What kind of animals like to wrap seaweed around their bodies?
Sea otters like to wrap themselves in seaweed. Sea otters are rare animals, distributed in the cold waters of the North Pacific Ocean, and belong to social animals. In addition to breeding, sea otters live in the sea almost all their lives. At night, sea otters like to wrap seaweed around their bodies and sleep under pillow waves to prevent them from being washed away. Some of them will take turns to keep watch in the group.
Sea otter (scientific name: Enhydralutris) is an animal of the genus Sea otter in the family Mustelidae. Body length 130- 150 cm, weight 30-50 kg, tail length 30-40 cm. Males are slightly older than females. The forelimbs are short and bare, the hind limbs are long and flat, and there are fins between the toes, which are suitable for swimming and diving.
Social life, except breeding, is almost a lifetime marine habitat. At night, seaweed wraps itself around the body and sleeps under pillow waves to prevent it from being washed away. Several people take turns to keep watch. It can dive to a depth of 50 meters, mainly feeding on shellfish, abalone, sea urchins and crabs. , often backstroke and fix stones on the chest and smash food to get their meat. Due to the harsh living environment and high energy consumption, the sea otter eats 65438+ 0/3 of its own weight, which is the highest in the animal kingdom.
Sea otter picture
Sea otters are distributed in the cold waters of the North Pacific Ocean. The fat under the sea otter's skin is very thin, but its fur is extremely thick, reaching 6.5438+0.25 million hairs per square centimeter of skin, which is also the highest in the animal kingdom. High quality fur attracts people to kill. By 19 1 1 year, there were only 1000 heads left in the world, which were later restored after protection.
Sea otters usually spend considerable time grooming and licking themselves. Their fur, head, tail and limbs are not spared, and even the "dining table" in the chest and abdomen is thoroughly washed. This "combing" is for your own survival. Sea otters rely entirely on their fur to protect themselves. If their fur is dirty or stained with dirt, seawater will directly soak the skin and dissipate the heat of the body, so they will freeze to death.
The difference between sea otters and otters
Living in different places
Sea otters are distributed in the cold waters of the North Pacific Ocean, and inhabit various coastal habitats, from shore stone seabed and coastline to sandy or muddy seabed. Most of them live within 40 meters of water depth, but they often migrate to deeper waters for food or seasonal sports, that is, sea otters live in the sea.
Otters are widely distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa, and like to inhabit fresh water areas such as lakes, bends and swamps. In China, otters live in freshwater areas such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
There is a difference in figure.
Sea otters are large, with a body length of more than 1 m and a weight of more than 30 kg. Their bodies are round, their tails are flat, their bodies are covered with thick fur, and their heads are light gray.
The otter is relatively small, with a body length of only about half a meter and a weight of only about 10 kg. They are slender and cylindrical, with long and flat tails, tapering tails, long and thin body hair and brown or brown head hair.
Different lifestyles
Sea otters are gregarious animals, often dozens or even hundreds of them live together and have more activities during the day. At night, some sea otters also climb ashore and sleep on rocks (they will move stones to build nests), but most of the time sea otters sleep on the sea surface.
Most otters dig holes for a living, and some live in natural caves, which are often located under cracks or bushes by the water. Night walking, hiding in the cave to rest during the day and coming out at night. And the requirements for water quality are very high. You can come to Kunming Animal Otter Park and get close to our "monster"-otter!
Unique secret skills are different.
Living in the ocean for a long time, I often dive into the sea for food. The sea otter is covered with a layer of very warm hair, which looks more fluffy and full of air than the sea otter. Like this:
Adult sea otters will carefully apply the secreted oil to their hair to make it more waterproof. Backstroke is a unique secret skill of sea otters, which can easily float on the sea in backstroke position.
One of the most famous behaviors of sea otters is to hold shells, sea urchins and babies in their arms, and then float on the water with their stomachs up.
The fur of otters looks much smoother, because they only live near the water and basically don't need to stay in the water for a long time, so their fur doesn't need such good warmth.
Coquetry is otter's unique secret skill. They have been clingy monsters since childhood. They stare at innocent eyes and instantly sprout your heart.