When the sea otters disappear, why does their kelp forest habitat disappear, too? On the Pacific Coast of North America, sea otters play, dive, and hunt for sea urchins, crabs, abalone, and fish in the lush kelp forests beneath the waves.
But whe.
Fish and other animals that depended on the kelp were lost, too.
Without sea otters to eat them, an army of hungry sea urchins grew and destroyed entire kelp forests.
But there was a time when people hunted the otters almost to extinction.
When the sea otters disappear, why does their kelp forest habitat disappear, too? On the Pacific Coast of North America, sea otters play, dive, and hunt for sea urchins, crabs, abalone, and fish in the lush kelp forests beneath the waves
