Monday, April 09, 2007

Gorbull Whining Killing Sea Otters

Here I thought temperatures in the Great White North were so warm that polar bears were in danger of extinction. Now I find out that temperatures in the Great White North are so cold that they're killing sea otters. What's going on here?

An extra-cold winter on the Alaska Peninsula has frozen sea otters out of the bay and pushed them onto the tundra near Port Heiden where they're easy prey for wolves, humans and hunger. Some of the starving animals -- with ribs showing -- have waddled or belly-slid several miles inland, residents said. Others have been attacked by dogs near houses, killed by villagers for their hides, or died on sea ice where eagles and foxes pick at their remains.

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