Sea Otters Eat Crabs Four (IMAGE)

Duke University

Sea Otters Eat Crabs Four

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The return of sea otters, a top predator, to a California estuary is helping slow erosion and restore the estuary’s degraded geology. A sea otter in the estuarine water of Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California, USA.

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Emma Levy

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