1. All About Otter By: Mitchell Johnson Mr. Erickson’s Class Third Grade The Otter is an endangered animal. This PowerPoint will give you information about where an Otter lives, what an Otter likes to eat, the early stages of an Otter’s life, why they are endangered, and how they are getting help.

2. Where an Otter Lives Live in rivers Live in zoos Parts of Canada and the United States

3. What an Otter Likes To Eat Otters are carnivores Favorite food is crayfish Also eat fish, frogs, water insects, crayfish, clams, shrimp, birds and rabbits

4. An Otters Early Stages of Life Mother otters teach their pups to catch prey in their mouths Some mother otters begin to teach their babies how to swim when they are only 15 days old In the wild, baby otters are born on land

5. Why Otters Are Endangered Only 20,000 remaining In1800, about 65,000 were trapped by hunters Farming and construction have destroyed much of their habitat

6. How Otters Are Getting Help When otters are sick, people take them to the zoo There is a group that keeps records of otters and monitors their population