Alaskan Sea Otter Gallery

TOM-1918 Alaskan / Northern Sea Otter - mother and pup

TOM-1918
Alaskan / Northern Sea Otter - mother and pup
Prince William Sound, North America
Enhydra lutris
at this age the baby can barely swim can't dive at all so while the mother feeds she leaves the pup floating while she dives for food -sometimes she is gone underwater for several minutes as she searches for food (mollusks crabs etc on the bottom) but she almost always swims over and touches her baby between dives
Tom & Pat Leeson
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© Tom and Pat Leeson / ardea.com

TOM-1921 Alaskan / Northern Sea Otter - mother carrying her very young pup - while pups at this age float quite well they haven't learned the coordination or have the strength to swim very far so mother hauls them around much of the time

TOM-1921
Alaskan / Northern Sea Otter - mother carrying her very young pup - while pups at this age float quite well they haven't learned the coordination or have the strength to swim very far so mother hauls them around much of the time
Alaska
Enhydra lutris
Tom & Pat Leeson
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Tom and Pat Leeson / ardea.com