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pedicle on which the animal is attached, as in some 

 other forms, neither is it a tail : and yet this 

 attenuation answers all the purposes of both, and 

 many others ; for by reason of it the creature can 

 like Milton's Imps contract itself from its 



FIG. 10. Steiitorvx. 



otherwise giant extension to an infinitesimally 

 small compass, and again expand at will to its 

 normal length, 1-25 of an inch. Also, by this means 

 it enters the condition of social life. A number 

 will thus congregate together and form a social 

 colony, each one secreting a viscid substance by 

 means of which they attach themselves in groups 

 to any object. Thus, if you collect a number and 



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