At 10:59 AM 2/4/97 -0800, you wrote:
>On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Peggi & Ben Rodgers wrote (referring to bat shooting):
>
>> I'm assuming they were doing this for study purposes?
>
>Dalquest's story about River Otters eating the bats they had killed dates to
>the years when zoological collection was all the rage. The book "Mammals
>of Washington" was written in 1948.
>
Ah, that explains it. Thanks.

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz)
USA
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