You must have seen some "big rats" floating on the surface of the sea with all kinds of seafood piled up on their chests, such as scallops and sea urchins, and then knocked on small stones and ate them slowly, which is true! Presumably you have also seen some popular emojis in the circle of friends, the "big rats" are very loving to hold hands on the sea and form a small circle, which is also true~
However, they are not big rats, but the famous [Sea Otter Enhydra lutris], the sea otter may be the smallest sea beast, but it is the heaviest weasel, with a body length of 1-1.4 meters and a weight of 20-50 kilograms! Sea otters eat seafood hand in hand to reduce the risk of being swept away by the waves, but female sea otters seem to prefer to stay in groups, as newborn baby sea otters can't swim – to be precise, the little ones can only float on the surface of the water, because their body hair is hollow at this time, and they sleep on their mother's belly on weekdays. But when my mother goes into the water to hunt, she can throw the little sea otter on the water, and if there is a group of aunts around it, it will become a safe nursery~
In addition, sea otters have a lot of things that make them different~
(1) Sea otters are the most densely haired mammals, with 150,000 per square centimeter!! It is enough to keep them warm and waterproof. This thick hair tut-tut
(2) Sea otters are also highly intelligent animals, and will select various "cutting board" stones to put on their chests, such as sea urchins, scallops, sea crabs, lobsters... Mr. Sea Otter smacks a boulder in the chest, and everything becomes a sea otter fresh.
(3) Sea otters are important members of the kelp population to maintain the ecological balance, and if they do not control the number of herbivores in the ecosystem, the entire seagrass population will quickly collapse.
Postscript: In the 18th-19th centuries, sea otters were hunted in large numbers due to their precious fur, and it was not until the beginning of the 20th century that legislative protection was slowly restored. But now, due to oil spills, the hair often loses its original function and dies of hypothermia. At the same time, eutrophication of seawater causes toxic algae to accumulate in their bodies, causing them to become insane. Another thing that is more harmful to them is that they often haunt the fishing areas that fishermen fancie, and various fishing boat collisions occur one after another, some of which are actually intentional! Although the sea otter is world-famous, it is listed as endangered in the IUCN list, and the situation is not optimistic!
#Monster Calendar# 2023.10.30Sea otter
