It"s hard not to smile when you spot a sea otter. Their whiskery faces, busy paws, and thick fur give the impression of a stuffed animal that has come to life and taken to the ocean. The heaviest members of the weasel family, sea otters aren"t just cute. They also play a vital role in the underwater kelp forest ecosystem, keeping the destructive sea urchin population in check—by eating them.
Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Happy 300th, NOLA!
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World Octopus Day
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy
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St. Michaels Mount in Marazion, Cornwall, England
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Giving Tuesday
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Pandas pucker up for International Kissing Day
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Bringing the moon to Earth
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Aura River in Turku, Finland
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Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia
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Arch and Milky Way, Alabama Hills, Sierra Nevada, California
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The lemurs of Madagascar
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Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
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National Cousins Day
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A ‘circus of chaos’ for Stravinsky
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Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
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Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam
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Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
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Armbrug bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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A narrow passage
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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