Dr. Chris J. Law
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And that's just the way that they can increase that caloric income versus just becoming just a journalist and eat everything they see.
Yeah, I mean, yeah, once you know how to do it, just go for it, right?
Why learn something new?
Well, that's the thing with these otters that, you know, they're flipper tags, so people can actually ID them.
And usually the Monterey Bay Aquarium has lots of volunteers that go out to observe these otters on a daily basis.
So they're basically, if you're out there, they would be tracking.
How many eggs did you use?
How did you put any salt?
Did you use a fork?
How did you cook your eggs?
So essentially, they're basically tracking all of that information.
So they're tracking how many prey items they're eating, what kind of prey items, and estimated size of those prey items, where they use tools for that prey item.
It's pretty nuts.
Wow.
It's pretty amazing data.
I mean, who doesn't want to spend a nice morning hanging out by the coast and watching some sea otters eat their dinner or eat their breakfast?
I mean...
I mean, yeah, the otters could totally be just watching me back.
Yeah, thanks for definitely having me on.