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...“In 1991, an orca—a killer whale—was seen eating a sea otter. o rcas and otters usually coexist peacefully. So, what hap- pened? Ecologists found th... ...d of their seals and sea lions, orcas started turning to the playful sea otters for dinner. So otters have vanished because the fish, which they ne... ...hey never ate in the first place, have vanished. Now, the ripple spreads, otters are no longer there to eat sea urchins, so the sea urchin populati... ... decline in the population of sea lions and seals, the orcas must turn to otters.” 34 B ail Yourself o ut Thus, true health and well being are achie... ... create a symbi- otic environment. As with the story of the orcas and the otters we described in Chapter 5, all crea- tures contribute to maintaining...

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...es which they offered were skins of foxes, deer, coons, martens, polecats, sea-otters, bows, arrows, spears, wooden visors of hideous features, and c...

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...s from the King, to encourage them to destroy the very breed of those base Otters, they do so much mischief. Venator. But what say you to the Foxes of... ... willingly have them destroyed ? for doubtless they do as much mischief as Otters do. Piscator. Oh, Sir, if they do, it is not so much to me and my fr... ...ey do, it is not so much to me and my fraternity, as those base vermin the Otters do. Auceps. Why, Sir, I pray, of what fraternity are you, that you a... ...r, I pray, of what fraternity are you, that you are so angry with the poor Otters? Piscator. I am, Sir, a Brother of the Angle, and therefore an enemy... ...re have been so many, that our learned Camden says there is a river called Ottersey, which was so named by reason of the abundance of Otters that bred... ...y, what I think of your host: but, first, I will tell you, I am glad these Otters were killed; and I am sorry there are no more Otter killers; for I k... ... fish have enemies enough besides such unnatural fishermen; as namely, the Otters that I spake of, the Cormorant, the Bittern, the Osprey, the Sea gul... ...by my friend Mr. Segrave, of whom I spake to you formerly, that keeps tame Otters, that he hath known a Pike, in extreme hunger, fight with one of his... ...tters, that he hath known a Pike, in extreme hunger, fight with one of his Otters for a Carp that the Otter had caught, and was then bringing out of t...

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... perfectly stupid expression of his face. “In my young days we had lots of otters,” whispered the old fellow; “but they’ve hunted ‘em so that if we se... ...oves curiosities,—so, as I was saying, hearing of my tal- ent for catching otters, for I know ‘em as you know your alphabet, he says to me like this: ... ...ite Mouche, the natural son of one of his natural daughters, came from the otters; and then there were breakfasts and dinners given them by peasants w... .... I can squeeze that rich young fellow at Les Aigues; may be he’ll take to otters.” “Go and get another bottle,” said T onsard to his daughter. “If yo... ...resence or its absence immediately. “Ah, the sharks!” he cried. “If I hunt otters they hunt fa- thers-in-law! They get out of me all I earn, and tell ... ...arked the Abbe Brossette, “that God has condemned Les Aigues to never have otters.” 63 Balzac “Ah, Monsieur le cure!” cried Blondet, “if you bring th...

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...f cold perspiration. “Let us reflect,” said I, “and take our time. Hunting otters in submarine forests, as we did in the Island of Crespo, will pass; ... ...out sixty feet. I returned to my room, clothed myself warmly—sea boots, an otterskin cap, a great coat of byssus, lined with sealskin; I was ready, I ... ... myriads of crustacea and molluscs, crabs, and cuttlefish. There seals and otters had splendid re- pasts, eating the flesh of fish with sea-vegetables...

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... questing like a puzzled hound. ‘The dew’s drying off, and old Hobden says otters’ll travel for miles.’ ‘I’m sure we’ve travelled miles.’ Una fanned h...

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... who told me, that in Calcutta of the South all the jackals were as fat as otters in the Rains,” said the Jackal, his mouth watering at the bare thoug...

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...let us hunt these ugly badgers down, These stinking foxes, these devouring otters, These hares, these wolves, these anything but men. Hey, for a whipp...

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...head. COOLE PARK AND BALLYLEE, 1931 UNDER my window ledge the waters race, Otters below and moor hens on the top, Run for a mile undimmed in Heaven’s ... ...an shrine; Then in that hall, lit by the dim sea shine, We lay on skins of otters, and drank wine, Brewed by the sea gods, from huge cups that lay Upo... ...lay Upon the lips of sea gods in their day; And then on heaped up skins of otters slept. And when the sun once more in saffron stept, Rolling his flagr...

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...he boy, being asked by Mr. Low why they did this, answered, “Doggies catch otters, old women no.” This boy described the manner in which they are kill... ... with their destruction the many cormorants and other fish- ing birds, the otters, seals, and porpoises, would soon perish also; and lastly, the Fuegi... ...w also a pair of the beautiful black-necked swans, and sev- eral small sea-otters, the fur of which is held in such high estimation. In returning, we ... ...n a hoop; and where the water was deep and in eddies, they dived, and like otters, with their eyes open followed the fish into holes and corners, and ...

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...t rab- bits and red deer all that night. (The People of the Hills are like otters—they don’t show except when they choose.) But the novice wasn’t a fo...

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...eat; _80 And at the orphan’s sigh, the widow’s moan, T otters the fabric of thy guilt-stained throne— ‘It is thy work, O Monarch;’...

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...several days. He had on his sled a bunch of beautifully cured otter skins, sea otters, you know, worth their weight in gold. There was also at Pastili...

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...Greek physicians know well enough. For his gloves were put in work sixteen otters’ skins, and three of the loupgarous, or men-eating wolves, for the b...