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of this sh which inh«abit the dimly—lit layers of the ocean
from 200 to 1,000 fathonis deep, the deep-sea anglers.
In many of these the little »lure at the end of the rod is
phosphorescent and lures the unwary to their death,
as did the wreckers on our coasts in days gone by (Plate 36).
We can well imagine that, owing to the tremendous area
over
which these deep—sea
roa'm in the open
ocean, the chances of a male and femalem‘eeting are rather
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Fm. 16.——Native drawing of a sucking sh, or Remora, ”attached to a cànoe '
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small.
To overcome this there is a most remarkable provision.
Ferhales have been found carrying fused to their
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bodies tiny dwarfed husbands.
It seems probable that
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While the males_are still fairly numerous s00n after
are born, before they have had time't0 be thinned Out by
their enemies, they
fasten on to the rst lady they can
nd, and there they stay for the rest of their lives. They‘
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become completely fused to their-partners and lose all_their