Two male sea otters appear to be calling Cannon Beach home, providing a rare sight for Oregonians visiting Ecola Point.

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According to the nonprofit, this sighting is particularly significant, as sea otter populations have not been seen along the Oregon coast since they were hunted to extinction for their fur in the ...

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Two sea otters were spotted along Cannon Beach - a rare sighting, the conservation nonprofit Elakha Alliance announced Friday ...

They have the thickest fur of any mammal, at 850,000 to 1 million hairs per square inch. Sea otters were once found in ...

They say sea otters have been absent from the Oregon Coast since the early 1900s when they were hunted to local extinction for their fur. The alliance believes the pair of otters swam down from ...

CANNON BEACH, Ore. — Two sea otters were spotted at Ecola Point in Cannon Beach. An Oregon nonprofit based in Siletz, the Elakha Alliance, said volunteers first saw the otters on Friday.

According to the nonprofit, this sighting is particularly significant, as sea otter populations have not been seen along the Oregon coast since they were hunted to extinction for their fur in the ...

as sea otter populations have not been seen along the Oregon coast since they were hunted to extinction for their fur in the early 20th century. There are 15 species of sharks found on the Oregon ...