. Wild neighbors: out-door studies in the United States. Animal behavior. 90 iVILD NEIGHBORS CHAP. stingaree (which sometimes reaches a length of ten feet) bears upon its top, near the root, a long, sharp and barbed spine, with which it is able to inflict deep and danger- ous wounds, when aroused to self-de- fence. Some acrid or poisonous sub- -^ ^?- ^ stance seems to en- .S' ,y^ ter the lacerations «"^ thus made, and fish- Armed Tail of the Sting-ray. , ermen pierced m the feet or hands by this species, or by the tropical whip-ray, as often happens, find their wounds slow and painful in
. Wild neighbors: out-door studies in the United States. Animal behavior. 90 iVILD NEIGHBORS CHAP. stingaree (which sometimes reaches a length of ten feet) bears upon its top, near the root, a long, sharp and barbed spine, with which it is able to inflict deep and danger- ous wounds, when aroused to self-de- fence. Some acrid or poisonous sub- -^ ^?- ^ stance seems to en- .S' ,y^ ter the lacerations «"^ thus made, and fish- Armed Tail of the Sting-ray. , ermen pierced m the feet or hands by this species, or by the tropical whip-ray, as often happens, find their wounds slow and painful in healing. Something of the same kind, but even worse, is the stabbing apparatus of the surgeon-fish of Florida and the West Indies. " Each side of the tail," says Goode, " is provided with a sharp, lancet-like spine, which, when at rest, is received into a sheath, but it may be thrust out at right angles to the body, and used as a weapon of offence; sweeping the tail from side to side as they swim, they can inflict very serious wounds, and I have seen in the Bermudas large fishes, con- fined in the same aquarium-tank with them, cov- ered with gashes inflicted in this ; In the philosophy of animal coloring brought about by natural selection, which has been elabo- rated by Alfred Russell Wallace, Mr. Poulton, and. 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 Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946. New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co. , Ltd.
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