In Central California, kelp forests are doing better, thanks in part to urchin-eating sea otters. Published March 31, 2021 at 200 × 133 in In Hotter Climate, ‘Zombie’ Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing https://sanctuarysimon.org/dbtools/photo-library/id/3578 – Southern sea otter Enhydra lutris nereis at South Harbor, Moss Landing. Heat is readily lost through the paws, so often they keep them out of the water.