This week, we're celebrating a holiday you really otter know about: Sea Otter Awareness Week! In their honor, please enjoy this tranquil footage of sea otters, floating, frolicking, and in general being otter-ly awesome. 💡 Did you know that sea otters often have a favorite rock for cracking open shellfish and clams? They may keep this rock in a “pocket” created by folds of loose skin across their chests making a pouch under each forearm. Typically they keep their chosen rock in their left pocket; they also use their pockets to store food gathered on dives. Today, sea otters occupy just a tiny fraction of its historic range and is still threatened by climate change, disease, pollution, fisheries and other threats — including oil spills like the one at Huntington Beach in 2021. #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek #OceanLife #OceanConservation #EndangeredSpecies [Video description: A series of three short video clips showing sea otters floating and diving in the open water from NOAA Fisheries...