Sea Otters
Enjoy the antics of our playful southern sea otters as they romp, tumble and wrestle like their brethren in the bay. On the second floor of the exhibit you can watch them swim at the surface, while first-floor windows give an underwater view. Feeding and training sessions are held three times daily.
Exhibit News
Just two days after being released into Elkhorn Slough, otter 451 is struggling. Confused and hungry, he starts pacing back and forth in narrow channels, looking for food. At one point, he tries to hike overland to get to another part of the Slough.
Did You Know?
- Sea otters have the world's densest fur—up to a million hairs per square inch! (You have 100,000 hairs or less on your whole head.)
- Sea otters live in loose-knit groups called rafts. Otters in rafts often sleep side-by-side, wrapped in strands of kelp so that they don't drift far from each other.
- Training and “enrichment” games keep our otters mentally and physically stimulated; it also makes working with the otters safer for us and less stressful for them.
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