beSpacific<p>Return of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/seaotters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaotters</span></a> &amp; their voracious appetites has helped rescue section of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/marshland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marshland</span></a> - new study. Sea otters eat constantly &amp; 1 of their fav snacks is the striped <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/shorecrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shorecrab</span></a>. These crabs dig burrows &amp; also nibble away roots of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/marshgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marshgrass</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pickleweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pickleweed</span></a> that holds dirt in place. Left unchecked, the crabs turn the marsh banks “into Swiss cheese,” which can collapse when big waves or storms hit, said Brent Hughes, a Sonoma State University <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ecologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecologist</span></a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sea-otters-crabs-erosion-california-3e48a74972319bbdbc1333e3f5437637" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/sea-otters-</span><span class="invisible">crabs-erosion-california-3e48a74972319bbdbc1333e3f5437637</span></a></p>