. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . fhilt hj W. SaxilU-Kinl, \.] {Mitford-tn-,,.i WOLLIBONG, OR C A R PET-S H A R KL The proicaes surrounding the head ser-ve to tiura^t prey^ -whrje [he shuri iits concealed on the sea-bottom. Fholo tr IV. Savillt-KrM, \^i\lilford-(in-Sea SPOTTED SHARK Now [he peculiar shape of the tai!^ and the aperture behind the eye^ knoivn as the ipirade 267 268 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD SHARK (of which a photograph, taken at Mevagissey, is given below), ilhistrates in its harmlessperson the fallacy of cond
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . fhilt hj W. SaxilU-Kinl, \.] {Mitford-tn-,,.i WOLLIBONG, OR C A R PET-S H A R KL The proicaes surrounding the head ser-ve to tiura^t prey^ -whrje [he shuri iits concealed on the sea-bottom. Fholo tr IV. Savillt-KrM, \^i\lilford-(in-Sea SPOTTED SHARK Now [he peculiar shape of the tai!^ and the aperture behind the eye^ knoivn as the ipirade 267 268 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD SHARK (of which a photograph, taken at Mevagissey, is given below), ilhistrates in its harmlessperson the fallacy of condemning all sharks as man-eaters, since in this, the largest of itsrace, we have an absolute!) innocuous fish. From its habit of lying at the surface with thelarge back-fin erect, it is also known as the Sail-fis!i, while the equally appropriate name ofSun-fish sometimes causes confusion with other British fishes properly so called. A commoner British shark is the BLUE Shark, small examples of which, weighing 30or 40 lbs., the writer has often killed with the rod at Mevagissey. When thus hooked, thisfish has a curious and very tr)ing habit of revolving rapidly in the water, scoring its owngranulated skin with the line. The PoRBEAGLE-Sll.\RK, another Cornish species, is of
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