# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPFGWvSAch9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34949361-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e695acf68c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-26T20:58:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

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.]

## Stats

- **Views:** 627
- **Likes:** 295
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 5

## Tags

seaotterawarenessweek, oceanconservation, endangeredspecies, oceanlife

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