. The pet book. Pets. THE STICKLEBACK. T^HE- sticklebacks are small fish, but '' they have the ferocity of sharks. The stickleback is well named, for along the ridge of his back are sharp, strong spines, five of them in our tiny brook species. These spines may be laid flat, or erected stiffly, and used to saw the scales off of his enemies. When we find the minnows in the aquarium los- ing their scales, we may be sure they are being raked off by this sawback. I have often kept in the aquaritim several five-spined sticklebacks. This species is scarcely more than i^ inches in length when ftdly gr
. The pet book. Pets. THE STICKLEBACK. T^HE- sticklebacks are small fish, but '' they have the ferocity of sharks. The stickleback is well named, for along the ridge of his back are sharp, strong spines, five of them in our tiny brook species. These spines may be laid flat, or erected stiffly, and used to saw the scales off of his enemies. When we find the minnows in the aquarium los- ing their scales, we may be sure they are being raked off by this sawback. I have often kept in the aquaritim several five-spined sticklebacks. This species is scarcely more than i^ inches in length when ftdly grown. It is a slender, graceful fish, pointed like an arrow in front, and with the body behind the dorsal fin forming a long stem to support the rounded tail-fin. Its eyes are large and gem-like, and it has a wicked little mouth that opens upward. If in April we take the dip-net and go to some stagnant pond full of pond weed, we may be able to capture a stickleback guarding his nest; and by lifting careftilly, and placing the contents of the net in water at once, we may be able to study this marvelous structure. It is built by the father stickleback, and we find the algae called frog- spittle is the building material. With this plant he btiilds a hollow sphere, about the size of a glass marble; he cements the walls with a water-proof glue, which he fvunishes from his body. At one side 237. 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 Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930; Lord, Henry B. ins; Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970 ins; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. ins. Ithaca, N. Y. : Comstock
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