. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE MEDUSA'S HEAD. 555 The reader will not fail to observe that herein the creature acts in precisely the opposite mode to that which is adopted by many beings which have already been described. In those marine animals of which the acorn-barnacle is a good examjjle, the young enjoys freedom throughout its earlier stages, is furnished with certain organs which it afterwards loses, and does not settle down to one spot until it has attained adult age. In the case of the Comatula, the contra
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE MEDUSA'S HEAD. 555 The reader will not fail to observe that herein the creature acts in precisely the opposite mode to that which is adopted by many beings which have already been described. In those marine animals of which the acorn-barnacle is a good examjjle, the young enjoys freedom throughout its earlier stages, is furnished with certain organs which it afterwards loses, and does not settle down to one spot until it has attained adult age. In the case of the Comatula, the contrast between the two states of life is very sti'ongly marked, the creature being of a more nomad nature than the rest of its kin, and in swimming, presenting a curious resem- blance to the Medusa, the arms contracting and expanding in a manner that strongly reminds the observer of the pulsating disc of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888; Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer; Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history; National Zoological Park (U. S. ), former owner. DSI. New York : Selmar Hess
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