Talk:Sea Otter
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[edit] No mention of Canada at all?
America wasn't the only country to hunt Sea Otters, and all info regarding the Canadian extent of their range is conveniently left out for info on Alaska and California. Get the facts straight and keep the American self-obssession to a minimum. Thanks. -Jackmont Nov1
The interrelationship of sea otters, sea urchins and kelp forest regrowth should be briefly discussed, as it's the major ecological effect of sea-otter populations. --Wetman 07:58, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
"the largest living members of the Mustelids, the weasel family": this information (less elegantly stated perhaps) was too swiftly reverted. The largest terrestrial mustelid in the wolverine, with males about half as heavy as male sea otters. --Wetman 01:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Naming
Is there any reason this page title is capitalised? Sea Otter. -- Ec5618 13:45, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
- It is also capitalized throughout the article. 66.214.64.122 04:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- But why? This is not Wikipedia convention, is it? -- Ec5618 09:40, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Breaking shells on stones
I've read that sea otters gather rocks from the sea bottom, then float on their back on the surface, with the stone on their belly, and they break shells on the stone with their paws. Can someone confirm? David.Monniaux 14:06, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
- I can confirm it, personally. Also, the article makes note of it here, though perhaps not clearly, in not in so many words: "Floating on their backs, the otters wash and (if necessary) pry open their prey with a favoured rock they keep in their pouch". -- Ec5618 14:39, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Protect the Page from South Park based vandalism?
Think someone should put a protection template on this page? People have been putting stuff on the sea otters in the Go God Go episodes of South Park onto the article... --FigmentJedi 22:26, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
The south park episode should at least be mentioned. Maybe in a pop culture references section. --TheTruth 19:28, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, the main vandalism I was thinking of was having the whole 500+ years of evolution sea otters actually being placed in the opening statement of the article without being put into the context of South Park. Besides, the South Park otters need a section on that South Park races article and put into the fictional otters category.--FigmentJedi 04:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] vandalism
for some reason it is disappointing to come back to this page after a while away and see there have been many many edits yet have almost all been minor vandalism and then reverts by attentive wikipedians...why is it that the animal pages seem to get so much silly vandalism?...yet perhaps i can also be happy...as perhaps it also means a bunch of people actually look at the animal pages even though many are minor vandals!...85.1.223.203 07:34, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Problem with Orca Link
I don't know how to fix it, but under the "Habitat and diet" section the link to orcas brings up an article about software, not the mammal species. Can somebody fix that and delete this post? 139.147.141.172 20:37, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
- Link fixed, thanks for the heads-up. --Lonotter 13:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
