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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.