found at Igurin and Japtan (Fig. 8) where activity was more or
less similar in the two groups.

Comparisons of pre-shot activ-

ity at other stations indicate the omnivores to be 2 to 7 times
as redioactive as the carnivores.

Comparisons of post shot

activity indicate the greatest difference existed at Engebi,
where omnivores were about 32 times as radioactive as carnivores,

and at Aaraanbiru where omnivores were about 30 times as active.
The data indicate that ratio of radioactivity, omnivores
to carnivores, was greater at Aaraanbiru and Engebi than at
Japtan and Igurin, which is further substantiated by comparing

like tissues of carnivores and omnivores.

At Japtan and Igurin

comparatively small amounts of pre-shot radioactive material
were taken into the gut of either omnivores or carnivores, and
epproximately equal amounts were retained in the muscle,
bone and liver.

On the other hand,

skin,

at pre-shot and post shot

islands, where the activity was comparatively high, the omnivores
took in considerably more radioactive material in feeding than
the carnivores but retained proportionately less
pone,

skin and muscle.

For example,

in the liver,

at Engebi and Aaraanbiru

the activity in the gut of omnivores was approximately 21 times
and 125 times as great,

respectively,

as

in carnivores,

radicactive materials retained in the muscle,

skin,

and bone

ranged from only 2.5 to 7.2 times as much in omnivores.
should be pointed out,

however,

yet the

It

that because of the great varia-

tion in activity of the gut both within and between species,
any conclusions made should take this factor into consideration.

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