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The Sea Otter's home is in coastal waters of the Central and North Pacific Ocean. The River Otter lives mostly in North America and in oceans nearby. The River Otter also lives in salt marshes, streams, lake boarders, estuaries, and freshwater marshes.
The River Otter eats fish, crustacean insects, birds, muskrats, and clams. The Sea Otter eats clams, starfish, snails, crabs, abalone, and about forty to fourty-five other marine life.
Just like the seal, both otter's are endangered because poachers want their furs. A long time ago, when the River Otter and the Sea Otter weren't endangered poachers decided to use animal furs as a coat, or sell the furs for money.
You can join an otter fund, like International Otter Safe Fund (IOSF), or you can create an otter fund for your area. Plus, you don't need to kill the animals for their furs. Protect them, and hopefully they will have a big comeback in the world.
The River Otter weighs from ten pounds to twenty-five pounds. The months that the River Otter breed in are March and April, which is in the spring time. It takes ten to twelve months in gestation. Both species are able to have one litter each year that contains from two to five pups. The female Sea Otter weighs fourty-five pounds, and the male Sea Otter weighs sixty-five pounds. They can live from ten to eleven years at average.
There are two species of otters. One is a River Otter that lives in oceans and in dens in different forests of North America except for the arid west and Canada. The other kind of otter is a Sea Otter who lives in large bodies of water. There is a difference between the two kinds of otters: if you see an otter walk easily along the land, than you will know that it is a River Otter. The River Otter has long legs, which makes it easier for them to move on land. The Sea Otter is really clumsy when it comes to being ashore, and that is why they can spend most of their life at sea. Another way to tell the difference between the two otters is that if you see an otter swimming belly-down, you will know that it is a River Otter and that the Sea Otters swim belly up because of their air-filled fur. Another reason why Sea Otters lie on their backs, is because they use their stomachs as a table for food after they get their dinner.
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