. Zoology for high schools and colleges. Zoology. 363 ZOOLOGY. have been found at sea, or cast ashore at Newfoundland and the Danish coast; or their jaws occur in the stomach of sperm whales, as squid of all sizes form a large proportion of the food of sperm whales, dolphins, porpoises, and other Cetaceans provided with teeth. The largest cuttle-fish known is Architeuthis princeps Verrill, the body of which must be,about six and a half metres (nineteen feet) in and nearly two metres (five feet, nine inches) in circumference. The two longer arms are t) metres long. Architeu- this monac
. Zoology for high schools and colleges. Zoology. 363 ZOOLOGY. have been found at sea, or cast ashore at Newfoundland and the Danish coast; or their jaws occur in the stomach of sperm whales, as squid of all sizes form a large proportion of the food of sperm whales, dolphins, porpoises, and other Cetaceans provided with teeth. The largest cuttle-fish known is Architeuthis princeps Verrill, the body of which must be,about six and a half metres (nineteen feet) in and nearly two metres (five feet, nine inches) in circumference. The two longer arms are t) metres long. Architeu- this monachus Steen- strup has a body about two metres (seven feet) long, and the two long- er arms seven metres (twenty-four feet) long. A still larger individual was esti- mated by Verrill to be in total length about- fourteen metres (forty- four feet). It is some- times thrown ashore on the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, and in one in- stance attacked two men in a boat. The Octopus (Fig. 318) and Aryonauta represent the eight-armed 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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York, H. Holt and Company
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