Unprecedented number of sea otter deaths along California coast
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 01:00
in Biology & Nature
After being brought back from the brink of extinction, the mammal is again in peril. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that 335 dead, sick or injured otters were found in 2011, a record high.After being brought back from the brink of extinction, sea otters are again in peril, with an unprecedented number of deaths along the California coast in the last year.