[Journals], 1908-1912
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196 Dovea leu - 20 is ear Kerebeni = but Elmber - stunch Kanyo = live habarumani - to take a measure Orcas probably feed some whales & can get at the tongues then but their the tongues were eaten partly away by animal lived to be killed by its whales was shown by the four specimens not in. One of them had at least half the tongue eaten and its other tips just [illegible] the tips in about a circle of about 12" diameter. The posterior & [illegible] edges of the flukes & flippers are almost always irregular & show signs of injury as do the tips of both. I have no doubt but that these must come this is the work of Killers. Another two whales showed very plainly the teeth marks when its fin had been "shredded" & the whale pulled it out of its killer's mouths. Capt. Meleson says that where he is following a school of Gray Whales frequently a bunch of Killers will begin chasing them also. The whales are then so frightened that usually several can be killed. He shot a Killer with his rifle that was divinely away as a gray whale's body which was [illegible] side the ship. Food I have asked several gunners if they knew what the Gray whales eat. All