SVVIMMlNG ANIMALS
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cold northern waters to reach the immense size of seven and
a half feet across, with tentacles 120 feet in length. \ ”These
—
tentacles are armed with batteries of stinging cells.
Under
the
shelter of these jellysh the small whiting nd a“
temporary
On a calm' day it is, at times possible to
see
one
of these jellysh oating near the surface of the
'
water, and all around within a radin—s of a few feet can be
seen numbers of these little whiting darti_g
up their food.
A sudden splash with.the oar will drive them
all beneath their Curious Shelter where they rest secure,
trusting in the stin‘ging powers of their host as a protection '—
against their enemies.
And the amazing thing is that the
jellyshallows it and does not attempt to capture them.
'
In
European waters the baby horse—rhackerel (Gamma
irachurus) also seek this oating shelter, while inAmerican
waters young buttersh (Poronotuâ triacanlhus) =‘do likewise,
as well asyoung haddock and cod from both sides of the
Atlantic.
.
_
.
.
All our at—shes, such as plaice and soies, spend the rst
days of their lives drifting freely through the water.
But
at this period they are rather unlike their parents.
The full—
grown shes, as we all know, have both eyes on the same side
'
of.thehead ‘; but— not sothe very young shes, which are
with one eye corre0tly placed on eaCh
side of the
*_ After two or three weeks, however, the
eye on one side begins to move and slowly travels over the —
top of the head until it reaches the other side.
At this
_
stage the sh turns over on its side and seeks the bottom
_
where it lies, with eyes both pointing upwards.
This
shows that many of the at-shes are attened sideways,
and are, indeed, living on thebottom on their sides. Such
‘
shes are the plaice, the sole, the brill, the turbot and
many others.
Some shes, however, such as the; skate
and the Angler Fish, may be attened from above downwards,‘
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G
83
cold northern waters to reach the immense size of seven and
a half feet across, with tentacles 120 feet in length. \ ”These
—
tentacles are armed with batteries of stinging cells.
Under
the
shelter of these jellysh the small whiting nd a“
temporary
On a calm' day it is, at times possible to
see
one
of these jellysh oating near the surface of the
'
water, and all around within a radin—s of a few feet can be
seen numbers of these little whiting darti_g
up their food.
A sudden splash with.the oar will drive them
all beneath their Curious Shelter where they rest secure,
trusting in the stin‘ging powers of their host as a protection '—
against their enemies.
And the amazing thing is that the
jellyshallows it and does not attempt to capture them.
'
In
European waters the baby horse—rhackerel (Gamma
irachurus) also seek this oating shelter, while inAmerican
waters young buttersh (Poronotuâ triacanlhus) =‘do likewise,
as well asyoung haddock and cod from both sides of the
Atlantic.
.
_
.
.
All our at—shes, such as plaice and soies, spend the rst
days of their lives drifting freely through the water.
But
at this period they are rather unlike their parents.
The full—
grown shes, as we all know, have both eyes on the same side
'
of.thehead ‘; but— not sothe very young shes, which are
with one eye corre0tly placed on eaCh
side of the
*_ After two or three weeks, however, the
eye on one side begins to move and slowly travels over the —
top of the head until it reaches the other side.
At this
_
stage the sh turns over on its side and seeks the bottom
_
where it lies, with eyes both pointing upwards.
This
shows that many of the at-shes are attened sideways,
and are, indeed, living on thebottom on their sides. Such
‘
shes are the plaice, the sole, the brill, the turbot and
many others.
Some shes, however, such as the; skate
and the Angler Fish, may be attened from above downwards,‘
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G