. 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 . ichcan light up its surroundings and adjust the structure toresist the pressure of the water at different depths up totwo miles, is a task requiring the best engineering andkeenest intellect. Think of the details to be looked afterto keep it adjusted to the ever changing environment, tokeep all the lights going, to g
. 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 . ichcan light up its surroundings and adjust the structure toresist the pressure of the water at different depths up totwo miles, is a task requiring the best engineering andkeenest intellect. Think of the details to be looked afterto keep it adjusted to the ever changing environment, tokeep all the lights going, to gather the material and manu-facture the light. Fig. 21, the Lure Fish, is another illustration of a fishthat tempts its prey by means of a phosphorescent has a bait that shines, attached to the other end of thestring which he lets out like a fishline to attract curiousindividuals. The string to which his bait is attached issuch that he can let it out and pull it in at will. This you THE LIVING STKICTUIIES 127 will see is a moving habitation something like a sub-marine v^ith a fishing apparatus attached. We never stop to consider the position occupied by theindividual cells that build animals and plants, who mustconceive and execute ideas. While this submarine like. J Fig. 21.—Line Fish. individual was lying in wait for his victim, it must haveoccurred to the cells occupying and in charge of it thatanimals are attracted by a light. That if they could fixup a shining bait, which they could let out a short dis-tance to attract attention, they could hide their sub-marine and decoy their victims within reach of their grap- 128 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION pling apparatus, called the mouth, arranged in front ofthe individual. From this idea conceived, they would pro-ceed to build this fishing apparatus. This is what the Al-bastross Expedition has to say about him: The potency of light in attracting wanderers of thedeep is seen in the equipment of the Lure fish,
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