Sentences with phrase «wild sea otters»

A new campaign is bringing you a livestream of wild sea otters from one of the best places in the world to view them.

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It gives us a chance to highlight the stories of our five engaging sea otters and the changing conservation challenges facing their counterparts in the wild.

However, a 2005 study found that 36 of 50 sea otters from coastal California were infected with the Type X strain of T. gondii [14], a type linked to wild felids (mountain lions and a bobcat, in this case), but not to domestic cats.

As wild and domestic felids are the only recognized hosts capable of shedding Toxoplasma oocysts into the environment, otter infection suggests land - to - sea pathogen transmission.

As the alleged evidence that feral cats are a major threat to wild bird populations evaporates, ailurophobes have amplified claims that free - roaming cats are to blame for outbreaks of the parasitic protozoan infection Toxoplasma gondii that were first found to afflict California sea otters in 2002,» causing about 17 % of identified deaths, and have killed at least eight Hawaiian monk seals in 2015 alone.

Our exclusive tours offer a rare glimpse into animal care on the wild side, from swimming side - by - side with gentle manatees to getting up close and personal with sea turtles and otters.

Melissa Miller, Wildlife Pathologist, California Department of Fish and Game Miller was one of 14 co-authors to link the Type X strain of T. gondii — responsible for nearly three - quarters of sea otter infections, according to one study [1]-- to wild felids (e.g., mountain lions and bobcats) rather than domestic cats.

However, one study found that 36 of 50 sea otters from coastal California were infected with the Type X strain of T. gondii [16], a type linked to wild felids (mountain lions and a bobcat, in this case), but not to domestic cats.

Miller, M.A., et al., «Type X Toxoplasma gondii in a wild mussel and terrestrial carnivores from coastal California: New linkages between terrestrial mammals, runoff and toxoplasmosis of sea otters.»

Of course, this is the wild coast home to more than sea otters!

Wildlife includes sea lions, harbour seals, river otters, Dall's porpoise, bald eagles and a wild variety of sea birds.

At Georgia Aquarium, we're doing our part to help by educating our guests about sea otters and the dangers they face in the wild.

Proceeds from your ticket support research and conservation efforts for southern sea otters and many other species, both here at the Aquarium and in the wild.

Amelia River Cruises & Charters provides narrated, historic and wildlife sightseeing tours with views of dolphins, manatees, sea otters, alligators, and views of the wild horses of Cumberland Island National Seashore.

Should you wish to truly enjoy what St Francis Bay has to offer the coast is fantastic, take a walk along one of the beautiful beaches or for something more challenging a walk along the wild side is wonderful.The sunrises and sunsets are superb and if you are early enough catching the sea otters swimming off the beach is a very special sight.

In The Wild in You: Voices From the Forest and the Sea, photographer Ian McAllister and poet Lorna Crozier offer up a vision of the world that will soothe even the most stressed - out urbanite — unless that city dweller is turned off at the sight of a sea otter, puffin, or gray woSea, photographer Ian McAllister and poet Lorna Crozier offer up a vision of the world that will soothe even the most stressed - out urbanite — unless that city dweller is turned off at the sight of a sea otter, puffin, or gray wosea otter, puffin, or gray wolf.