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but invariably make a desperate struggle for liberty. 

 Notwithstanding that they have great strength and 

 are armed with a powerful weapon in their sharp 

 parrotlike beaks, they appear to be unaware of their 



BABY squid; just HATCHED. (GREATLY ENLARGED.) 



potentially dangerous possession, seeming never to 

 attempt using it in their defense. 



An octopus is a timid creature and will usually 

 retreat when a human being comes near it, but it is not 

 a hard subject to study in its natural habitat if one 

 is cautious in one's movements. Like most wild crea- 



