Red Storm 1942 Sea Otter 10th mi.s. Big Sur River, Monterey Co., Calif. March 8, 1942 Three groups of Sea Otters seen in the kelp near sliver about 10 miles south of the mouth of the Big Sur River. The first group was of 6 adults and one young, the next of 3 or 6 adults about 1/2 mile south of the first. About two miles below these there was a large adult with a white head and a 1/4 grown young (these were sketched). The otters in the first group were very quiet. Lying on their back and rarely rolling over slowly. The last (?+young) were more active. Saw the female often take the young on her stomach and swim without it. Then it would leave it and dive down & come up with things that might have been shellfish. Once it held one of these objects and with both paws and repeatedly beat it against her breast. It did not feed the young. Before diving it remained with its head only out of water (A) like Ploceus, it dove quickly and apparently effortlessly.