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    While the passage claims that pollution is the likely cause of declining sea otter populations, as evidenced by chemical pollutants in water samples and declining numbers proportionate to other sea mammals, the lecture argues that predation is a better explanation, as dead otters are not found on beaches and otters have changed their diets in response to whale hunting, with populations stable only in areas inaccessible to predators.

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    While the passage claims that pollution is the likely cause of declining sea otter populations, as evidenced by chemical pollutants in water samples and declining numbers proportionate to other sea mammals, the lecture argues that predation is a better explanation, as dead otters are not found on beaches and otters have changed their diets in response to whale hunting, with populations stable only in areas inaccessible to predators.

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    While the passage states that the pollution theory is seemed as the more likely

    cause of sea otters decline, the lecture expresses a different point of view.

    Firstly, the passage claims that the otter’s population has declined due to the
    presence of oil rigs and industrial chemical pollution. It argues that water samples
    have been analyzed and showed that the water contains chemical pollutants
    which affect in their resistance of fighting diseases. However, the lecture states
    that this can be explained by the predation theory. Since there is no sign of the
    dead otters in the beaches than they have been immediately eaten by their
    predators after being killed.

    Secondly, the passage asserts that their decline is in direct proportion with other
    sea mammals decline. This results in the entire ecosystem been affected by the
    environmental pollution. On the other hand, the lecture states that otters have
    changed their diet since whales are being hunted by humans. This results in the
    otter eating other sea mammals.

    Thirdly, the passage argues that due to the ocean currents that are transporting
    the environmental pollutants, there is an uneven pattern of otters decline on
    different locations. The lecture explains this based on the predator theory. Since
    their predators cannot access shallow and rocky surfaces their population seems
    stable, otherwise their population is declined.

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