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  sea_otter_kenai_fiords.jpg - Sea otter just beyond the Seward Big Boat Harbor. Otters have to be the cutest critters in Alaska. We saw evidence of River otters but never caught a glimpse of one. This friendly guy seems to be posing for us as we passed it on the way to Kenai Fjord National Park. These cute members of the weasel family were heavily hunted but I think they are now protected by the Endangers Species Act. Several places had Sea otter pelts and, with 850,000 hairs per square inch, they are luxurious which may explain why they were hunted as heavily.  
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Sea otter just beyond the Seward Big Boat Harbor. Otters have to be the cutest critters in Alaska. We saw evidence of River otters but never caught a glimpse of one. This friendly guy seems to be posing for us as we passed it on the way to Kenai Fjord National Park. These cute members of the weasel family were heavily hunted but I think they are now protected by the Endangers Species Act. Several places had Sea otter pelts and, with 850,000 hairs per square inch, they are luxurious which may explain why they were hunted as heavily.
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