Animals in the deep sea also live in a tough environment. ... Sea otters use the kelp to wrap themselves in when they are resting. Sea otters once ranged from Mexico to Alaska and Japan. The current population of sea otters in California is about 3,000, primarily distributed from just south of San Francisco down to Santa Barbara County. Sea otters mainly eat sea urchins, crabs, clams, mussels, octopus, other marine invertebrates, and fish. ...

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Most carnivores are land animals, but an important and highly specialized group of carnivores, the pinnipeds or "fin-feet," have taken up life in the oceans; pinnipeds include seals, sea lions, and walruses. A few other carnivores, such as the sea otter, are also specialized for life in the oceans. ... Traditionally, the Carnivora have been classified in two suborders: the Pinnipedia, which includes the seals and sea lions, and the Fissipedia, which includes all land-dwelling carnivores. ... A generally accepted classification of the Carnivora is as follows: Carnivora Arctoidea Pinni...

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This is a large commercial fishing industry, plus it is home to migratory birds, sea otters, and many other marine mammals. ... Seabirds were dying by the thousands and sea otters were dying quickly in the black muck. A special rescue center was made, but it was only big enough for a few sea otters at a time. Because of its size, in the end only 357 otters were treated and rescued. ... In addition, 144 bald eagles were dead, 22 whales were missing, 5,500 sea otters had died of exposure, and the tidal zones along 1,244 ...

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Lakes, rivers, streams, all of these are little bodies of water. But, an ocean is a large body of water. An ocean is made up of different layers that make the habitats for many animals. The ocean floor is usually sand, but in some parts of the ocean it may be rock, here the animals vary from clams t...

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Two red masts rose slowly above the sea. ... The Aluts have come from Russia to the island, to hunt for otter for their pelts. They hunt, and when it's time to pay the village for the otter pelts, the Aluts try to pay with a chest of beads. ... She notices that her spear was dull, so she decided to get a tooth from a sea elephant. ... Recovering from her injury, she goes back to where the sea elephants were fighting. ...

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Among the many casualties were 2800 sea otters, 300 harbour seals, 250 bald eagles, as many as 22 killer whales, and an estimated quarter-million seabirds. ... Twenty-three species of wildlife were affected by this oil spill, and only two species, the bald eagle and the river otter, have fully recovered. The species that are well on their way to a comeback include pink salmon, pacific herring, sea otters, mussels, black oyster catcher, common murre, marbled murrelet, and sockeye salmon. ...

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Although it may be harder to collect funding for plants and animals on lower levels than otters and seals, they are just as important and the higher food chain levels would crumble without them. ... Cattails, sea grasses, golden bush, and turtleweed are all common plants being planted in coastal wetlands that are naturally found in all aspects of salt marshes. ... Many of these fish include salmon, sea trout, striped bass, and flounder. ... Many aquatic mammals like otters and sea lions also use the waters on occasion, which increase recreational costs and property values to view the majestic ...

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Their predators include lampreys, fish, birds, bears, river otters, raccoons, and humans. In the sea steelhead are eaten by many species including seals, sea lions and orcas.(2) Adult Rainbow/Steelhead trout vary in size and can grow up to 45 inches but are usually much smaller. ...

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The Polar Bears genus and species name is Ursus maritimus, latin for "sea bear". ... The Order-carnivora includes Otters,Cats, Dogs, Bears, Raccoons and their relatives. ... The Polar bears inhabit the Arctic sea ice, water, islands, and coastlines, even though they prefer sea ice habitat with leads (water channels or cracks through ice which may remain ice free for only a few minutes to a couple months, depending on the weather and water conditions) next to continental coastlines or islands. most pregnant females spend the autumn and winter on land during there maternity days. ... Polar Bears...

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The ocean -- it is a vast sea of blue that is the home of millions of aquatic animals. ... The water spreads out the PCBs in the ocean, but when sea life comes along these particles attach themselves to the sea creatures, and slowly collect. ... When we dispose of these chemicals, they find their way into the sea. ... This makes it so it does not hurt as many fish; however, for the water birds and the sea otters, and other creatures that surface often, it coats them in oil. ... The Government sends out many boats to clean up the oil from the sea. ...

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Rivers and Lakes Scotland is characterized by an abundance of streams and lakes (lochs). Notable among the lakes, which are especially numerous in the central and northern regions, are Loch Lomond (the largest), Loch Ness, Loch Tay, and Loch Katrine. Many of the rivers of Scotland, in particular th...

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In England in the 1950's, otter hunting was a very popular game. By the late 1950's, hunters began having trouble finding otters. ... By December almost 40% of the North Sea population of seals had died. ... Because striped dolphins usually live and die far from any shores, the plague that hit the dolphins living in the Mediterranean Sea in the early 1990's was well under way before anyone realized what was happening. ...

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Endangered Species "An endangered species is any plant or animal which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range." Even though federal and national government agencies have past many laws and regulations to help endangered species and to try to prevent the ad...

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1 The History The first Russians came to America in the 17th century. Thy came through the Bering Straight and landed in Alaska, where they hunted blue fox, the fur seal and sea otter which they sold to some Asian countries. Their first colony Kodiak was built in the northwest and their first go...

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Scientists believe that early whales arose about fifty-five to sixty-five million years ago from, now extinct, ancient land mammals that happened to venture back into the sea. ... By the flickering, filtered sunlight of the sea, other animals may not recognize a killer whale as a potential predator. ... And in the Bering Sea, near Alaska, they eat about 65% fishes, 20% squids, and 15% marine mammals. ... Killer whales prey on both mysticete and Odontocete whales, seals, sea lions, walruses, and occasionally sea otters and penguins. ...

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On a seemingly regular basis, the nation's newspapers and television screens are wallpapered with vivid images of tankers spilling crude oil, also known as petroleum, and oil soaked sea birds in various stages of death and decay. ... In many cases involving tankers, offshore wells, and other deep-sea spills, a sizable portion of the oil catches fire. ... "The famous "Exxon Valdez" oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound resulted in the deaths of 15,000 otters, predominantly as a result of ingesting oil." ...

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I. James Knox Polk A. Born - November 2nd, 1795 B. Died - June 15th, 1875 II. Education A. Graduated from the University of North Carolina (1818) B. Studied law with Felix Gundy, who was a delegate to the Kentucky State Constitutional Convention, Member of the Kentucky Ho...

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The first official fur trade company installed in North America went by the name of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), and was charted in 1670 by Charles II, thus making the Company "the true and absolute Lordes and Proprietors" of a huge piece of territory in North America described as "all the Landes Countryes and Territoryes upon the Coastes and Confynes of the Seas" of Hudson's Bay and the river system that drained into it. ... " The HBC maintained their monopoly for over 80 years, but Joseph Robson suggest in his book, An Account of Six Years Residence in...

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