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Essay On Sea Otters
08_07
1. The mission of the Sea Otter and the conservation program is to be aware of the fact that the otters could be in danger and it is their mission to make sure they are protected and away from being threatened and study their whereabouts.
2. Sea otters have the tendency to bite when they are in contact with other objects, or even humans so feeding should be avoided. Continuing on the same idea, human contact should be avoided with the otters for self-preservation and protection. Make sure the contact an agency that takes care of sea otters when they are in need of help, if they are, the agencies will take them in.
3. A sea otter’s coat is very vital for their survival because the amount of fur on their body is doubled the amount thus it would keep them more warm and more insulated.
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Because of the population decrease of sea otters due to overfishing, their population is decreasing drastically. Also, whales have been onto sea otters by killing and attacking them according to studies.
8. A sea otter can function or play the role as a keystone predator since they are the ones that help a lot in a food web and the general mammal population. The otters help regulate the population such as urchins which eat kelp. Because sea otters help animals like these, and their population is decreasing, kelp forests will be demolished, affecting the food web and other organisms. Thus, the sea otter’s population decreasing would cause its opposite’s population to increase vastly, ruining the ecosystem.
9. If overfishing is connected with seal population and amounts of seals, then areas with restricted fishing would have more fish populations.
If otter populations and amounts of otters are similar or connected to killer whales, a large amount of killer whales in an area of the ocean will deduct the population of sea otters.
If kelp forests and otters were connected, then places with a large amount of otter populations will have more kelp forests for each

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