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| Sea Otter 海獺 |
Southern sea otter maybe the symbol of Central California Coast. They can often be seen around Monterey Bay. Last year on the way to see the California Condors, I accidentally found a pod of sea otters hung out Moss Landing harbor close to Jetty Road. （Coming from north, Santa Cruz, on Highway 1, you will see Jetty Road first, then Moss Landing Harbor.) Since then, I have visited twice more, and they were always there. By now what my camera can take from the road was no longer good enough for me, I wanted to see them closer, from the water, approaching from kayak. We rented a double closed deck kayak from Kayak Connection right next to Moss Landing Harbor, half day for $55, and got to see harbor seals, sea lions, and sea otters all from a different perspective. April is the time for birth of harbor seal pup, we were a bit early, but already saw one three-day old pup at the shore of Elkhorn Slough. Next time hope to kayak in the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary.
海獺大概是中加州海岸最有名的動物了，到 Monterey Bay 附近的海岸常可以看到幾隻。大圓臉總是仰天浮在水面，可愛極了。
