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Photo Gallery: Otters
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Photo: Sea otter with head and paws visible above the water
Photo: Giant river otter sitting on riverbankPhoto: Sea otter with head and paws visible above the waterPhoto: An adult, male North American river otterPhoto: Young giant river otterPhoto: Short-clawed otters in the grass
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Talk about sea legs! Sea otters eat, sleep, hunt, mate, and give birth in the water. They also use rocks as tools to crack open mussels.
Photograph courtesy David Menke/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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