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Despite living in cold arctic water, sea otters don't have much blubber insulation. instead, they have the densest known fur (26,000 to 165,000 hairs/cm2, compared to 200-300 hairs/cm2 for human heads) which holds a lot of air. air is a good insulator because

a. it has a high conductivity coefficient
b. it has a high heat capacity
c. it has a low conductivity coefficient
d. it has a low heat capacity

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