. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. aced it in a tank g thus passed a specimens were issage, the male he remainder of )stances. ted much notice sry sluggish and riier of its tank, alters itself, that le lengtli of this y attain even a U aspect, except rwise repulsive lest part, and is mall, placed on )king more like ^s, and even the be plainly seen vaW of its tank, by catching the. MKXOI'OMK —r,;«<i)w;s hon-iiln. fish on which it feeds, and the keeper told mo that even in <
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. aced it in a tank g thus passed a specimens were issage, the male he remainder of )stances. ted much notice sry sluggish and riier of its tank, alters itself, that le lengtli of this y attain even a U aspect, except rwise repulsive lest part, and is mall, placed on )king more like ^s, and even the be plainly seen vaW of its tank, by catching the. MKXOI'OMK —r,;«<i)w;s hon-iiln. fish on which it feeds, and the keeper told mo that even in <; ^tivity it easily catches the fish that are put into its tank. On the journey, it was mostly fed upon eels, and at the present time it eats eels as well as other fish, provided they are rather small. It is well to mention casually in this place that the human-looking skeleton, discovered at (Eningen in 1726, and long supposed to be the fossil skeleton of a man who had perished in the deluge, is nothing more ihan the bones of a huge Salamander, closely allied to the present species. The colour of the Gigantic Salamander is a very dark brown, with a tinge of chocolate, and taking a lighter and more yellowish hue upon the under surface of the feet. The great Mknopoaie of America has been honoured with a large array of names, among which are Tweeg, Hellbender, ]\Iun Devil, and Tuppy, the first being an Indian name, and the others given to the creature in allusion to its mud-loving habits or the ferocity of its disposition. The ^Menopome inhabits the Ohio and Alleghany rivers, and it is a fierce and voracious animal, so dangerous a foe to fish and other living lieings that it is in some places known by the name of Young Alligator. It is very ugly, and rather revolting in appearance, so that the fishermen stand in great awe of the fierce, active , and thiidc it to be venomous as well as voracious. The teeth, however, are very small in proportion to the size of the
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