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Sea Otters
Titel: Sea Otters
Schrijver: Love, John A.
Illustraties: John A. Love
Uitgever: Whittet Books Ltd.
Plaats van uitgifte: London
Jaar van uitgifte: 1990
ISBN-10: 0 905 48384 7
ISBN-13: 9780905483849
Bindwijze: Gebonden
Formaat: 15 cm x 21,5 cm
Aantal bladzijden: 136
Taal: Engels
Genre: Informatief
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Sea otters must be amongst the most endearing creatures on earth: they can live their lives without ever coming to land, mating and giving birth on the sea where they are most commonly seen, lying on their backs, whiskery faces peering over the waves, the occasional limb stuck out of the water to keep cool. They wrap themselves in seaweed to anchor themselves whilst they snooze and, during the day, will often cover their eyes with their paws. They are the only mammals, other than primates, to use tools: placing a stone on their chests they pound their prey against it, storing the stone under the left armpit for future use.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the sea otter was ravaged by man, who relentlessly hunted it for its thick, highly prized pelt. By 1911, when the first ban on hunting was introduced, numbers in total were down to a mere 500 or 1,000. The otter's original friendly disposition towards man was replaced by fear, but at last as its numbers recover its inquisitive nature is resurfacing too; indeed in California sea otters have been known to take over floating airbeds temporarily vacated by bathers and to be reluctant to relinquish them. Man, who has been the sea otter's worst enemy, is at last trying to make amends by various reintroduction projects, in the hope of avoiding catastrophic effects of any future disaster such as the Exxon Valdez oilspill.
John Love discusses all these subjects and many other interesting aspects of these charming creatures.
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