. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 378 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME learn to use their flippers and coordinate breathing they are more help- less in the water than the young of many terrestrial animals. If an accidental slip or a sudden swell takes a young pup into deep water, it is in a bad fix. A cow whose pup is strangling and squawling beyond its depth will stay with it and show considerable concern, but she appears to be at a loss about what to do. The pup usually dro
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 378 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME learn to use their flippers and coordinate breathing they are more help- less in the water than the young of many terrestrial animals. If an accidental slip or a sudden swell takes a young pup into deep water, it is in a bad fix. A cow whose pup is strangling and squawling beyond its depth will stay with it and show considerable concern, but she appears to be at a loss about what to do. The pup usually drowns. A good many are drowned before they learn to swim. Having finished a swimming lesson, the pup climbs up on higher ground and goes to sleep. Here he may also run into difficulties. The herd bulls do not deign to notice such small fry; and when several bellicose combatants are roaring and lunging at each other, a pup that has not gone to sleep in a protected place must be spry in removing him- self from that vicinity. If he is too slow and is stepped on, his frantic squawling is submerged in the uproar occasioned by the disturbance and completely ignored by the pugnacious combatants. Some are killed in this manner although they appear to be able to absorb an astonishing amount of punishment without serious injury. Each cow knows her own pup and hunts for it when she comes ashore. She will have nothing to do with another cow's pup. A starving. FIGURE 162. A young California sea lion trained by Homer Snow. The animals are clever and willing performers and demand applause like any prima donna. Phofograph fay Homer Snow. pup, whose mother has perhaps been killed, that shoves in next to the rightful claimant in an endeavor to obtain some nourishment, is some- times picked up and thrown 10 feet away with a side jerk of the head. If he happens to land on another cow, he may again be tossed Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have b
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