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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