Just by eating sea urchins and destructive shellfish, sea otters are keeping kelp forests healthy and coastal erosion at bay.

These sea otters eat 25% of their biomass every day. It would be like if you or I ate 20 burritos every day and still be hungry. That's what makes them super predators.

Today, the estuary is home to more than 120 otters and is the only one along the West coast that has been significantly colonized by southern sea otters.. And they love to eat green crabs. "Other ...

Sea otters are eating thousands of invasive green crabs at Elkhorn Slough, a reserve in Monterey County, California, according to a recent study.

“Given that the of population size is about 100 and 120 currently in Elkhorn Slough, they can probably eat somewhere between 50,000 and 120,000 green crabs the slough per year, and I mean ...

Pinpointing the location of sea otter populations, versus green crabs. Research coordinator Kerstin Wasson, Ph.D., says the modeling seems to confirm the trend, more otters, fewer crabs.

Hungry Sea Otters Are Taking a Bite Out of California’s Invasive Crab Problem, New Study Finds Researchers estimate southern sea otters eat up to 120,000 European green crabs per year at the ...

Feeding the Otters. 6/20/2025 | 1m 27s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Join Micayla from the Lake Superior Zoo as she preps meals for the otters! Get a behind-the-scenes.. 06/20/2025 ...

Pinpointing the location of sea otter populations, versus green crabs. Research coordinator Kerstin Wasson, Ph.D., says the modeling seems to confirm the trend, more otters, fewer crabs.

Pinpointing the location of sea otter populations, versus green crabs. Research coordinator Kerstin Wasson, Ph.D., says the modeling seems to confirm the trend, more otters, fewer crabs.

Pinpointing the location of sea otter populations, versus green crabs. Research coordinator Kerstin Wasson, Ph.D., says the modeling seems to confirm the trend, more otters, fewer crabs.