Big Sur's tribe of otters enjoys permanent residency.
大索爾的海獺族群享有永久居留權
Our obsession with their pelts in the 1700s
18世紀,人們沉迷于它們的毛皮
nearly wiped out the species.
以至于這個物種幾乎滅絕
A small raft in Big Sur escaped the fur trade,
極少一部分逃離了大索爾的毛皮交易
and every otter alive here today is descended from those few survivors.
而且今天生存在這里的海獺都是少數幸存者的后裔
Sea otters have the densest fur ofany animal.
海獺擁有的毛皮是所有動物中最濃厚的
In a single inch, otters have more hairs
水獺身上一英寸長的毛發
than found on an entire human head.
比整個人類的頭發還多。
They look cuddly...
它們看上去很可愛...
but both males and females are fierce.
但雄性和雌性之間的斗爭很激烈
Some call them "kelp grizzlies."
有時稱它們為"海藻灰熊"