Sea otters - especially females - use tools when feeding to help look after their teeth, reveals new research. The cute marine mammals employ shells, rocks and even litter to open the mollusks ...
Sea otters are one of the few animals that use tools to access their food, and a new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools — most of whom are female — are able to eat ...
UC Santa Cruz researchers used biomechanical and functional morphology to measure how hard sea otters need to bite to break open prey of various sizes. (Photo by Jessica Fujii, Monterey Bay Aquarium) ...
In parts of the ocean where sea otters face stark competition for their favorite kinds of food, some otters are getting by ...
In parts of the ocean where sea otters face stark competition for their favorite kinds of food, some otters are getting by with the help of tools — like rocks and even glass bottles — that let ...
In Monterey Bay, California, southern sea otters face food scarcity as their preferred prey, urchins and abalone, have declined due to climate change, overfishing and other environmental factors.
A southern sea otter uses a rock anvil to break open shells of prey. Monterey Bay Aquarium Hungry sea otters have figured out a workaround when they want to open up a crustacean’s shell without ...
There are a few animals that we know use tools, and sea otters are one example. A new study has now shown that individual sea ...
That's important because otters play a key role in their ecosystem. Researchers stunned by resilient hunting habits of otters ...
Sea otters - especially females - use tools when feeding to help look after their teeth, reveals new research. The cute marine mammals employ shells, rocks and even litter to open the mollusks they ...
Sea otters are on the edge of extinction. There are currently around 3,000 of them living off the coast of California’s ...