During Sea Otter Awareness Week, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium offers visitors a chance to get an “inside look” at this endangered species.

A table is set up in the Exploration Center with sea otter specimens.  Guests can learn more about a sea otter’s insides and outsides, their important role in California’s kelp forest ecosystem, the animals they eat and other fascinating sea otter facts.

A table is set up in the Exploration Center with sea otter specimens.  Guests can learn more about a sea otter’s insides and outsides, their important role in California’s kelp forest ecosystem, the animals they eat and other fascinating sea otter facts.

In the Kelp Forest room in the Exhibit Hall, there will be a table set up with sea otter specimens. Get inside a sea otter’s head by taking a close look at a skull and see if you notice anything unusual. There will also be a pelt on display showcasing the sea otter’s thick fur. Without blubber, sea otters rely on their fur to keep warm in cold ocean water. Sea otters have the densest fur of any mammal with close to one million hairs per square inch!

So stop by CMA during Sea Otter Awareness Week and learn more about their insides and outsides, their important role in California’s kelp forest ecosystem, the animals they eat and other fascinating sea otter facts! Also, take time to visit CMA’s library and peruse sea otter books and pick up your very own sea otter fact sheet.

Afterwards, stop by CMA Gift Shop and shop for fun sea otter items!