What did we do?

We observed six kinds of otter behavior: feeding, resting, diving, traveling, grooming and playing. At three different times of day, we watched the aquarium otters and made a record of their behaviors. The next day, we traveled into Monterey Bay and observed wild otters, looking for the six behaviors. We gathered up all our data, made some pie charts and compared the captive otters to the wild otters. more...