Here are two Sea Otters and two River Otters:
at left is 
Potter the Otter from Jaag
Plush, then there is Otto the Otter from the Bearington
Collection, next is a little otter from Wild Republic that sounds
like an otter when squeezed and last is an otter from the Stuffed
Animal House. Potter and Otto are River Otters (Lutra canadensis)
The Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
is the smallest marine mammal but is the largest member of the
otter family. It is about 40 inches long, the tail being another
10 inches. This little animal is almost completely aquatic, but
comes ashore when the weather gets rough. It propels itself through
the water with its broad hind feet. It spends all its life in
the northern Pacific Ocean.
Sea Otters feed on abalone, squid, octopus
and sea urchins. It carries its food to the surface and then,
floating on its back, uses its belly as a table. It will crack
open the shells by placing a flat rock on its chest and hitting
the shell against the rock.Once hunted for their pelts, Sea Otters
are now protected.
The gestation for both animals is up to
9 months. The River Otter has a litter of from 1 to 6 pups that
are born blind and totally furred. The Sea Otter has only one
pup, sometimes two, that is born fully furred but with its eyes
open.
These little Sea Otters are from
Dakin (retired), Ganz (a Soft Spot) and Ty Inc. (retired).
