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Title: Sea Otter Feeds On Urchins, Canada
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A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) feeds on red sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus). Sea otters help protect kelp forests by controlling urchin numbers, the urchins are voracious hebivores. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Queen Charlotte Strait, North East Pacific Ocean.
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Carnivora
- God's Pocket Marine Reserve
- Mammalia
- Marine Life
- Marine Mammals
- North East Pacific Ocean
- Port Hardy
- sea otter: Enhydra lutris
- Sea Otters: Mustelidae
- Vancouver Island
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