Smithsonian Report, 1958.—Kenyon PLATE 4 
1. A wild otter accepts a fish head from the hand of Robert Krear. This otter loitered 
near our fish-cleaning platform where he was given fish scraps. He soon learned to leave 
the water and follow us to beg for food. 
2. A captive female otter pounds a clam held in her paws against one resting on her chest 
in order to break the shell. A rock may also be held on the chest for use as an anvil 
on which to break hard-shelled mollusks. 
