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in the open mouth, the recurved te'eth of which effectively
prevent it from escaping.
Diving birds have even been
discovered within Anglers.
Some of the deep-sea Anglers
.
have a highly 'develdped
organ at the tip of the
'tentacle which can perhaps ash on and off at will.
Other
of the deep—water sh have huge months and an unlimited
capacity for
their stomachs being capable of such
_
expansion that their owners can swallow animals larger
than themselves (Plate 76).
.
'
_
The feeding organs of shes naturally vary
type
of—food.
The wrasse, which feed on crustacea or molluscs,
are ableto crush them to pieces in their months by means of
’
.
specially powerful teeth in the mouth and throat, but the
young
Of the grey mullet which feed on ne particles and
are
reported to do conSiderable damage to‘ the .Oyster
beds,_owing—to the fact that—they swällow great numbers
of the free swimming
have no teeth, "really
sucking in their food.
adults have only weak teeth
and browse on encrustingweeds
and the small -crustaceans
_
in them, the »stomaCh forming a gizzard-for‘ the Crushing up
‘
of this food.
The Pipe-shes‘ also have a cOmplete lack of
teeth_ and indeedsuer from a kind ofpŒmanent-loc‘k—
'
jaw ; they liveon minute crustacea which they take in by
sucking… action.. The beautiful =_green or blue Kakatua
of coral islands has a hard beak with which it rasps the
surface of coral, rocks for encrusting sea weed.
It was
originally thought actually to feed on the corals themselves.
Trigger—shes have jawS and teeth of exceptional
strength, those of one Species. Balistes caj>ræ'sous, being
shown in” Plate 79.
…
.
*
.
:
'.
"
,
The feeding of —whales forms a strange paradox, the
largest of;all. feeding bn plànkton—, straining it through the
frayedfringes of their Whalebone plates,while the rather
smaller Sperm»whales:feed on giant deep-sea sqüid‘which
FEEDING OF MARINE ANIMALS
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209
in the open mouth, the recurved te'eth of which effectively
prevent it from escaping.
Diving birds have even been
discovered within Anglers.
Some of the deep-sea Anglers
.
have a highly 'develdped
organ at the tip of the
'tentacle which can perhaps ash on and off at will.
Other
of the deep—water sh have huge months and an unlimited
capacity for
their stomachs being capable of such
_
expansion that their owners can swallow animals larger
than themselves (Plate 76).
.
'
_
The feeding organs of shes naturally vary
type
of—food.
The wrasse, which feed on crustacea or molluscs,
are ableto crush them to pieces in their months by means of
’
.
specially powerful teeth in the mouth and throat, but the
young
Of the grey mullet which feed on ne particles and
are
reported to do conSiderable damage to‘ the .Oyster
beds,_owing—to the fact that—they swällow great numbers
of the free swimming
have no teeth, "really
sucking in their food.
adults have only weak teeth
and browse on encrustingweeds
and the small -crustaceans
_
in them, the »stomaCh forming a gizzard-for‘ the Crushing up
‘
of this food.
The Pipe-shes‘ also have a cOmplete lack of
teeth_ and indeedsuer from a kind ofpŒmanent-loc‘k—
'
jaw ; they liveon minute crustacea which they take in by
sucking… action.. The beautiful =_green or blue Kakatua
of coral islands has a hard beak with which it rasps the
surface of coral, rocks for encrusting sea weed.
It was
originally thought actually to feed on the corals themselves.
Trigger—shes have jawS and teeth of exceptional
strength, those of one Species. Balistes caj>ræ'sous, being
shown in” Plate 79.
…
.
*
.
:
'.
"
,
The feeding of —whales forms a strange paradox, the
largest of;all. feeding bn plànkton—, straining it through the
frayedfringes of their Whalebone plates,while the rather
smaller Sperm»whales:feed on giant deep-sea sqüid‘which