Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 39
[May,. The favorite food of the Sea Otter is not fish,as one might suppose from the habits of thecommon Otter, but clams, crabs, mussels, andsea-urchins. Its molar teeth are of necessityvery strong, for the grinding up of this roughfare, and the muscles of the jaws are propor-tionately powerful.… … CANADA OTTER. Like all our older fur-bearers, the species hasbeen so persecuted and hunted down that tothe present generation it is almost a strangeronce more. In the southern States, where, onaccount of the warm climate, its fur is so pooras to be of little value, it still exists, but it isnowhere…
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