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New #watercolor for #seaotterawarenessweek - a sea otter skull stained purple by echinochrome, a result of eating a large number of sea urchins! Based on several specimens found earlier this year by tidepoolers. Watercolor and gouache, 5x4", 2026. ~5 hours. 🦑🦀🐬🧪🐡 #sciart #art #painting

Thanks to the #EndangeredSpeciesAct, sea otters are making a comeback after years of being targeted for their fur. 🦦

As a keystone species, #SeaOtters prove that when we protect wildlife, we help whole ecosystems. 💙

Join us in defending the ESA: https://bit.ly/4sJFpky

#SeaOtterAwarenessWeek

Sea Otter Awareness Week is ending today! 🦦

Sea Otters are amazing keystone species. And we’re SO grateful for the warm reception of our game! Thank you for playing and sharing your thoughts. We’re already working on the next updates! 🩵

#SeaOtterAwarenessWeek #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

#SeaOtterAwarenessWeek is a chance to learn more about the incredible impact these animals have on the environment.

🔗 Check out this photo gallery and see what makes them so easy to celebrate: http://dlvr.it/TVfGrW

#seaotters #animals #climate

We will be two places at once on Sat Sept 26th, because #seaotter education is important news to share 🦦! It's also the final day of #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek.

Visit us tomorrow:
🦀 #ThePortlandAquarium by @mikebennettart.bsky.social from 11-5pm
🪼 #OregonCoastAquarium from 10am-4pm

It's time to get crafty for #SeaOtters! 🎨 🦦

In this #KELP (Kids Environmental Lesson Plans) activity, kids build their own sea otter puppet, create a story, and learn why sea otters are a keystone species.

Download this lesson plan: https://bit.ly/41szqFy

#SeaOtterAwarenessWeek

Say cheese! 📸 In honor of #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek, enjoy these candids of Mishka, Sekiu and Ruby, the three sea otters in our care. 🦦

Come visit these photogenic ladies at the Aquarium soon! Get your tickets: https://www.seattleaquarium.org/tickets/

You otter know…it’s #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek
🦦🌊👏💙

Thanks for spotlighting our important work to restore this keystone species back to their native range in Oregon! 🦦 #seaotterawarenessweek #seaotters #seaotter #oregon

Keep your #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek celebration going with our Sail Away with Otto Hoodie! 🦦

Featuring Otto the Otter, our KELP (Kids Environmental Lesson Plans) mascot, this soft Comfort Colors hoodie is made for beach walks, boat days, and cozy nights.

Get your own: https://bit.ly/49HQCej

#seaotterawarenessweek And, you can read much more about sea otter paleontology/evolution on my blog!

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#seaotterawarenessweek If you want to read more, here's a big ass thread I posted a couple of days ago:

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#seaotterawarenessweek This sea otter femur, found in the Merced Formation near San Francisco by an amateur fossil collector, is the oldest known record of Enhydra from the entire Pacific basin - and is only about 650,000 years old! (Middle Pleistocene). Sea otters are 'recent' immigrants here. 🐬🦖🧪

It's #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek and these sea otters at the #OregonZoo are cracking with excitement. 🧨 🦦

🔗 Watch as they delight in fresh oysters and clams: https://youtu.be/R7M...

#news #animals #seaotters

Otto The Otter returns as we continue to play Otterly Lost!
www.twitch.tv/ManaCrevice

#twitch #furry #streamer #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek

Clara, the rescued sea otter, is showing off her lightning-fast tippy-tappies! Those speedy paws aren’t just adorable; they’re a natural skill sea otters use to crack open hard-shelled snacks like clams and crabs, using rocks as tools. Smart, speedy, and seriously cute. #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek

It's not easy looking this good! 💅

Sea otters spend about 15% of each day grooming their fur. As the only marine mammals without a blubber layer, they need that fur, as well as their high metabolisms, to stay warm in the cold waters of the North Pacific. 🦦

#SeaOtterAwarenessWeek

Sea otters are more than just a cute face! #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek #seaotters 🦦 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihPA...