Report Abuse. This isn't quite exact, but 1/4 cup of butter (so a half stick if you're in the US) is 57 grams according to the conversion chart from allrecipes below. So use just a slightly heavy 1/4 cup or 1/2 stick. By the way, a 1/4 cup is 4 Tablespoons.
Normally, this species is 57 to 95 cm (23â37 in) long, not counting a tail of 35â45 cm (14â18 in). The female is shorter than the male. The otter's average body weight is 7 to 12 kg (15.4â26.4 lbs), although occasionally a large old male may reach up to 17 kg (37 lbs). The record-sized specimen, reported by a reliable source but not verified, weighed over 24 kg (53 lbs).
In California, bites from sharks (particularly great white sharks) have been estimated to cause 10% of sea otter deaths and are one of the reasons the population has not expanded further north. The great white shark is believed to be their primary predator, and dead sea otters have been found with injuries from shark bites.