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Sea Otter Awareness Week

As part of this special week set aside to raise the profile of a sea otters, CMA is providing visitors with the chance to get an "inside look" at this endangered species. Next to our sea otter display in the Kelp Forest room, there will be a table set up with a complete skeleton. Get inside a sea otter's head by taking a close look at a skull and see if you notice anything unusual.

There will also be a pelt on display showcasing the sea otter's thick fur. Without blubber, sea otters rely on their fur to keep warm in cold ocean water. Sea otters have the densest fur of any mammal with close to one million hairs per square inch. This beautiful thick fur made sea otters a target for hunters causing severe population declines in the early 1800s. Sea otter hunting was banned in 1911 and populations have improved, but Southern California's coast has yet to see sea otters return.

So stop by CMA during Sea Otter Awareness Week and learn more about their insides and outsides, their important role in California's kelp forest ecosystem, the animals they eat and other fascinating sea otter facts. Also, take time to visit CMA's library and peruse sea otter books and pick up your very own sea otter fact sheet.

Sea Otter Awareness Week
Demonstration Schedule
Kelp Forest Room
Tuesday, September 25, 2-5 pm
Thursday, September 27, 2-5 pm

Can't make it to the demonstrations? Visit the Exhibit Hall to explore the sea otter exhibit.

Photo courtesy of NOAA

Post Date: Monday, September 24, 2012

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