. 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 . General view of the ventral surface, showing the tube- mal called the antedon. This animal fastens itself on thesea bottom. It starts to grow in the same manner as anyother animal. The single individual cell who starts thebuilding of this animal, first swims about in the ocean,then finally settles down and builds thi
. 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 . General view of the ventral surface, showing the tube- mal called the antedon. This animal fastens itself on thesea bottom. It starts to grow in the same manner as anyother animal. The single individual cell who starts thebuilding of this animal, first swims about in the ocean,then finally settles down and builds this structure. Thesecret of the success and progress of this individual is inthe fact that it covers itself with such disagreeable build-ing material that other animals will have nothing to dowith it and cannot use it as food. This animal has been 118 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION able to produce electric lights in different places of itsbody, as you will notice from the following by the Alba-tross Expedition: In the midst of gorgeous submarineforests and waving gardens that fringe the reefs of theocean floor and spread over its vast plains are abundantclusters of shining trees or bushes, known as sea feathersor sea pens, these also being animals, not Fig. is.—antedou. Side view of entire animal. Their long stems glow with a dull phosphorescent lightwhen the trowl nets bring them up from the depths, andif they are touched with ammonia they shine brightly. Itis thought that the light is dulled through their fright incapture and it is probable that normally they give fortha brilliant radiance when they desire to attract their preyor to terrify their enemies. * * * Never was there ananimal so Jacking in any immediate usefulness as the THE LIVING STRUCTURES 119 Crinoid. It cannot move, it has no eyes; it makes no at-tack ; it does no harm. It simply eats, playing the part ofuniversal scavenger of the seas, catching all foods thatfall through the v^aters, ani
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