. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. STELLER'S SEA congregate iii breeding-gi-oiinds slightly apart. "While polygamous, they have not the regular system, nor give such attention to their harem as does the Callorhinus. In comparison with the latter, their numbers on the Pribyloffs are not great, in all between thirty and forty thousand. They are shy creatures, and, as Elliott remarks, on the slightest approach of man, a stampede into the water is the oertain result. Their voice is said to be a deep and grand roar, and when in mass has been likened to the howling of
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. STELLER'S SEA congregate iii breeding-gi-oiinds slightly apart. "While polygamous, they have not the regular system, nor give such attention to their harem as does the Callorhinus. In comparison with the latter, their numbers on the Pribyloffs are not great, in all between thirty and forty thousand. They are shy creatures, and, as Elliott remarks, on the slightest approach of man, a stampede into the water is the oertain result. Their voice is said to be a deep and grand roar, and when in mass has been likened to the howling of a tempest. The males come 'to these islands in the beginning of May, and the females a month later. The young are .soon born, and at birth average twenty to twenty-five pounds, and two feet long, and then are of a dai-k chocolate-brown colour, with gi-eat watery grey-blue eyes. They shed their coat in October and become lighter, but do not precisely resemble their jiarents until they grow more adult. This animal being destitute of fur, its skin is of little value; but their hides, their lat, their flesh, their sinews, and intestines, are all useful to the Aleutian islanders. The last, the throat- linings, and the skin of the flippers, are tanned into excellent leather, and both waterproof coats and the natives' boots [tarbosars) are made out of them. are made from the stomachs, the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. London [etc] Cassell & Company, Limited
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