Popular science monthly . unable lodo more thanknock lliem aboutlike tov balloons varyingsize too large to be swallowed, and on whichthey could get no hold whatever. The puffers arc of many species, manyof them reaching a length of about twofeet, most of the larger kinds being foundonK in the large ri\iTs of the trojiics. When caughtn nets anddragged ashorethey inflatet h e m s e 1 \ e swith air justas with waterwhen in thesea, making aslight suckingsound untiltheir skins areas tight asdrums. Theyremain inflateduntil thrownback into thewater and canbe knockedabout on thebeach like rub-ber ball
Popular science monthly . unable lodo more thanknock lliem aboutlike tov balloons varyingsize too large to be swallowed, and on whichthey could get no hold whatever. The puffers arc of many species, manyof them reaching a length of about twofeet, most of the larger kinds being foundonK in the large ri\iTs of the trojiics. When caughtn nets anddragged ashorethey inflatet h e m s e 1 \ e swith air justas with waterwhen in thesea, making aslight suckingsound untiltheir skins areas tight asdrums. Theyremain inflateduntil thrownback into thewater and canbe knockedabout on thebeach like rub-ber balls with-out a particleof air V e n w henthrown backinto the waterthey ma\ floatu|)side down for aI inie before assum-ing their normallape. .?\ valve in thet li riK> I is thenuans b\ whichthis choice, ediblefish is changed in-to an unmanage-able balloon whenits fright is \alvcseemsto be controlledentirely by the\olilion of the fish,unless the frightwhich the fish ex-periences iijion. A candlf suspended from u wire sliinesthrough the stretched skin lis throufththin oiled paper making a bizarre lantern .5(W Popular Science Montlihf oOf} sighting danger causes the valveto open spasmodically, thus al-lowing an inrush of water or the pullers die whilestill inHated, and they remainin that shape, being often drivenashore by the wind and driedon the beach by the sun. The Japanese make lanternsof them when the\ find them inthat condition. Tiie\ cut outthe back and suspend a candlefrom a wire into the fish bo<l\.
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