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Environment & Energy

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1. Loose the otters !

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 02:32 PM

Oct 2018

Sea otters kept the urchin population in check for years, until they were hunted to near-extinction.

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California's Underwater Forests Are Being Eaten by the 'Cockroaches of the Ocean' [View all] Eugene Oct 2018 OP

Loose the otters ! eppur_se_muova Oct 2018 #1

I thought hunting sea otters was illegal. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #2

It is now. But they've never recovered completely. eppur_se_muova Oct 2018 #3

I love eating all that stuff too. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #4