114 



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Figure 62. — A captive adult female sea otter clasps one piece of fish to her 

 chest under her left foreleg while she reaches with her teeth to grasp 

 another. After receiving all the food she could carry under the foreleg and 

 in her teeth, she returned, walking on three legs, to the water before she 

 consumed her food. The long outer or fifth digit of the hind foot is 

 illustrated. (KWK 59-13-10) 



Table 12. — Sea otter stomachs examined 



[This listing includes animals presumed to be healthy. Most of them were shot. Animals found 

 dead and dying on beaches are excluded] 



Stomachs 







Stomachs empty 



with food 



Total 















exam- 



Date 



Location 



Number 



Percent 



Number 



Percent 



ined 



6-10 June 1960 



Shumagin Islands ... 



4 



67 



2 



33 



6 



8-10 July 1960 



- Bering Sea i ... 



2 



50 



2 



50 



4 



22 Jan.-9 March 1962_ 



. Amchitka Island 



32 



23 



107 



77 



139 



26-29 Oct. 1962 



. .. ..do 



4 



17 



20 



83 



24 



14 March-2 April 1963 



do 



... 119 



39 



183 



61 



302 



Total 





161 



34 



314 



66 



475 



1 Otters were taken at sea off the north coast of Unimak Island. 



