. Animals of land and sea. Zoology; Insects; Zoology. 192 ANIMALS OF LAND AND SEA Mindanao in the Philippines where a depth of miles — 32,113 feet or 5,352 fathoms — has been determined. No animal life is known from such depths as these. The animal from the greatest depth so far recorded is a fish (Grimal-. FiGS. 560-572. Polyzoans. For explanations of the figures see p. xxix. dichthys profondissimns) which was brought up from 19,806 feet, or 3 3/4 miles, beneath the surface in the north Atlantic by the late Prince of Monaco. Many other things, of course, must live at this depth also for
. Animals of land and sea. Zoology; Insects; Zoology. 192 ANIMALS OF LAND AND SEA Mindanao in the Philippines where a depth of miles — 32,113 feet or 5,352 fathoms — has been determined. No animal life is known from such depths as these. The animal from the greatest depth so far recorded is a fish (Grimal-. FiGS. 560-572. Polyzoans. For explanations of the figures see p. xxix. dichthys profondissimns) which was brought up from 19,806 feet, or 3 3/4 miles, beneath the surface in the north Atlantic by the late Prince of Monaco. Many other things, of course, must live at this depth also for this fish to feed upon. It is perhaps worthy of remark that a fish of the same type, a so- called brotulid, lives in fresh water in the caves of Cuba. It was once thought that the abysses would contain many relics of past ages which had become extinct along the shores. But surprisingly few such relic types have come to light, 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 Clark, Austin Hobart, b. 1880. New York, D. Van Nostrand company
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