- Sea otters have the nickname "old man of the sea" as of their white whiskers
- An otter’s coat has pockets, flaps of skin under their front legs. Otter use them to hold their captured food until they returnt o the surface.
- Sea otters hang out in single-sex groups called Rafts
- Sea otters can hit the edge of a shell with forty five blows in just fifteen seconds.
- They can dive as deep as 330 feet when foraging for food
- Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, and it is considered one of the most valuable types of fur in the world
- Sea otters can live their entire lives without leaving the water
- The first sea otter was discovered by Georg Steller in 1751
- Weighing as much as 99 lbs, the sea otter is the heaviest member of the weasel family
- Sea Otters are the only marine mammal with out a layer of blubber
- Sea Otters’ only marine predators are humans, great white sharks, and killer whales.