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Seattle Aquarium Sea Otter Cam

Puget Sound's resident otters, up close.

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Seattle Aquarium Sea Otter Cam

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About This Camera

The Seattle Aquarium's sea otter habitat is home to rescued otters and a long history of otter conservation in the Salish Sea. The cam captures grooming, feeding, and the otters' constant, restless energy.

Conservation Context

EN·EndangeredPopulation decreasing

Endangered. Very high risk of extinction in the wild.

Primary threats

Oil spills, infectious disease, entanglement in fishing gear, and great white shark predation in California.

Conservation actions

Endangered Species Act protections, oil-spill prevention infrastructure, rescue and rehabilitation programs at accredited aquariums, and surrogate-mother programs that release rehabilitated orphans back into the wild.

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Source Institution

Seattle Aquarium

Seattle, Washington, United States

A nonprofit aquarium on Pier 59 in downtown Seattle dedicated to the science and conservation of the Salish Sea and the Pacific Northwest. Operates a 24/7 YouTube live cam of its Northern sea otter habitat — featuring rescued otters that cannot be released to the wild.

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Sea Otter

Enhydra lutris

A keystone marine mammal of the North Pacific, sea otters keep kelp forests healthy by preying on sea urchins. Hunted to near-extinction in the 18th and 19th centuries for the densest fur of any mammal, sea otters survive today in a handful of recovering populations.

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Free classroom resources paired with this cam.

Behavior Observation Ethogram — Mammal Edition

6-8, 9-12 · 45 min

Species ID Cards — Mammals

3-5, 6-8 · 20 min

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Seattle Aquarium Sea Otter Cam

Rescued Northern sea otters on Pier 59, Seattle.

Seattle Aquarium · Seattle, United States

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