. Guide leaflet. D POLYPS Waves back and forth in thesunlight glinting through thelacy openings of the delicatemeshwork composing its flex-ible fan-shaped skeleton the entire school wereformed into a committeeof the whole to inquireinto the doings of theirstrange, helmeted visitorsfrom the upper world. It is true that thereare fish-serpents in thiscoral paradise of the fishworld. Long and slinkygreen or spotted morays with smallserpent-Uke heads and sharp needle-like teeth lurk among deep crevices ofcoral. But they are seldom seen, and ifwe are careful not to thrust hand or footinto an unexplo
. Guide leaflet. D POLYPS Waves back and forth in thesunlight glinting through thelacy openings of the delicatemeshwork composing its flex-ible fan-shaped skeleton the entire school wereformed into a committeeof the whole to inquireinto the doings of theirstrange, helmeted visitorsfrom the upper world. It is true that thereare fish-serpents in thiscoral paradise of the fishworld. Long and slinkygreen or spotted morays with smallserpent-Uke heads and sharp needle-like teeth lurk among deep crevices ofcoral. But they are seldom seen, and ifwe are careful not to thrust hand or footinto an unexplored hiding place, there isHttle danger. Once, a barracuda, more tobe dreaded than sharks, swam over myhead while I w^as engaged with a camera;but I didnt know it till I came to thesurface, when Captain Joe told me aboutit. However, it did not disturb me andwent about its business elsewhere. As forsharks, one is occasionally seen about thereef, but both sharks and barracudas areopen-water fishes. They seem to need. 11 1)1 vim; L\ COhAL (iAJUJENS 13
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