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Figure 115. — A — A large and unusually light-colored adult female aggres- 

 sively wrenched a food item from a juvenile otter. After grasping the 

 food tightly to her chest with the forelegs, the adult rolled away and 

 dived. The young otter was unable to retrieve any food after it had been 

 stolen. B — The juvenile attempts to retrieve a fish which the adult female 

 had stolen from it. The adult, after rearing back, rolled forward and 

 dived, frustrating the attempts of the juvenile to retrieve its food. 

 (KWK 59-13-3 and 4) 



