How to Use sea otter in a Sentence

sea otter

noun
  • Seals and sea otters peered out of the water at us along the way.
    — Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Keep an eye out for puffins, sea otters, and humpback whales.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Keep an eye out for puffins, sea otters, and humpback whales.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2026
  • In the water in the distance, a sea otter floats in the kelp.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Here, a sea otter is seen using a rock to shake an abalone shell loose for a quick snack.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Other new unique finds were an arm bone from an ancient sea otter -- and whale bones.
    — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2018
  • If your partner asks you to turn back because a sea otter gave him a snarky look, do it.
    — Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Sleek sea otters dive and twirl in a tank before awed visitors.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Walk along Cannery Row, watch the sea otters in the bay, hang out.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Critters from sea otters to cephalopods have been observed using tools in the wild.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2018
  • For this team of researchers, there was nothing new about wolves eating sea otters.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Snails eat these substances and, in turn, are then targeted by sea otters.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Yet so do sea otters, fish and even some insects, such as ants that sop up honey in spongy matter.
    — Ben Guarino, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Here’s a link to our newest sea otter research paper and a bonus otter gif!
    — Jessica Leigh Hester, WIRED, 7 May 2018
  • The sea otter, a carnivore, strikes mollusk shells against rocks to get at the food inside.
    — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Each day offers the chance to spot wolves, sea otters, humpback whales, and bald eagles both from shore and at sea.
    — Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Snakes—not nearly as cuddly as, say, the northern sea otter—fare even worse than turtles when on the road.
    — Susan Brackney, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2016
  • Bison, sea otters, beavers, elephants and wolves all exert this power.
    — Christopher J. Preston, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Superlative fur So how do sea otters manage?
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The new moms teach the pups how to do sea otter things—like clean themselves, float on their backs, and use rocks to crack open sea urchins on their bellies.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 4 Nov. 2021
  • To date, far more sea urchins have died than fish, raising concern about the survival of the sea otter, for whom sea urchins are a staple.
    — National Geographic, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Just one is enough to kill an animal as big as a dolphin, sea otter or Beluga whale.
    — Kim Steutermann Rogers, Smithsonian, 9 July 2018
  • The classic photo here is a sea otter on its back, paddling, with its favorite rock to crack open sea urchins resting on its chest.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 June 2018
  • In the evening, build a campfire in the fire pit and roast marshmallows while watching for whales, seals or sea otters in the nearby cove.
    — Erin Kirkland, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2018
  • During the height of the summer heat, the ice chills the water for the penguin, sea otter and hippo habitats.
    — Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The exceptions to the 1,000-pound rule were whales on the large side and sea otters on the smaller end.
    — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Yet, unlike such marine mammals as whales and seals, sea otters lack a thick layer of blubber to insulate them.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The vintage design is rounded out with the sea otter's scientific name printed near the top.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The women got together last week to cut out the patterns and sew hats using seal and sea otter skins, a fleece lining and yarn for tassels.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Wildlife sightings include sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, orcas, puffins, and humpback whales.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025

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