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A resting sea otter with eyes closed

By Alaska Science Center
Close up of resting sea otter in Homer harbor in Alaska. Otter has eyes closed.
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A resting sea otter with eyes closed. Photo taken in the Homer harbor in Alaska. Sea otters provide one of the best documented examples of top-down forcing effects on the structure and function of nearshore marine ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean

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Public Domain.

U.S. Geological Survey