Steve Easterbrook · @steve
2408 followers · 1512 posts · Server fediscience.org

Had an exciting day out on the water in Alert Bay. First up: looking very cute!

#seaotters

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Anne Fuller · @ScoterD
39 followers · 349 posts · Server alaskan.social

Good to read (though Iʼm a couple of years behind) Entangled: People and Ecological Change in Alaska's Kachemak Bay
by Marilyn Sigman Thoughtful observation of creatures, stories and policies, in history and now The Blob

#alaska #ecology #history #sugpiat #seaotters #climatechange #kenaipeninsula

Last updated 1 year ago

Kate :verigold: · @DolphinSeeker
390 followers · 1319 posts · Server mstdn.social

How a surfing sea otter revealed the dark side of human nature phys.org/news/2023-07-surfing- "Any number of things could explain the Santa Cruz otter's behavior [...] People blame the otter, without stopping to think what our use of this space—their home—may mean to otters. This particular otter may go through the trauma of being trapped, torn from her home and relocated. Yet it is the otter that is considered the aggressor." 🦦

#animalwelfare #marinemammals #seaotters

Last updated 1 year ago

Heretical_i · @heretical_i
16 followers · 919 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

The are learning from the ! 😎

A LOT of comments in support of leaving the Otter alone and getting rid of the surfers 🤣. Top comment according to me:

"I think it’s time we capture the surfers and relocate them." facebook.com/story.php/?story_

#seaotters #orcas

Last updated 1 year ago

Michel Thiel · @memegrinder
192 followers · 811 posts · Server masto.ai
Ian Rose · @ianrosewrites
1503 followers · 1187 posts · Server scicomm.xyz

There are sea otters south of Oregon, and there are sea otters north of Oregon, but they haven't been here in over a century. The Elakha Alliance, a tribal and nonprofit coalition, has been working to reintroduce them, but resistance from the crab fishing industry is going to be a major hurdle:
statesmanjournal.com/story/new

#pnw #wildlife #seaotters #fisheries #oregon

Last updated 1 year ago

Ralph Hogaboom · @biptoot
102 followers · 387 posts · Server mas.to

Today I referred to my SEcurity AWareness TRaining program as "SEAWTR" pronouncing it Sea Otter. No one knew what the hell I was talking about. And apparently I'm the crazy one?

#cybersecurity #securityawarenesstraining #seaotters #infosec

Last updated 1 year ago

San Francisco Baykeeper · @sfbaykeeper
352 followers · 87 posts · Server sfba.social

“Every now and then we have a chance to right a wrong,” said Rep. Jared Huffman, “I am convinced that bringing sea otters back to the North Coast is one of those things.” 🦦

What do you think about bringing back to their historic habitat in the & beyond? sfchronicle.com/climate/articl

#seaotters #bayarea #marinelife #marinemammals #otters

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Kate :verigold: · @DolphinSeeker
324 followers · 953 posts · Server mstdn.social

[Leach et al.] are apex predators that can exert considerable influence over the nearshore communities they occupy. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wile 🦦

#marinescience #marinemammals #seaotters

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AutisticMumTo3 She/her · @AutisticMumTo3
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Sandy Lawrence · @swlawrence
24 followers · 108 posts · Server aus.social

AAAS: "Deadly parasite threatens California sea otters" 2020 a veterinary pathologist examined a dead sea otter from central California. Findings were unusual, with inflammation in nearly all of the animal's body fat, plus pancreas + heart. Pathogen was Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. "But this strain wasn’t acting like the usual Toxoplasma, which typically causes mainly brain and heart inflammation in immune-suppressed animals, and is far less lethal." This speciman though had few parasites in the brain, perhaps because it died so quickly the parasite had not yet extensively invaded. "Sea otters once ranged across the Pacific Rim, but were hunted nearly to extinction for their pelts in the 18th and 19th centuries." Otters eat urchins, which attack kelp, which provides habitat for many organisms. Mammals + birds can be infected by T. gondii. Parasite reproduces sexually in cats, which excrete its microscopic eggs in feces [dangerous for pregnant women]. If oocyts reach the coast, clams and other filter-feeding invertebrates may take up the oocysts, a risk for otters + theoretically humans. The Monterey Bay Aquarium treats about 10 sea otters with toxoplasmosis per year. The threat to humans is uncertain, as the strain infecting sea otters — called COUG — has never been found in our species. Fortunately, I never eat uncooked shellfish, more properly called molluscs, because of the risks of Vibrio, norovirus + hepatitis A.

#toxoplasmosis #seaotters

Last updated 2 years ago

🦦 thekidshouldseethis.com/post/h

“Oysterous and boisterous.” Spend 1.5 minutes watching and listening to these hungry crack and eat in their pool at the . Pretty darn cute.

#seaotters #shellfish #oregonzoo #video #zoo #animals #otters

Last updated 2 years ago

MicheleV_AK · @MicheleV_AK
4179 followers · 3658 posts · Server sfba.social

Happy Tuesday!! Check out this precious (and rather plump) sea otter pulling himself out of the water and onto the dock for a rest after swimming a good distance in Seward, 💗
📸 by Phillip Flippo

#alaska #alaskamarinelife #seaotters

Last updated 2 years ago

Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
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IT News · @itnewsbot
2809 followers · 247411 posts · Server schleuss.online

By learning to hunt otters, wolves decimate a deer population - Enlarge / So cute yet—for some animals—so tasty. (credit: Arthur Morris... - arstechnica.com/?p=1912626

#deer #wolves #nature #alaska #ecology #science #seaotters #predation

Last updated 2 years ago

ScienceActually · @scienceactually
16 followers · 42 posts · Server sfba.social

Under each forearm are baggy pockets of loose skin. The sea otter uses these pockets to store food it has gathered. It also stores favorite rocks that it uses for cracking open mollusks and clams. They're so cute!!!

oceantoday.noaa.gov/seaotteran

#science #sciencefacts #otters #seaotters #rocks #tools #adorable #cute

Last updated 2 years ago

Kate :verigold: · @DolphinSeeker
256 followers · 658 posts · Server mstdn.social

Cute, furry and key to the ecosystem: can save the US west coast? theguardian.com/environment/20 🦦 MarineScience
{📷©Danita Delimont}

#marinemammals #seaotters

Last updated 2 years ago

DeborahJRoss · @DeborahJRoss
58 followers · 136 posts · Server mastodon.social

Nonprofit Seeks To Repopulate Along West Coast
"Not only would the sea otters thrive, but they would also help restore vital kelp forest and seagrass ecosystems."

patch.com/california/santacruz

#seaotters

Last updated 2 years ago

Kristen M · @klpm
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Kristen M · @klpm
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