Field notes, v1726
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A.C. ZIEGLER 1954 Eschrichtius glaucus 3 OFF POINT REYES, MARIN CO. CALIFORNIA FEB. 26 (CONT'D) EXTREMITIES AND SWIMMER, SWIMMERS OVER PINTO HEAD IN ALONG FOLDS OF SKIN (SUCH AS ANUS + ARO BELOW PENIS) WITH LONG APPENDAGES PROTRUDING TOWARDS OR OUT OF, OPENING OF FOLD. THE MICRO-HABITAT DIFF'S IN THE TWO TYPES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY EXCLUSIVE BUT THE SEPARATION OF LOCATION WAS QUITE NOTICEABLE. DR. GLMORO SAID, THE WHC WERE OCEANUS FEEDERS & DID NOT USE ANY OF WHALES'S FLESH AS FOODING. A FELLOW EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATED BY SOME WHALING ORGANIZATION WAS MEASURING + TAKING SAMPLES FROM WHALE ALSO. HIS NAME WAS COEN DIERICH? + HOME BASE WAS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND. HE SEEM TO REALLY KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT KNOWING. THE POINTED OUT GROOVED ON INNER SIDE OF MANDIBLE WHICH MATCHED THE OUTER (SMOOTH) EDGE OF THE VAGER JOH BALEEN BLATES + SAID THESE GROOVES OCCURED ONLY ON THE GRAY WHALE. HE SAID THE RIGHT SIDE BALEEN TENDS TO BE SLIGHT LARGER (