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Environment & Energy

eppur_se_muova

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3. It is now. But they've never recovered completely.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 03:07 PM

Oct 2018

Also, they like to eat abalones, which are money makers for those who harvest them, as well as salmon and Dungeness crabs. Lots of fisherman hate them for that reason, and are not above keeping a rifle on board to kill off the competition when out of sight of witnesses.

Seat otters are still classified as an endangered species.

(Historical trivia: Sea otters were first described scientifically by Georg Steller, of Steller's Jay, Steller's Sea Cow, and Steller's Sea Lion fame.

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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