Creature of the day: The Sea Otter 🦦 🦦 🦦 The sea otter is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg, making them the heaviest members of the weasel family, but among the smallest marine mammals. (Wikipedia) 🎥👇🏽 @allthingsmarinelife IG 📸: @maxwelhohn @jonandersonphoto @loriannah @ahs808 @cle0crossing | Angry Trini

Happy #SeaOtterWeek! Watch great moments like this all the time on Sea Otter Cam, brought to you by seaotters.com and Animal Planet LIVE. [Watch] >> http://bit.ly/1o9ycD9 | Animal Planet

In celebration of Sea Otter Awareness week, join Robin and the Southern sea otters of Wild Arctic to learn a little bit about otter adaptations and what makes them such an important keystone species! #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek 🦦 | SeaWorld San Diego

Rescue, rehabilitate, and release: these are the primary goals for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter program. Surrogate sea otters play a key role in getting rescued pups back into the wild. In the PBS Nature episode "Significant Otters,” Monterey Bay Aquarium sea otter experts keep these little fluffballs thriving through our rehabilitation program. Our rescued otters have contributed to a healthy population in Elkhorn Slough over the years, and we no longer release otters there. We do cont