FOOTNOTES:

[33] Two mandibles from wolf-killed deer had large lumps from healed

fractures in the region of the diastemas.

[34] If all dental and jaw abnormalities are pooled, the difference

between the incidence in the wolf-kill sample (9.8 percent) and that in

the hunter-kill (2.3 percent) is significant at the 99 percent level.

[Illustration: _Figure 12.--When internal organs were present in kills,

they were examined in the field. (Photo courtesy of L. D. Mech.)_]

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