1. Leilana Townsend Jesse Covert

2.  The Pacific Ocean  The coast of California to the coast Japan

3.  Diet: urchins, abalone, mussels, clams, crabs, snails, and about 40 other marine species  Size: Height- 4-5 ft Weight- 45 lbs (females) 65 (males)  Housing Requirements: They sleep on top of the water  Climate Requirements: Water and minimal land

4.  Relationship with other species: Prey- (refer back to diet) Predator- Orcas, Sea Lions, Bald Eagles, Great White Sharks, Polar Bear  It takes 3-6 years to be sexually mature (Pregnancy lasts for 6-8 months)  They usually have 1 pup but can have twins  They reproduce year round, but mainly in May and June  Otters are “Pack” animals

5.  They float together in groups of less than 10 to more than 100 called “rafts”

6.  Oil spills  Potential fisheries  Predation  Disease events

7.  Population: 2004-07 106,822  Nothing is being done to save them at the moment, they are researching how

8.  http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/Boehm/Hab itats.html  http://www.defenders.org/sea-otter/basic-facts  http://www.kidsplanet.org/coolstuff/otters/faq.html  http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090316114526 AARbMzR  http://www.seaotter-sealion.org/seaotter/factsseaotter.html  http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/7750/0