| adult sea otter | can stay underwater for 15-150 seconds |  |
| eats sea urchins, mussels, crabs, limpets, snails, fish | |
| has breeding season spring or summer | |
| has colour rusty red, brown, almost black, usually paler on the throat, chest and head | |
| is active all winter | |
| is clumsy on land | |
| is polygamous | |
| is a kind of sea otter | |
| reaches sexual maturity by 3 years | |
| relies on its thick fur for insulation | |
| sleeps on it back in patches of kelp | |
| swims well | |
| sea otter | has distribution west coast of Canada | |
| has habitat the sea, off rocky reefs, islets and coasts | |
| has lifespan about 8 years | |
| has name in French loutre de mer | |
has picture  | |
| has scientific name Enhydra lutris | |
| is aquatic | |
| is diurnal | |
| is eaten by killer whale | |
| uses flat stone as an anvil for pounding mussel shells to open them | |
| weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
| carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
| is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
| mammal | is warm-blooded | |
| may catch rabies | |
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