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Sea Otters at Night

Over 70 sea otters hauled out in the middle of the night to rest on land. A recent study (Maldini et al. 2012) tracked sea otter haul out behavior for over 2 years in Elkhorn Slough and speculates that this behavior might play an important role in the sea otters' energy conservation.

When I arrived in the middle of the night to take these photos, it was pitch black and I could see nothing. I spent several hours in the cold taking long exposure photographs of the otters from the opposite shore (the beach is closed at night). These photos are lit only by moonlight!
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