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Marine otters are the only otter species living fully in coastal environments, apart from sea otters.
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However, unlike sea otters they don't spend most of the time in the ocean. They mainly live on land, and only make short trips into the water to forage.
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Marine otters live on the pacific coast of South America, they're known to mainly live in Chile where they are known as the "Chungungo".
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These otters are relatively small. An adult marine otter can reach 6 kg, where a sea otter can weigh up to 45 kg.
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Another name for the marine otter is sea cat.
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A very special otter indeed.
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Wow, that's a bunch of cool facts! I always thought the marine otter was cool, but I didn't know all this stuff about it
Wow, that's one small otter. Especially for a marine mammal. Doesn't make it any less otter of course.
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