Why must sea otters consume 25% of their body weight in food every day?

What will be an ideal response?


This is most likely the result of the necessity of maintaining a high metabolic rate in these warm-blooded animals that live in relatively cold waters.

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A) HIV B) bacteriophage C) influenza D) adenovirus

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Animals that weigh more than 100 pounds are considered as 

A. extinct. B. endangered species. C. safe from extinction. D. sensitive species. E. megafauna.

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The vertebrate ectoderm is the origin of the _____

A) nervous system B) liver C) pancreas D) heart E) kidneys

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In a chloroplast, the stroma is

A) a pore in the outer membrane. B) a stack of thylakoids. C) the region between in the inner and outer membranes. D) a connection between the grana. E) a gel-like matrix between the inner chloroplast membrane and the thylakoid membrane.

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