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Dr. Tierney Thys help rescue a sea otter pup in this weeks Creature Feature!
Sea otters are adorable and look like they’re always having fun! But they are also extremely important. Sea otters are what is called a ‘keystone species.’ This means that their activity can have dramatic affects on the environment.
One of the otter’s favorite foods is the sea urchin and the urchin’s favorite food is kelp (seaweed) that grows in underwater forests of the ocean. If there are not enough otters to eat up all the urchins, then the urchins eat up all the kelp. Similar to forests on land, many creatures live in the kelp and need it to survive. If there’s no kelp then there isn’t a place for those sea creatures to live.
It’s also been recently shown that healthy kelp forests can help reduce carbon dioxide in our atmosphere by 12 percent!
It’s amazing to think that the happy little otter can have such a big effect on our environment!
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