Field notes: Alaska, v4401
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M. Brock 1957 Raising of youngs litter 1 5 July 18 Barrow, Northern Alaska Two of the youngs weighted today one = 11.7 g the other 10.1 grams. They are still a very grey, [illegible] color. All three still alive. It also appeared that they were still suckling. The female parent and the three youngs were all in the nest together July 19 One young individual found dead in aquarium outside of the nest* ♂ 77-9-18-7-10.5g #509 July 25 Another one of the two remaining youngs was found dead in the aquarium ♂ 82-9-15-7-9.0g =541 Aug 1 One remaining youngs weighted = 19.1 gr. It has had an extremely bad (broken?) third leg which has been very swollen for about a week and a half now. End of Litter Aug 30 The last of the litter was killed today, it seemed to have recovered from its broken leg and was in fine health but the project will close in a couple of days and therefore the lemming was killed and skin * nest had been disturbed earlier in the day by someone wanting to see the young - this may have caused the death indirectly.