Southern Sea otter with green crab

Photo By/Credit

Carswell, Lilian/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
03/18/2011
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A southern sea otter enjoys an invasive exotic green crab in Moss Landing, California. Sea otters eat urchins, abalone, mussels, clams, crabs, snails and about 40 other marine species. Sea otters eat approximately 25 percent of their weight in food each day.
Subject tags
Work of the Service
Wildlife viewing
Wildlife refuges
Marine mammals
Mammals
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Ecosystem recovery