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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 (