Zombie urchins & the Blob: California sea otters face new threats & ecosystem shifts
via news.mongabay.com
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The sea otter pup was tiny, probably less than 2 weeks old, alone in Morro Bay on an October morning earlier this year. A kayaker scooped it out of the water after listening to it endlessly crying for its mother. It was in growing danger, starting to float out toward the mouth of the bay. […]