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A little crayfish that my brothers and I caught while camping in Kenora, Ontario. Don't worry, we didn't eat him... Though we were tempted to. ;)
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CA SEA OTTERS: MONTEREY BAY
•Food & Foraging:
An otter must consume approximately 25% of its bodyweight in prey each day just to stay alive!
•A 75-pound otter can eat up to 1,500 sea urchins a day, or about 25 pounds of seafood (for a 75 pound kid, that would amount to eating 75 quarter pound hamburgers every day!).
•To meet its high energetic and thermoregulation demands, a sea otter’s metabolic rate is 2 to 3 times that of comparatively sized mammals.
•Sea otters consume a wide variety of benthic invertebrates. Prey items include sea urchins, abalone, crabs, mussels, clams, marine snails, marine worms, sea stars, and squid. In total, otters eat at least 50 species of benthic (bottom-dwelling) invertebrates, although individuals tend to specialize on only a few main prey types. Prey specialization and feeding preferences are passed on from mother to pup.
•The strong forelegs paws are used to locate and capture prey.
•Pockets of loose skin under each foreleg are used to store prey it has gathered on the seafloor for the ascent to the surface.
•Rocks are often used as tools to dislodge prey on the sea floor and to break open the hard outer shells of some prey items upon returning to the surface. Floating belly-up in the water, they place rocks on their chests and repeatedly pound hard-shelled prey against them to gain access the meat inside.
•While eating, an otter will roll repeatedly in the water to wash away food scraps from its chest.
•Unlike most other marine mammals, sea otters commonly drink seawater. Although most of the animal’s water needs are met through the consumption of prey, its large kidneys allow it to extract fresh water from seawater. Source: www.seaotters.com
The "Billy Thomas" landing at Porthgain harbour, North Pembrokeshire. Original photograph courtesy Nick, Roger and Louise Clarke of www.porthgainshellfish.com/. Monochrome rendition by me!
Shellfish is one of Goro's favorite sushi delights. On the shell and at the bottom of the plate, you have the muscle - quite chewy. To the right you have the liver & intestines. Very rich. Not Kim's favorite thing.
Other unusual things that we ate that night: squid tentacles (Cris), salmon eggs (Cris), sweet shrimp, friend shrimp heads.
Tsukiji Shijo, the largest and busiest fish market in the world, has been a fixture in Tokyo's Chuo Ward since 1935 when the market was moved following the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Unfortunately, this is the last year one can see the historic market as it is relocating, controversially, to Toyosu in November (2016). Get there while you can--it's still as vibrant as ever. Also, consider viewing the tuna auctions in which massive specimens fetch ridiculously high prices.
Tsukiji Fish Market. Tsukiji, Tokyo.