. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. ater by the force ofthe water thrown out all the time, for though they are floatingabout, they eat all the time like the rest of the family. Another of the Tunicates is the Salpa. In this, the individualsare united in long chains, which glide through the water with apeculiar motion like a serpent. Sailors often call them sea move by the same means as the Pyrosena, the current ofwater which each one of the chain throws out. They work to-gether like a machine, each drawing in and throwing out at thesame moment with all the re
. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. ater by the force ofthe water thrown out all the time, for though they are floatingabout, they eat all the time like the rest of the family. Another of the Tunicates is the Salpa. In this, the individualsare united in long chains, which glide through the water with apeculiar motion like a serpent. Sailors often call them sea move by the same means as the Pyrosena, the current ofwater which each one of the chain throws out. They work to-gether like a machine, each drawing in and throwing out at thesame moment with all the rest. When a chain of Salpas is broken, each one can live by itself,and any attempt to get them out of the water separates them atonce. Theres another curious thing about this family. The youngof these chain Salfas are always solitary, and their young are thechained family again. Salfas are found in the Mediterranean sea, and in the Equa-torial seas. They live some ways below the surface usually, buton calm nights they come to the surface. 318 LITTLE FOLKS. SEA FLOWERS. You would hardly go to the sea for flowers, but there is afamily of Zoophytes which so much resemble our land flowers, thatthey are called Sea Anemones — rather an absurd name, by the way,for they do not look half so much like Anemones as they do likedaisies or dandelions. You see one kind in the picture. On theleft, you see it fully expanded, showing its lovely petal-like arms,and on the right, as it looks when half shut up. These flowers canshut up when they like, and they will do so very quickly if youcome near them. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 319 Besides being able to shut up, these wonderful flowers can getabout some. They are not—to be sure—great travelers, muchpreferring to fasten on to some rock or shell and stay there, butthey can, if they wish, move to some other place. The short thickstem of the flower is the body of the animal, and in it are thenecessary organs, stomach and so forth, which all animals
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