Motherhood is no picnic for sea otter moms
London, UK (SPX) Jun 13, 2014 - Sea otters have voracious appetites, and for good reason. As the smallest marine mammals, they face unprecedented metabolic challenges just to stay warm. They consume a quarter of their own body mass each day and there are times when the metabolic demands of sea otter females rocket even further. Nicole Thometz, from the University of California at Santa Cruz, USA, explains that in additio ... more

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