. Cell intelligence; the cause of growth, heredity and instinctive actions, illustrating that the cell is a conscious, intelligent being, and, by reason thereof, plans and builds all plants and animals in the same manner that man constructs houses, railroads and other structures . klike a plant; if it is to be a movable structure it will looklike an animal. It all depends upon the purpose for whichit is made. This animal, which grows like a plant in thebottom of the sea, is merely a house lit up with phos-phorescent lights wherein dwell millions of individual cells. We might next consider a ve
. Cell intelligence; the cause of growth, heredity and instinctive actions, illustrating that the cell is a conscious, intelligent being, and, by reason thereof, plans and builds all plants and animals in the same manner that man constructs houses, railroads and other structures . klike a plant; if it is to be a movable structure it will looklike an animal. It all depends upon the purpose for whichit is made. This animal, which grows like a plant in thebottom of the sea, is merely a house lit up with phos-phorescent lights wherein dwell millions of individual cells. We might next consider a very large group of struc-tures known as shell animals. The cells live in a socialcolony which is protected with a shell made of lime andother material. The shells that protect them are usuallyof such strength and thickness as would be required towithstand the pressure and force of the water at that par-ticular place, or the animals that may attack them. Theyare simply movable houses wherein live vast colonies of 120 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION cells. These cell colonies are generally specialized intheir work, as some attend to locomotion, some to diges-tion, etc. Many have also developed special sense organslike eyes and ears. They are all well adapted to their. Fic. 16.—Shell of Triton nodijcrus. place and condition in life and they live secure and com-fortable in their strong and beautiful habitations. We might next consider the individual known as thecuttle fish and he is a wonder. The cuttle fish is coveredwith a hard shell made of carbonate of lime arid other THE LIVING STRUCTURES 121 hard material. Its size is up to three feet in length, so itis small enough to have a number of enemies. It is pro-
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