color with a lighter colored head throat and chest. The sea otter encounter lasts approximately 30 minutes.
These otters are frequently observed playing and sliding together. During your personal animal experience you will go behind the scenes of the sea otter habitat in cold water quest enjoy an educational presentation about sea otters help prepare a sea otter meal participate in a training session and meet one of our resident sea otters. Dating back to the 1880s it was even seen in tokyo the population suddenly shrank in the 1930s and the mammal nearly vanished. It is mostly solitary and only rarely do.
They enjoy the freshwater but they are also known to live in the saltwater of the oceans as well. The marine otter is really a freshwater otter that has learned to occupy marine environments in south america.