. Creatures of the sea [microform] : being the life stories of some sea birds, beasts, and fishes. Marine animals; Marine fishes; Faune marine; Poissons de mer. Insatiable Nightmare* 135 tithough thdr numbers be enormou,. Some ^ ^ K not thr appallmg nomenclature given them by natural,,ts) are ama/inKly huleous m colour, in outlme and dispo.,tion of armour Zl Tl'^'^^'T' ^>^-- ^ -" are they protect^ that It ,3 exccedinKly doubtful whether any animal T^Yn ''", "r" '"'''"^ ^'"" ^"^ cachalot ^can em successfully mterfcre
. Creatures of the sea [microform] : being the life stories of some sea birds, beasts, and fishes. Marine animals; Marine fishes; Faune marine; Poissons de mer. Insatiable Nightmare* 135 tithough thdr numbers be enormou,. Some ^ ^ K not thr appallmg nomenclature given them by natural,,ts) are ama/inKly huleous m colour, in outlme and dispo.,tion of armour Zl Tl'^'^^'T' ^>^-- ^ -" are they protect^ that It ,3 exccedinKly doubtful whether any animal T^Yn ''", "r" '"'''"^ ^'"" ^"^ cachalot ^can em successfully mterfcre thorn, while it is very certain that, m addition to preying upon all or any of their own kind inferior to them in size, they are terrible enemies to the large who chance to stray within bv f.^r^'"'''^ ""^'''^ '^''y "'^ *" ^^*»' surrounded by Sep a-colourcd water diffused from the natural reservoir of that murky fluid. In order that they may more fully and freely carry out their nefarious designs, they possess eyes larger and more powerful in proportion to their size than doe« any other creature, not excepting insects with their thousand-faceted eyes. These great optical mirrors, black as an inkpool and lidlcss. not even a nictitating membrane shielding their all-embracing fn V K Tu °"^ ^'^ *^^^ ''^« «' ^^^ cvlindrical head, on which hey occupy so much space that their side edges nearly touch. And as the head itself is N,me upon a column of soft, gristly, boneless substance so that It can turn every way, with a universal ball-and socket-joint movement, it must be impossible for any object to escape that devouring purview The adjuncts to the eyes are the restless tentacles, a living, palpitating network, never still, alwavs quivering like the petals of a sea anemone, which moS r.^A / ^J* u^^^""^'"^ •" ^" aquarium. Then these fjP^[opoda have an additional weapon granted them m that each one of the curious aceiabui
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