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Without blubber, sea otters lose a lot of heat to the water. To stay warm in cold water, a sea otter burns calories at nearly eight times the rate you do. An otter fuels its fast metabolism by eating up to a quarter of its weight in food a day. (A 160-pound (73 kg) person would have to eat about 40 pounds (18 kg) of food a day to match that!
