Where are we going with this…Where are we going with this…

• Kayak and boat traffic are increasing in the slough;Kayak and boat traffic are increasing in the slough;

• Sea otter rafts are found right in the middle of Sea otter rafts are found right in the middle of intense human activity;intense human activity;

• How is this affecting sea otter foraging and resting How is this affecting sea otter foraging and resting patterns?.....patterns?..... 1

Slide content Courtesy of “Being a Male California Sea Otter in the 21st Century: the Story of an Estuary”

by Daniela Maldini, Ph.D., President Okeanis.org ©

Pop-Quiz1. When Sea Otters make a noise like a cat hissing, it means

__________________.

2. Coastal bottlenose dolphins spend their time within ____ (2 / 20 / 200) kilometers of the shore and can be seen easily from the beach.

3. _____ ( 30% / 50% / 90%) of sea creatures feed at night.

4. Match left column and right column:

group of sea otters melongroup of female dolphins raftgroup of male dolphins banddolphin’s echolocation organ alliance

Questions?A blog of our adventure: www.otterodyssey.blogspot.com

Find out how you can be involved: www.okeanis.orgwww.earthwatch.org

Many thanks to our hosts, our sponsors, and you. It was a very memorable experience, a time of learning, adventure, travel and human connections.

Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose …

October 29, 2008: The RE team of Nichole Davis (RE Benefits Communications, Phoenix AZ), Tina LaPorte

(LN RLBIS Product Planning, Dayton OH), Rob Raskin (LN Govt Accounts, Albany NY), Shelly Proch (LN

ReEngineering, Colorado Springs CO)